One-Click Export
The core workflow in XPress is dead simple: pick a page, click Export to PDF, get a download.
Where you do it
Section titled “Where you do it”Open any Confluence space → click XPress in the space sidebar → check the box next to the page you want → click Export to PDF.
What happens under the hood
Section titled “What happens under the hood”XPress queues your export as a background job and processes it asynchronously. While it runs, the UI shows you a progress bar with a status message and a percentage.
A single-page export is usually finished in seconds; very long pages with many embedded images take a little longer.
What’s preserved in the PDF
Section titled “What’s preserved in the PDF”XPress renders pages using Confluence’s official export format, so the PDF looks like what you’d expect from the page itself:
- Headings, paragraphs, lists, and emphasis
- Tables with their column widths
- Code blocks with monospace styling
- Confluence panels (info, warning, note, etc.)
- Layout columns
- Inline and block images (embedded directly in the PDF, not linked)
- Status macros
- Standard Confluence content elements that resolve to HTML at export time
External images and unresolved macros may render differently from what you see live — see Troubleshooting for the specifics.
What you see after export
Section titled “What you see after export”When the job completes, the UI shows:
- A Download button to fetch the PDF
- A New Export button to start over with a fresh selection
- The export is also automatically saved to the Exports tab for re-download later
When to use a single-page export vs. bulk
Section titled “When to use a single-page export vs. bulk”A one-click single-page export is the right move when:
- You need a single document — handout, archive, signoff copy.
- You want to verify the PDF style and layout before running a larger export.
For multiple pages, see Bulk Export.
Failure cases
Section titled “Failure cases”If something goes wrong, XPress marks the export as Failed in the Exports tab with a status message. Common causes:
- The page contains a content type XPress can’t render. The remaining content still renders, but with that element omitted or placeholdered.
- Network issues during image fetching — re-run the export.
- Very long pages with hundreds of images may exceed the per-job time limit.
See Troubleshooting for what to do.
- Bulk Export — multiple pages or whole spaces.
- Page Layout Control — paper size, orientation, margins.
- Headers & Footers — add page numbers and brand text.