Scroll PDF Exporter and Expand Macros

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Karen Mustain

December 20, 2017 16:47

We are evaluating the Scroll PDF Exporter.  We use the expand macro on alot of our pages.  Is there a way to control if the macro will show as expanded or cloaked in an export.

Thanks Karen

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  Thomas Rough (K15t) December 21, 2017 09:21

  Hi Karen, 

  Thanks for your question. 

  When using the Expand macro in your Confluence content, Scroll PDF Exporter will export the content which is included within the macro but it will not export the macro container. Unfortunately, it is not possible to define how the content is displayed (e.g. expanded or cloaked) when exporting using this specific macro with Scroll PDF Exporter. 

  How were you wanting the content to be displayed in your export? Did you require the information to be expandable in your PDF or did you simply want to have the content hidden?

  If you are only wanting the specific content included within this macro to be shown in Confluence, but not in the export, it would be possible to use the Scroll Ignore macro. When wrapping your content with this macro it will exclude the contents when exporting your page(s). 

  I hope this information helps. 

  Thanks, Thomas 

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  Karen Mustain December 21, 2017 14:02

  We were wondering if it could be expandable in the PDF.

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  Thomas Rough (K15t) December 22, 2017 09:05

  Hi Karen, 

  Thanks for your reply. 

  Unfortunately not – this is mainly due to the limitations of the page construct for a PDF document, which would have to adjust accordingly to content being collapsed and expanded.

  For example, text beneath an expandable section would need to be pushed further down the page and this would have a knock-on effect on formatting for things like headings, page numbers and the table of contents. The PDF would need to dynamically update to these changes which is not possible.  

  I hope this answer helps. 

  Thanks, Thomas 

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  Karen Mustain December 27, 2017 01:19

  Yes, it does. Thanks for the clarification.

  Karen

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  Georg Deiters December 23, 2019 16:14

  Dear All,

  We seem to have a similar use case: ability to control if collapsed content (in expand macros) shall be exported to PDF or not.

  Is handy for instance for exporting an internal document with details versus a clean version for external audiences.

  Wouldn't see any need for special formatting of expanded content.

  Best regards,

  Georg

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