Using custom templates allows you to export Confluence content as PDFs and have full control over the content's look and feel.
Before you start creating custom templates, check out the PDF Template Library to see what's possible for your Confluence exports. 📚 To the Template Library →
This section is about creating and managing your own custom templates. If you want to get things done immediately, Scroll PDF Exporter for Cloud also contains default templates that you can use out of the box
As a Space Admin, you can get an overview of all available templates for your current space on the Templates screen at ••• > Space settings > Integrations > Scroll PDF Exporter Templates.
Template types
The Type column displays the template type. Scroll PDF Exporter supports three template types:
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Default templates – Default templates show Provided by add-on in the Type column. Scroll PDF Exporter includes default templates out of the box. You can use them in all spaces, but you can't edit or delete them.
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Global template: Global templates show global template in the Type column. You can use global templates in every space in your Confluence installation. Only Confluence Admins can create, edit, or delete them on the global template administration menu at General configuration > Scroll PDF Exporter > Templates.
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Space templates: Space templates appear with a blank space in the Type column. You can only use a space template in the space where you created it. The Space Admin who created a space template can edit or delete it, and so can all Confluence Admins.
Template actions
In the Actions column, you can carry out several actions to manage the templates in this space:
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Edit – Admins can edit space templates. Confluence Admins can edit all space templates, and Space Admins can edit the ones they created.
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Copy – Admins can copy default, global, and space templates. Each copy becomes a new space template. All Space Admins and Confluence Admins can copy all templates. Furthermore, Confluence Admins can copy templates as global templates on the global template administration menu at General configuration > Scroll PDF Exporter > Templates.
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Move – Confluence Admins can move a space template to a different space within the same Confluence instance.
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Download – you can download the template as a .data file that you can re-upload on another Confluence Cloud instance, or another space in this instance. Space Admins and Confluence admins can download all templates.
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Delete – Confluence Admins can delete any space template, and Space Admins can delete the ones they created.
Edit Template Visibility
In the Visibility column, admins can choose whether users see a template in the export dialog.
Visibility only affects the export dialog
Setting a template to invisible only hides it from the export dialog. It does not restrict access to the template. Invisible templates:
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Remain accessible via the REST API and other integrations.
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Continue to appear in other parts of the user interface (e.g. template list)
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Users can still copy or download them from the template list and reuse them elsewhere.
Use visibility to declutter the export dialog for end users, not as an access control or security mechanism.
Import a Template
To import a *.DATA template file as a space template, click the + New Template button and then select Upload.
Confluence Admins can upload *.DATA templates as global templates by clicking the + New Template button and then selecting Upload on the global template administration menu at General configuration > Scroll PDF Exporter > Templates.
Create a Template
To create a new space template and get editing, click the + New Template button and then select Create new:
Confluence Admins can create global templates by clicking the + New Template button on the global template administration menu at General configuration > Scroll PDF Exporter > Templates.
Next Steps
When you create and edit your new template, you can: