PDF Export -child pages to be exported as one full page (no blanks)

[Martina Hurtečáková]

Hello, 

I need to export some confluence pages as PDF. Some of the pages have only 4 or 5 lines. when I exported them, I have always just these few lines and then white space until the title of next page. It´s not a fluent/compact text what I need.

I was trying it in two ways:

1.  Space settings -> Export space
2.  Apps -> Export with Content Exporter

I´ve tried several CSS commands for putting the text after each other, but in none of the exports it is possible to get a fluent text in PDF. It also does not work in Word, but here I can at least manually adjust, what is sub-optimal but at least a workaround.

Can you please support me how I can get a compact PDF Export when exporting several confluence pages so there are not blank areas between the Pages?

thanks a lot , Martina

[Kristian Klima]

Hello @Martina Hurtečáková 

A page is a page is a page so unless you force something specific via CSS, there will be an empty spece.

There's an alternative to Content Exporter (a META INF app, I presume) - Scroll PDF Exporter by K15t.

I'm not trying to make you switch but I think it does have the feature that you want 

https://help.k15t.com/scroll-pdf-exporter/6.0/cloud/keep-content-together

"You can use the Scroll Content Block macro to mark any content that you do not want to have split across a page break in an export. The contents within the macro will be treated as a block of content, suppressing page breaks to avoid orphans and widows in exported documents."

The worst that you can do is install a trial to see if it meets your expectations. Za to nič nedáte ;)

Perhaps there's a similar feature in Content Exporter?

[Martina Hurtečáková]

Hello, thanks for tips. I don´t know this app but will look at it. I don´t think the Content Exporter does have this or similar feature, but I will ask them as well.
Za to nič nedám- máte pravdu :)

[Priyanka Khare]

Hi @Martina Hurtečáková 

I agree, that’s kinda just how Confluence works, it adds space since it sees each page as its own thing. CSS won’t really fix that. Easiest move would be to just drop everything into one long page or Word file, then export. Not super elegant, but it works.

Let me know!

[Martina Hurtečáková]

Hello, thanks for prompt feedback and tips. Yes, the ways you are describing we are using, however I just want to be really sure, that there is no way how it can be done by CSS. now I have my final answer, so thanks again ;)

[Priyanka Khare]

I would appreciate if you can accept my answer if it really helped you @Martina Hurtečáková