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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 (with logo - Data Center)

  • Page Tools (•••) > Apps > Export with Scroll Word Exporter (Cloud)

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.

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

.

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.