PDF Export Stylesheet

[epohl]

I need to create a PDF stylesheet for my Confluence site, and am a bit of a CSS dummy. Does anyone have an example they can post of theirs, which includes the following:

• Title Page with image
• TOC
• Footer with page numbers and maybe a graphic

If I have that I think I can manage a basic version.

Also, is it possible to have widow/orphan control in a CSS stylesheet?

[HuseinA · Accepted solution]

Most of them is covered in our documentation:

• Adding an Image to your Title Page
• TOC should be included by default if you export Space to PDF. But we do have it documented here as well if you'd like to customise it.
• Page Header and Footer Customisations

The best starting point is to refer to the default PDF Stylesheet here: confluencedefaultpdf.css. From there you'll get more clues on where to customise which.

Also, is it possible to have widow/orphan control in a CSS stylesheet?

I don't think so. But perhaps you can explain further on what are you trying to achieve here?

[Laura Schneider]

@HuseinA Thanks much for your link to confluencedefaultpdf.css, that is just what I was looking for but not finding anywhere. I think it will solve a bunch of problems for me. Cheers!

[MS]

I don't know about newer versions but I am using Confluence 3.1.1 and its PDF output is based on the Flying Saucer PDF engine. In 3.1.1, widow and orphan control is not directly supported.

[Steffen Heller]

Also, is it possible to have widow/orphan control in a CSS stylesheet?

As far as I know orphans and widows are part of CSS 2.1. Their specifications are explained at
http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/CR-CSS21-20070719/page.html#break-inside

I tried using it myself but couldn't get it to work the way I wanted. So I am still looking for a working example and I can't answer if or to what extent this functionality is implemented in Confluence (=> hints and answers are welcome!).