Besides static content, you can also add placeholders. Placeholders reference metadata, and insert this metadata into content boxes. To add placeholder, click the + icon in the toolbar and choose your placeholder from the available list. Alternatively, you also add placeholders via the / or { keyboard shortcuts.
Default placeholders
The following placeholders are available to all PDF exporter users:
Name |
Description |
Settings |
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Chapter Heading |
Displays the current chapter's heading (Heading 1). |
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Content Property |
The specified content property on the root page. You cannot set content properties manually by yourself – they are only set by third party add-ons. |
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Creation date |
Displays the creation date of the current page. |
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Creator Username |
Displays the username of the creator of the current page. |
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Creator Full Name |
Displays the full name of the creator of the current page. |
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Current page number |
Displays the number of the current page in this document. |
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Document Creation Date |
Displays the creation date of the exported root page. |
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Document Creator Username |
Displays the username of the creator of the exported root page. |
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Document Creator Full Name |
Displays the full name of the creator of the exported root page. |
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Document Last Modifier Username |
Displays the username of the last modifier of the exported root page. |
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Document Last Modifier Full Name |
Displays the full name of the last modifier of the exported root page. |
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Document Last Modification Date |
Displays the last modification date of the exported root page. |
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Document Page ID |
Displays the ID of the exported root page. |
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Document Page Count |
Displays the total number of pages in this document. |
Choose the page numbering format - numbers, letters or roman numerals
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Document Revision |
Displays the revision of the exported root page. |
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Document Title |
Displays the page title of the exported root page. |
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Document URL |
Displays the document's Confluence URL. |
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Export Date |
Displays the date when the export was created. |
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Export User Username |
Displays the username of the user who performed the export. |
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Export User Full Name |
Displays the full name of the user who performed the export. |
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Include page |
Insert the content of a certain page. |
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Index |
Displays an index with the index terms you defined for this export. |
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JSON Content Property |
The specified JSON content property on the root page. This refers to properties available at:
The placeholder returns the contents of the |
(Optional) Specify a JSON Pointer to extract a specific field of a JSON structure. The path/JSON pointer of the content needs to be defined with a forward slash. For example, if the
Then you may use paths like these to extract the following values:
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Last Modification Date |
The last modification date of the current page. |
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Last Modifier Username |
Displays the username of the last modifier of the current page. |
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Last Modifier Full Name |
Displays the full name of the last modifier of the current page. |
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Metadata |
The specified Metadata value on the root page (Server / Data Center versions only) |
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Page ID |
Displays the ID of the current page |
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Page Revision |
Displays the revision of the current page. |
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Page Property |
Displays the specified page property on the root page. |
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Page Title |
Displays the current page title. |
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PDF Author |
Displays the value that is set in the PDF Author parameter within the Export Properties |
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PDF Keywords |
Displays the value that is set in the PDF Keywords parameter within the Export Properties |
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PDF Subject |
Displays the value that is set in the PDF Subject parameter within the Export Properties |
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PDF Title |
Displays the value that is set in the PDF Title parameter within the Export Properties |
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Space Description |
Displays the description of the space that contains the exported pages. |
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Space Key |
Displays the Confluence space key for the exported pages. |
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Space logo |
The logo of the exported space (or a fallback logo if none is defined). |
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Space Name |
Displays the name of the Confluence space that the content belongs to. |
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Section Heading |
Displays the current section's heading (Heading 2). |
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Table of contents |
Displays a table of contents for the document. |
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Table of Figures |
Displays a table of figures for the document |
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Table of Tables |
Displays a table of tables for the document |
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Template Title |
Prints the name of the export template |
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Scroll Document placeholders
If you are using Scroll Documents you can use the following placeholders in your template:
Name |
Description |
Settings |
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Document ID (Scroll Documents) |
Displays the ID of the exported document |
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Document Title (Scroll Documents) |
Displays the title of the exported Scroll Document |
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Variant Name (Scroll Documents) |
Displays the name of the exported variant |
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Version Name (Scroll Documents) |
Displays the name of the exported version |
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Version Saved Date (Scroll Documents) |
Displays the ID of the exported variant |
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Version Status (Scroll Documents) |
Displays the name of the exported variant |
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