Export to Word

By using one of the bundled templates included with the app, or if you have created your own custom template, you can export your Confluence content to Word format.

Simply open the page you want to export, then click ••• (Page tools) > Export to Word.

A dialog box will then open where you can choose which template you want to export your content with. Additionally, you can also define the export scope to either:

This page and its children – export the page you start the export from and all the saved child pages
Only this page – export only the page you start the export from

After selecting your desired template and choosing your export scope, you can then click Settings and toggle the Advanced mode to display further customizable options. These options are set by default in the chosen template but can be changed prior to exporting and include:

Property	Name	Description
Language & Time Zone	Language	Sets the language for the text used in placeholder content. For example, the Export date placeholder, when defined to print the month name in full text, will use this set language for the translation.
Language & Time Zone	Time zone	Sets the time zone used in placeholder content, like dates. Choosing to use the timezone of the Confluence instance will default to UTC.
Labels	Include/exclude	Include/exclude child pages with particular page labels. You can find further information about this here.
Labels	Use page labels as index terms	Check to use page labels as index terms
Content	Enable links to external websites	If checked, web links in the Word file will be clickable
	Enable links to Confluence	If checked, links to your Confluence site in the Word file will be clickable
	Add URL to external links	If checked, the complete URL for the external link will also be printed in brackets next to the link
	Add URL to Confluence links	If checked, the complete URL for the Confluence link will also be printed in brackets next to the link
	Export thumbnail images in full resolution	If checked, Confluence thumbnail images get exported in full quality (however they'll still be displayed in the size as defined in Confluence).
	Merge single, first heading and page title	If checked, single first headings are merged with the page title. You can find further information about this here.
	Allow Word macros	If checked, Word macros included in the template will be included in the export
	Export only the last published versions of the pages	Only available if Comala Workflows is installed on the Confluence system. For further information please read our documentation.
	Hide the workflow header and footer
Macros	Show "Table Of Content" macro output	If checked, the Confluence Table of Contents Macro content will be displayed in the export
	Show "Child pages" macro output	If checked, the Confluence Child pages Macro (formerly known as “Children Display”) content will be displayed in the export
	Convert image gallery tables to lists	If checked, images in the Confluence Gallery Macro will be displayed in a list rather than a grid
	Keep multi-column page layouts	If checked, content in the Confluence Section Macro will be exported in tables. Additionally, multi-column page layouts will also be preserved.
	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 caption position	If an image or table is assigned a caption using the Scroll Title Macro, you can select whether to display that caption before or after the image or table
	Figure caption	Define the text shown for Scroll Title Macro for figures. The following placeholders are available for the figure captions: Internationalized Caption Label = Prints the hard-coded caption prefix based on the language of the Word file template ie. Figure for English Word file templates (learn more) Caption Title = reference to the Scroll Title macro caption title Caption Number = reference to the Scroll Title macro caption number Chapter Number = reference to the Heading level 1 chapter numbering Chapter Dependent Chapter Number = reference to the number in the sequence of figures of tables, under a certain chapter
	Table caption position	If an image or table is assigned a caption using the Scroll Title Macro, you can select whether to display that caption before or after the image or table
	Table caption	Define the text shown for Scroll Title Macro for tables. The following placeholders are available for the figure captions: Internationalized Caption Label = Prints the hard-coded caption prefix based on the language of the Word file template ie. Table for English Word file templates (learn more) Caption Title = reference to the Scroll Title macro caption title Caption Number = reference to the Scroll Title macro caption number Chapter Number = reference to the Heading level 1 chapter numbering Chapter Dependent Chapter Number = reference to the number in the sequence of figures of tables, under a certain chapter
File Options	Export Filename	Use placeholders and/or text to define the filename for the generated Word file. Selecting the + icon provides a selection of placeholders that can be used. If this field is empty, the filename will revert to the default. i.e. Document Title-Document Revision-Export date
	Optimize links for print	Page number of link target (to pages, figures and tables) will be appended to internal link.
	Suffix for internal links	Only accessible within template's Export Properties. Define prefix/suffix text that will be added for links to pages in the document when "Optimize export for printing" is enabled. The following placeholder is available for the internal page links: Target Page = reference to the page number for the linked page or Scroll Title macro caption
	Suffix for links to figures	Only accessible within template's Export Properties. Define prefix/suffix text that will be added for links to figures (within Scroll Title macro) in the document when "Optimize export for printing" is enabled. The following placeholders are available for the figure/table caption links: Target Page = reference to the page number for the Scroll Title macro caption Target Caption = reference to the Scroll Title macro caption title Target Number = reference to the Scroll Title macro caption number
	Suffix for links to tables	Only accessible within template's Export Properties. Define prefix/suffix text that will be added for links to tables (within Scroll Title macro) in the document when "Optimize export for printing" is enabled. The following placeholders are available for the figure/table caption links: Target Page = reference to the page number for the Scroll Title macro caption Target Caption = reference to the Scroll Title macro caption title Target Number = reference to the Scroll Title macro caption number
Tables	Table fitting	Choose if the table is exported to fit the content, window or keeps the fixed width
Document Properties	Document Properties	Add placeholders (via the + icon) or static text within the related fields to provide values for the following Document Properties types that are stored in the generated Word Export: Title, Subject, Author, Manager, Company, Category, Keywords, Comments

After selecting your preferences, simply click the Export button to generate the Word file.

Next steps

Now you have generated an export, you can:

Learn how to use custom templates for complete control over the styling of your exports
Use the Scroll Word Exporter macros for finer control over what content gets included in your exports, and how that content is formatted.