---
title: "Uploading and the PDF"
description: "Upload a finished certificate from the Shine Forms tablet app to your Shine Forms account and view the finished PDF online."
source: "tablet"
---

:::info{title="Coming soon"}
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:::

# Uploading and the PDF

The certificate PDF is produced by your Shine Forms account, not on the tablet. When a certificate is ready, upload it: the account produces the PDF and keeps a copy of the certificate for Shine Forms Desktop to download.

Open **Print Preview** from the ribbon: tap the section name or **Ribbon**, then the **Print Preview** tab.

![The Print Preview section before the certificate has been uploaded](https://www.shineforms.co.uk/docs/_img/spectrum-tablet-print-preview.png)

## Uploading

Tap **Upload Now**, either in the ribbon or in the middle of the screen. You need to be signed in and have an internet connection. The status bar under the ribbon shows the upload's progress, and **Cancel** stops it.

![The status bar while the certificate is uploading](https://www.shineforms.co.uk/docs/_img/spectrum-tablet-print-preview-uploading.png)

When the upload finishes the status bar reads **Uploaded**, and the certificate shows as **Submitted** on the Home screen.

If the upload fails, the status bar says why and offers **Retry**. Nothing you have entered is lost by a failed upload, and you can upload again as often as you like — for example after making a correction.

You can also upload from the Home screen: tap **⋮** on a certificate's row and choose **Upload**. Uploads queued while the tablet is offline are sent automatically when it is next connected.

## Viewing the PDF

Once the upload has finished, tap **View Online** to open the certificate in your Shine Forms account in the tablet's browser, where you can view, download and share the PDF.

:::note
**Share**, **Export PDF** and **Print** appear in the ribbon but are not yet available on the tablet. Use **View Online** to get the PDF.
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## Upload history

Every upload the tablet makes, successful or not, is listed under **File → Upload History**, with the certificate number, the result and who uploaded it. See [Settings and support](https://www.shineforms.co.uk/docs/tablet-app-settings-and-support#upload-history).

## Back in the office

Once uploaded, the certificate is in your Shine Forms account. Shine Forms Desktop can download it from there so that it can be reviewed, [merged with other engineers' work](https://www.shineforms.co.uk/docs/merging-certificates) or issued to the customer.