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Get started with default templates
We're happy that you've decided to get started with Scroll PDF Exporter. This article will guide you through the steps required to set up your first export, using the built-in default templates.
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Exporting to PDF is simple – just open the page you want to export, then click ••• > Export with Scroll PDF Exporter
Choosing a template
Now you can pick which default template you want to use – Article, Confluence Page Layout, or Documentation. The templates have different designs and are intended for different purposes:
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Confluence Page Layout | Exports content in the same look and feel as in Confluence |
| Article | Same as the Documentation Layout, but only includes the page content (not the page title etc.) This setting is recommended for single-page exports |
| Documentation Layout | Creates exports in a style suited to documentation |
Define export settings
After selecting your desired template, you can click More Details to display several customization options:
| Tab | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Labels | Include/exclude | Define page labels to include/exclude child pages - learn more here |
| 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 'Children' macro output | If checked, the Confluence Children Display macro (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 |
| 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) |
Next steps
If you want to create your own custom template that fits your precise needs, you can use the inbuilt custom template designer.