A decision-focused weekly PDF brief

How it works

1. Lead with the decision

   Use a colored paragraph panel to make the requested decision stand out from the narrative.

2. Keep the supporting detail short

   Separate progress bullets from the issue that needs attention.

3. Close with ownership

   Put the next actions, owners, and due dates into a styled table. Add PDF metadata for the exported file.

This is the complete example file used to generate the download. The walkthrough runner creates the output directory and produces the additional previews.

using System.IO;
using OfficeIMO.Pdf;

namespace OfficeIMO.Examples.Showcase.Workflows;

/// <summary>Combines a decision panel, concise narrative, and action table in a weekly PDF brief.</summary>
internal static class WeeklyBrief {
    internal static void Create(string folder) {
        PdfColor navy = PdfColor.FromRgb(23, 54, 93);
        PdfDocument.Create(pdf => pdf.Content(content => content
            .H1("The week in delivery", PdfAlign.Left, navy)
            .Paragraph(p => p.Text("NORTHWIND / WEEK 38 / 2026"))
            .PanelParagraph(p => p.Bold("Decision for this week\n").Text(
                "Approve the second pilot group after the recovery exercise is complete."),
                new PdfPanelStyle {
                    Background = PdfColor.FromRgb(232, 246, 237),
                    BorderColor = PdfColor.FromRgb(117, 170, 135), PaddingX = 12, PaddingY = 12
                })
            .H2("Progress", PdfAlign.Left, navy)
            .Bullets(new[] {
                "The first pilot group completed 48 requests.",
                "The team reduced the oldest queue from 16 items to 5.",
                "The receiving team completed its first supported handover."
            })
            .H2("Watch closely", PdfAlign.Left, navy)
            .Paragraph(p => p.Text("Two access issues remain open. Keep a named escalation contact available during the next pilot session."))
            .H2("Next actions", PdfAlign.Left, navy)
            .Table(new[] {
                new[] { "Action", "Owner", "Due" },
                new[] { "Complete recovery exercise", "Operations", "Tuesday" },
                new[] { "Close access issues", "Engineering", "Wednesday" },
                new[] { "Review pilot expansion", "Product", "Friday" }
            }, style: new PdfTableStyle {
                HeaderFill = navy, HeaderTextColor = PdfColor.White, HeaderRowCount = 1,
                RowStripeFill = PdfColor.FromRgb(241, 245, 249), CellPaddingX = 8, CellPaddingY = 8
            })
            .Paragraph(p => p.Text("Prepared from sample data. Keep the brief focused on decisions and actions."))),
            new PdfOptions { DefaultFontSize = 11 })
            .Meta(title: "The week in delivery", author: "OfficeIMO")
            .Save(Path.Combine(folder, "example.pdf"));
    }
}

Run it from the source checkout

Clone the OfficeIMO repository and run this command from its root with the .NET 10 SDK. The first run restores the example project's dependencies.

dotnet run --project OfficeIMO.Examples -f net10.0 -- --showcase-workflows --showcase-example pdf-weekly-brief

The files are written to OfficeIMO.Examples/bin/Debug/net10.0/Documents/Workflows/pdf-weekly-brief/. To use the example in your application, start with the PDF guide and its package setup.

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