🖨️ Download and Print Highlights – DOCX & HTML Export

The Highlite Pro plugin includes robust export features to give users full control over their saved highlights. Users can either print their highlights as a clean HTML page or download them as a formatted DOCX file—complete with notes and links.

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📥 DOCX Download Functionality #

🔧 How It Works #

• Each highlight group (per post) can be downloaded as a .docx document.
• The DOCX file includes:
  • The post title (as a hyperlink)
  • A list of highlights with their attached notes
• The internal HTML is embedded into the document using Microsoft Word’s altChunk method.

🧠 Technical Details #

• The file is dynamically generated via PHP using the ZipArchive class.
• DOCX parts created:
  • [Content_Types].xml
  • document.xml (references altChunk)
  • htmlData.html (user highlights in HTML format)

📌 Prerequisite: Your server must support ZipArchive.

🔐 Security #

• The DOCX download is protected using a nonce (_nonce GET parameter).
• Only the logged-in user who owns the highlights can download them.

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🖨️ Print Highlights (HTML View) #

🧾 What Users See #

• Clicking the print icon (🖨️) opens a new print-friendly HTML page in the browser.
• It shows:
  • Post title (with link)
  • Each highlight with its note
  • Styled layout using clean CSS (no WordPress theme interference)

📄 Output Styling #

The print page uses simple, readable formatting:

body { font-family: sans-serif; padding: 20px; }
h1 { margin-bottom: 20px; }
ul { list-style: none; padding: 0; }
li { margin-bottom: 20px; }
strong { font-weight: bold; }

🖱️ Triggering the Print #

• The browser’s native print dialog appears automatically on page load using: <script>window.print();</script>

🔐 Security & Access #

• The print URL includes a unique nonce to prevent unauthorized access.
• Highlights are fetched only for the current logged-in user.

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🌐 Accessing Print & Download #

From the [highlite_list] table, each row (post) includes:

• 📥 DOCX download icon
• 🖨️ Print icon

These features offer offline usability and integration with classroom/meeting notes, legal reviews, research archives, etc.

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⚠️ Troubleshooting Tips #

Issue	Solution
DOCX file is corrupted or unreadable	Ensure ZipArchive PHP extension is enabled on your server
Print page shows “Please log in”	User must be logged in with valid nonce
Download doesn’t start	Check browser popup blockers or network errors