Confluence Docs 3.0 : Confluence to PDF This page last changed on Jun 18, 2009 by ggaskell. Confluence allows you to export a single page, a part of a space, or an entire space into a single PDF file.
| Confluence 3.0 and later versions contain a new PDF Export feature that provides output customisation via Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) modifications. It also provides the ability to add a Table of Contents listing and customised headers, footers and a title page to exported documents too. These customisations are specific to each space in a Confluence installation and require the 'Space Administrator' permission to implement. For more information about implementing PDF Export customisations, see Editing the PDF Stylesheet.
### Exporting Single Pages You can export a single page in Confluence to PDF: Go to a page in the space, open the 'Tools' menu and select 'Export to PDF'. The process will begin, and you will be prompted by a series of dialog boxes. ### Exporting Multiple Pages or the Entire Space To export to PDF, you will need 'Export Space' permission which is assigned by a space administrator from the Space Administration screens. See Space Permissions or contact a space administrator for more information. To export to PDF, Go to the 'Advanced' view for the space. To do this: Go to a page in the space, open the 'Browse' menu and select 'Advanced'. The 'Advanced' view will open. Click 'PDF Export' in the left-hand panel. This option will only be visible if you have the 'Export Space' permission. Select the pages you want to export by selecting the check boxes in the tree view of pages displayed. By default, all pages are selected. You have the option to 'Check All' or 'Clear All' pages. See screenshot below. If you select the check box of a page that contains one or more child or descendent pages, all of these child and descendent pages will also be selected. Similarly, if you clear the check box of such a page, all of its child and descendent pages will also be cleared. This provides a convenient method for exporting subtrees (for example, chapters or sections) of the entire documentation within a space. Click 'Export'. Download and save the PDF file as prompted. Click or double-click the PDF file name to open it.
| Notes Only image attachments which have been inserted into a page are included when exporting to PDF. To export a PDF containing international text, you need to install a Unicode font in Confluence. News items are not included within the PDF export. Please cast your vote towards this feature request.
Screenshot: Selecting pages to export
| If you have 'Space Administrator' permissions, the link to customise the PDF Stylesheet is provided at the top of the page tree, as shown in the image above.
| Confluence's PDF Export feature is designed to handle a wide variety of content. However, in the unlikely situation that the PDF Export process fails, perhaps due to a mishandled customisation, the PDF Export screen will indicate the title of the page in which the problem occurred to help you diagnose the cause of the failure.
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