By Yamuno Team
08 Jul 2026
5 min read
Confluence's built-in PDF export produces the page content and nothing else. No title page, no table of contents, no company logo — just the raw content starting at the top of page one. For internal drafts that's workable. For anything going to a client, a stakeholder, or an external auditor, a document that starts abruptly with content and no cover page looks unfinished.
PDF Exporter for Confluence adds a cover page option with six built-in styles, full branding control, and a live preview so you can see exactly how the cover looks before exporting.
This guide covers how to set it up.
Install PDF Exporter for Confluence from the Atlassian Marketplace. Cover page configuration is done through the template system, which requires Confluence admin access.
In the template editor, find the Cover Page section and toggle it to enabled.
Once enabled, the cover page configuration expands to show:
A live preview on the right side of the editor updates as you make changes.
Six built-in styles are available:
| Style | Best for |
|---|---|
| Classic | General-purpose documents, internal wikis |
| Corporate | Client-facing deliverables, formal proposals |
| Modern | Product documentation, technical guides |
| Executive | Board reports, executive summaries |
| Bold | Internal team reports, product launches |
| Minimal | When you only need the title with no decoration |
Click through the styles in the selector — the preview updates immediately so you can compare them without saving.
Recommendation for client-facing documents: Corporate or Executive. Both have a restrained, professional look that works across industries. Avoid Bold for external documents — it's visually strong but can feel informal in a business context.
The accent color controls the decorative elements on the cover: the color bar in Corporate style, the accent line in Executive style, the overlay block in Modern style, and so on.
Click the color field and enter your hex value. Use your company's primary brand color.
If you don't have a specific brand color, #1e40af (dark blue) or #1d4ed8 (medium blue) works well for most professional contexts. Avoid very light colors — they disappear against a white background on some cover styles.
Click Upload Logo and select your company logo (PNG, JPG, or SVG). The logo appears on the cover page alongside the document title.
Logo tips:
The logo is stored per template, so you upload it once and it appears on every export using this template.
Subtitle: Optional text displayed below the document title. Use this for:
Author: Optional name displayed on the cover. For team-produced documents, use a team or department name ("Solutions Engineering," "Product Team") rather than an individual's name — it ages better and is more appropriate for documents that will be revised over time.
Click Save. The template is now available to all users on the instance.
To test it:
The preview shows the actual cover with your logo, accent color, and the Confluence page title as the document title. If anything looks off — logo too large, color doesn't match, subtitle missing — go back to the template and adjust.
The cover page is always the first page. It does not count in page numbering — if you have page numbers enabled, they start from "1" on the first content page after the cover.
If you also have a table of contents enabled, it appears after the cover page and before the content — the standard structure for a professional document.
[Cover Page]
[Table of Contents] ← if enabled
[Content Pages] ← page numbers start here
Sometimes you want a clean export without a cover — a raw content dump for internal review, or a quick single-page export that doesn't need a title page.
The easiest approach is to keep a second "No Cover" template (or use the built-in Default template) for these cases. Users select the right template at export time based on what the document needs.
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