Page layout in edit

[Martin Janeček]

Hi,

is there any way when i'm in page edit to see where the A4 page ends and starts?

My issue is that when I use export to PDF, some passages are split into 2 pages.

Thanks

[Kristian Klima]

Nazdar @Martin Janeček and welcome to the Community 

I guess you could use Divider (macro) at certain points on a page, then code PDF CSS (Confluence settings) accordingly.

There's no A4-like page page formatting on stock Confluence - it's primarily an online tool.... Having said that...

I'd give a try to Scroll PDF exporter by K15t if PDFs are essential for your output. It produces much better results, offers a ton of customizations (no coding required), templates and so on. Worth a trial.

I don't work for the vendor and I used the app extensively in the past as it could easily handle our requirements.

[Martin Janeček]

Hi @Kristian Klima

thank you for reply.
I will look on it, thanks for kicker. 

I really want avoid to implement new Apps, if exist confluence core solution, because cyber security, billing etc. ;)

Yeah, you are definitely right, it is cloud tool and its not logical for that... 

BUT, sometimes do you need export page for some department, project or client etc. to the PDF files or to print... So, my idea is something like in MS Excel print preview ( information lines/dividers), when you can see where export cut the page.

[Kristian Klima]

Then the divider macro is the solution but not exactly practical.

Having said that... if you need to share a page once in a while, you may look into Public Links.

It's an add hoc link that makes one single page available to anyone with the link. It may be frowned upon (because security...) but then a PDF can be shared just as well...

https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/share-content-externally-with-public-links/

Example of a public link: https://d-art-s.atlassian.net/wiki/external/M2I0YjcwNTNkYzI4NDEzNGFiZTNkNWYxZmZiZTYyMWM

Funny thing: a PDF generated from the public link using browser's print to PDF looks better than the PDF generated from Confluence.

So you may either share the public link and outsource the PDF creation to your client :) ... or create a public link, open it, generate PDF, disable public link.

Worth try IMHO :)