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# NSPDFPanel

A Save or Export as PDF panel that’s consistent with the macOS user interface.

```
@MainActor class NSPDFPanel
```

## Overview

A PDF panel has a variety of built-in customization controls, such as page orientation, paper size, and tags. It also supports the use of a custom accessory view controller that allows an app to specify how a PDF file should be created.

## Topics

### Creating a PDF Panel

[`panel`](/documentation/AppKit/NSPDFPanel/panel)

Returns a new `NSPDFPanel` object.

### Managing the Contents of a PDF Panel

[`accessoryController`](/documentation/AppKit/NSPDFPanel/accessoryController)

A view controller for the accessory view that the panel can present.

[`options`](/documentation/AppKit/NSPDFPanel/options-swift.property)

A set of configuration options that determine the accessory views the PDF panel should display.

[`defaultFileName`](/documentation/AppKit/NSPDFPanel/defaultFileName)

The initial value for the user-editable filename shown in the name field of the PDF panel.

### Displaying a PDF Panel

[`beginSheet(with:modalFor:completionHandler:)`](/documentation/AppKit/NSPDFPanel/beginSheet(with:modalFor:completionHandler:))

Presents a document-modal PDF panel.

### Constants

[`NSPDFPanel.Options`](/documentation/AppKit/NSPDFPanel/Options-swift.struct)

Constants used to configure the contents of a PDF panel.


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