Change the Table Format
Using Confluence Cloud?
You must install the Scroll Exporter Extensions app to use the macro required to follow this guide.
You can use the Scroll Table layout macro to specify how the table following this macro will be formatted when exported with the Scroll Exporters.
Preferences selected in this macro will not affect how the table is displayed in Confluence. To apply formatting changes to a specific table you have to insert the macro directly before the table.
You can change the following table properties:
Section | Parameter | Description |
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Scroll Exporter options | Column Widths | Enter widths for the table columns to adopt in the export - percentages, relative values or number of pixels can be used to define the column widths. These values only affect the table output in the export and not on the Confluence page.
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Style | Assign a style to your table – the Style field is currently only compatible with our Scroll Word Exporter app. | |
Table sorting | Define whether to enable the sorting of table rows. If disabled, a table will be exported as shown on the Confluence page. | |
Sort by column | When table sorting is Enabled, choose which column is used to sort the table rows. | |
Sort direction | When table sorting is Enabled, define whether table rows are displayed in ascending or descending order. | |
Cell highlighting | Decide if cell highlighting set in Confluence should be displayed in exports. | |
Exporter specific options | Page orientation | Select either a Portrait or Landscape orientation for the page including the table in the export. Selecting a different page orientation from that defined in the template setting will cause a page break before and after the table. The page orientation is reset to what is defined in the template after the table. |
Repeat table header on page break (PDF only) | Choose whether table headers are repeated when a table breaks onto a new page. This setting will overwrite the preference which is already set in the template. | |
Table styling (Word only) | Define whether heading cells for the associated table are exported using the style set on the Confluence page or the style set in the Word template. Please see the Table styling option section to read more about this export behaviour. |
Scroll Word Exporter specific information
Please note, in order for the Scroll Table Layout macro settings to be applied in the generated Word export users must select the Fixed Width table option in the export options
Compatibility with other macros
Some macros available within Confluence also output content in table format which can be modified by the Scroll Table Layout macro. The following list of macros are compatible:
- Change History macro
- Page Properties Report macro
- Jira Issue Macro (Table display)
- Attachments macro
- Content Report Table macro
- Task Report macro