Export Pages & Spaces

Export single pages, multi-page hierarchies, or entire Confluence spaces to PDF.

Accessing the Exporter

There are three ways to open PDF Exporter:

From a page:

1. Open any Confluence page
2. Click the ··· (More actions) menu
3. Select PDF Exporter for Confluence

Under the page title: Click Export to PDF below the page title. A page without child pages opens a compact dialog with a live preview; a page with children opens the full exporter.

From the global Apps menu:

1. Click Apps in the Confluence global navigation
2. Select PDF Exporter for Confluence

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Selecting Pages

The exporter displays a hierarchical page tree for the current space. Use it to select which pages to include in your export.

Selecting a single page:

• Check the checkbox next to the page name

Selecting a page and all its children:

• Check the parent page — all child pages are automatically included

Selecting specific pages from a hierarchy:

• Expand a parent page and check individual children independently

Searching for pages:

• Use the search bar at the top of the tree to filter by page title

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Choosing a Template

Select a template from the dropdown in the sidebar. The template determines the visual style of your PDF — layout, fonts, header/footer, cover page, watermarks, and more.

If no custom templates have been created by your admin, the three built-in templates are available:

Template	Use Case
Default	General-purpose exports with page numbers
Report	Formal reports with cover page and table of contents
Minimal	Sharing content without any chrome

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Exporting

Click Export to start generation. The app:

1. Fetches all selected pages and their assets (images, attachments)
2. Converts content to PDF using the selected template settings
3. Packages the output

Single page: Downloads directly as a .pdf file.

Multiple pages: choose the Output next to the template:

• One merged PDF — every selected page in a single document, with one table of contents, continuous page numbers and links between pages that jump to the right place
• Separate PDFs (ZIP) — one PDF per page, bundled into a .zip archive

An empty page — for example a parent page with no content of its own — is exported too, as a page with just its title.

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Hierarchical Exports

When exporting a page with children, the exported ZIP preserves the hierarchy:

export.zip
├── Parent Page.pdf
├── Child Page 1.pdf
├── Child Page 2.pdf
└── Grandchild Page.pdf

Parent-child relationships and internal links are maintained in the output where possible.

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Asset Handling

Images and attachments embedded in Confluence pages are automatically fetched and included in the PDF. You do not need to manually download or re-embed assets.

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Live Preview

When you export a single page, the dialog shows the actual PDF as it will be downloaded, and re-renders it when you switch templates. Use it to check the cover page, template settings and layout before exporting.