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 * activate your module
 * eventually, set it as the default model.
+= Troubleshooting =
+== Q: My PDF template doesn't understand foreign characters, it outputs them as ??? ==
+This is probably a font problem, the current font used for generating the PDF cannot handle the foreign characters you are trying to print. So just try to use another set of font.
+You will find the fonts used by Dolibarr to print PDF inside your Dolibarr folder.../includes/tcpdf/fonts/
+To change the font used for generating PDF, you need to edit the 'main.lang' file of the language you are using (you'll find the file in your Dolibarr.../langs/en_US/main.lang for instance if you use English)
+* Edit the main.lang file
+* Locate the constant FONTFORPDF at the beginning of the file and change the value to FONTFORPDF=dejavusans for instance if you want to use dejavusans. Please note that sometimes FONTFORPDF may be missing, in this case you should add it at the beginning of the file.
+* Save the file and try again to generate your PDF.
+If you are unlucky, you can try with more fonts, just go to the TCPDF website sourceforge.net/projects/tcpdf/files/ and download the latest zip package. Then extract only the 'fonts' folder from the zip. Then copy the files in your Dolibarr installation .../includes/tcpdf/fonts/ so you will get more fonts to play with.
+Also, please make a backup of your files before to modify.
+Thank's to Humphrey for the tip.