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bug: no way to disable multi-column output if one doesn't like it

Sample page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-origin_resource_sharing PDF is 2-column per page, while all PDFs used to be single column (at an indeterminate number of months in the past, maybe 1yr ago). There is no apparent way to select against this dictat. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.14.42.115 (talk) 08:30, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

- The two column format is badly broken for most pages in mathematics, computer science and engineering. By badly broken I mean unusable. Formulas, tables, source code all become unreadable (mashed together) in the PDF output. Is anyone going to fix this or at least give us the option to revert to the old format? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.149.183.179 (talk) 19:28, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

I agree with these two statements. Long equations span both columns, making the equations and the right hand column virtually unreadable. Please let me turn two columns of. :-( — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.30.18.95 (talk) 11:38, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

- Source code block is unreadable. Apparently the line breaks and spaces are missing, code is rendered in default proportional font in one large line. I suppose this is for everything that becomes a <pre> or a <code> tag.

- I had a similar problem with the graphic provided on the web page appearing, in part, over the first page of the PDF document instead of further down in the doc where it should've been. Re-rendering doesn't fix it. Convert this page - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_six_play-offs - to a PDF and you'll see what I mean.

Rendering failed

While in book creator I used to see 'download as ZIM, ODT, PDF etc. But now its missing for few days. And any type of rendering doesn't work. Thay all fail no matter what the format is. here is a link what happens when i try to render a book - http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Book&bookcmd=rendering&return_to=Book%3A.hack&collection_id=9f773203a915c2c7871ed23e5edffefe8651b69f — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.123.150.11 (talk) 13:19, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

Additional comment as of Dec 15, 2014: While in book creator I used to see 'download as ZIM, ODT, PDF etc. But now I see PDF Format as the only option. I'm wondering if Wikipedia will be restoring the option to download from book creator using the OpenDocument text format since PDF documents are not very compatible with e-readers. Markpomerantz (talk) 16:26, 15 December 2014 (UTC)

see also #Download as ZIM?? -- Kku 10:29, 26 January 2015 (UTC)