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+Usage
+=====
+
+The ``PDFTemplateView`` takes a selection of variables, most of which get passed
+to the underlying wkhtmltopdf binary. The exceptions are:
+
+* filename
+* footer_template
+* header_template
+* response
+* template_name
+
+wkhtmltopdf options can be found by running ``wkhtmltopdf --help``. Unfortunately
+they don't provide hosted documentation. Any variables you pass to django-wkhtmltopdf
+need to be underscored. They will be converted to hyphenated variables for use with
+the wkhtmltopdf binary.
+
+.. note::
+
+    For convenience in development you can add the GET arg ``?as=html`` to the
+    end of your URL to render the PDF as a web page.
+
+
+Simple Example
+--------------
+
+Point a URL at PDFTemplateView:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    from django.conf.urls.defaults import *
+    from django_wkhtmltopdf.views import PDFTemplateView
+
+
+    urlpatterns = patterns('',
+        # ...
+        url(r'^pdf/$', PDFTemplateView.as_view(template_name='my_template.html',
+                                               filename='my_pdf.pdf'), name='pdf'),
+        # ...
+    )
+
+
+Advanced Example
+----------------
+
+Point a URL (as above) at your own view that subclasses ``PDFTemplateView`` and
+and override the sections you need to.
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    from django_wkhtmltopdf.views import PDFTemplateView
+
+
+    class MyPDF(PDFTemplateView):
+        filename = 'my_pdf.pdf'
+        margin_top = 3
+        template_name = 'my_template.html'
+