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Export to PDF

You can export your Confluence content to PDF by using one of the default templates included with the app, or your own custom template.

If you're creating a custom template, check out the PDF Template Library. 📚 You’ll be able to browse a wide range of use cases which showcase the many ways your Confluence content can be exported using Scroll PDF Exporter. To the Template Library →  

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Export to PDF

Depending on whether you use a default template or a custom template, you can use the selected template to export your Confluence content. Simply open the page you want to export, then click Page Tools (•••)Export to PDF. Make sure to select the option with the PDF icon, otherwise you'll be using Confluence's inbuilt PDF Exporter.

This opens the export dialog, where you can choose which template you want to use. After selecting your desired template, you can click Show Details to display several customization options:

After you have selected the customization options you want, click Export.

Overview of Export Properties

Tab

Name

Description

Labels

Include/exclude

Define page labels to include/exclude child pages

Labels

Index terms

If checked, page labels will be used as index terms

Content

Enable numbered headings

If checked, headings will use the numbering defined in the export template

Content

Keep multi-column page layouts

If checked, the export uses the Confluence page layout

Content

Enable links to external websites

If checked, web links in the PDF will be clickable

Content

Enable links to Confluence

If checked, links to your Confluence site will be clickable

Content

Repeat table header if table breaks to a new page

If checked, table headers will be repeated if the table breaks onto a new page

Content

Insert a page break after every Confluence page

If checked, a page break will be inserted after every Confluence page in the PDF export

Content

Attachments

If the option Embed referenced attachments is checked, the generated PDF export will contain the attachments included on the exported pages

Macros

Show 'Table Of Content' macro output

If checked, the Confluence Table of Contents macro (if added to the page) will be included in the export

Macros

Show 'Child pages' macro output

If checked, the Confluence Child pages macro – formerly known as “Children Display” – (if added to the page) will be included in the export 

Macros

Convert image gallery tables to lists

If checked, images in gallery macros are displayed in a list rather than a grid

Macros

Convert Office macros to file thumbnails

If enabled, "Office Excel", "Office Powerpoint" and "Office Word" macros will be replaced by thumbnail images of the corresponding files. Otherwise the macro output will be exported.

Captions

Figure captions

If an image is assigned a caption using the Scroll Title macro, you can select whether to display that caption before or after the image

Captions

Table captions

If a table is assigned a caption using the Scroll Title macro, you can select whether to display that caption before or after the table

File Options

Optimize links for printing

If checked, a footer section displaying the full URLs of all links on the page is added. Further customisation options remain available for link suffixes, see Define template settings for additional information.

File Options

Make document PDF/A-3 compliant

If checked, a PDF/A (ISO-standardized) version of the PDF is created upon export. This file type is intended for archiving purposes and long-term preservation of electronic documents.

File Options

Image compression

Define whether images are compressed in the export. Reducing the image quality (e.g. Low quality), increases the compression for exported images and will reduce the size of the exported file. As a result, images may appear distorted.

PDF Metadata

Title/Author/Subject/Keywords

Define metadata within the available fields to include in the generated PDF export

Bookmarks

PDF Bookmarks

Define the number of heading levels used to create bookmarks in the generated PDF Export. After choosing a specific heading level, PDF bookmarks will be created for the selected and all previous heading levels. e.g. Choosing Heading 3 will create bookmarks for heading levels 1, 2 and 3.

Bookmarks

Expanded levels

Define how many bookmark heading levels are displayed in the export. Bookmarks will be expanded up until the selected heading level

Bookmarks

Bookmarks Panel

If checked, the bookmark panel will automatically be displayed when the export is opened in the PDF reader (eg. Adobe)



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