Is it possible to export a Confluence Space to word with all sub pages & content of filelist intact

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Hi Community!

I want to export a Confluence Space to word with all sub pages and content of filelist intact.

I'm aware of the functionality in Space settings under Manage Spaces-> Export Files, however this only offers the HTLML, XML or PDF format. And this don't fulfill the need of my customer.

Lotte Munck · Answer

Well, It doesn't quite work that way in the Danish public sector:-) The exit clause is when Customer leaves the contract and want a new vendor to take over. So EVERYTHING - including the Confluence Space - will be shout down. It's a normal clause in a contract when you deal with Danish Governance. Every x year every public contract will be put into a bid - just for the competition and to get the best offer possible for the right price:-)

But basically and back to my original problem... If I understood you correctly - we don't have a add-on or plug-in for export a Space into word format. If we want it in word, the only way is to export the single pages - one at the time, Right?

The other option you suggest might work if new vendor want to establish all our documentation from Confluence into a tool of their choise. I'm no expert in REST api (I'm scrum master), so I have to talk to some from my team.

Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Answer

It's my consultant instinct - "why do you think you want something that is of no real use to you?".

When my lot promise documentation to clients, we give them a space export if they want something they can maintain themselves, or pdfs if they want static docs.

Another option might be to scrape your space with a script - get the content of each page over the REST api and dump it out as (minimally formatted) text.

Lotte Munck · Answer

Hi Nic. I'm aware of all this:-) And I agree with you all the way. However this is a specific exit paragraf in contract that we need to fulfill one way or the other. And I'm seaching for the easiest way around this issue and still make my customer happy:-)