In the mailbag this week, a reader asked if there’s a way to convert a Confluence wiki into a PDF. When we get our Confluence wiki off the ground, this will be an absolute necessity for our team too since we have some customers who are not online 24/7.
I’ve found two ways to make a PDF:
1. Make a PDF of a single Confluence page
- In Confluence, find the page that you want to turn into a PDF.
- Click Tools, then select Export to PDF.
- Save the PDF somewhere you’ll be able to find it.
2. Make a PDF of a Confluence space or selected pages
- In Confluence, find the space you want to save as a PDF.
- Click Browse, then select Advanced.
- Click PDF Export.
- Click Select All to save the whole site as a PDF, or select the pages you want to save as a PDF. Note: There is also a link on this page for the PDF Stylesheet if you want to change the appearance of the PDF.
- Click Export.
- When the export is complete, click the link for Download here.
- Save the PDF somewhere you’ll be able to find it.
That’s it. Pretty straightforward!
Resources:
Exporting Confluence Pages and Spaces to PDF
Customising the Appearance of PDF Exports
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Great explanation. Something to watch out for though. If a space is very big, exporting it out in Confluence might take a very long time a generate out of memory exceptions.
Hi Jenny
I came across your post on transferring Confluence pages from one server to another, then discovered this post. We did quite a lot of testing on Scroll PDF Exporter (albeit on Confluence 3.5 in the days of Wiki Markup) and were really really impressed by it.
http://www.k15t.com/software/scroll-pdf-exporter/overview
Same licensing as Confluence: 10 users 10 bucks, many users many bucks!
Phil
Thanks for the tip Phil!