RE: Code for publishing PDF from Confluence

["Sweet, Gregory (HEALTH)" <gregory -dot- sweet -at- health -dot- ny -dot- gov>]

Hi Melanie,

You want to create a print media query in your style sheet to define styles for print. 

@media print {your css here}

Within this media query you specify your styles for print and use print terminology, e.g., points, centimeters, inches instead of pixels.

Anything that is strictly for screen display should be wrapped in a query for screen: @media only screen {}.

Smashing magazine has a nice write up on doing this available here: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/11/24/how-to-set-up-a-print-style-sheet/

While it's a bit dated, it is still quite relevant.

Cheers!

Greg

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> Subject: Code for publishing PDF from Confluence
> 
> Hello
> 
> Next week, I start a new job, writing doc for users and administrators of a big
> complex security software product.
> 
> The Development team already use Confluence for their internal wiki,  and I
> am considering using it to also write the doc. However, the boss really wants
> me to be able to publish as PDF.
> 
> The internet tells me that you can configure Confluence to produce a
> pleasant-looking PDF,  using CSS and HTML.
> 
> However, I have not been able to find any examples. I can write clean HTML
> and really basic CSS, but I have no idea where to start with this.
> 
> Do you know of any examples?
> 
> Also, do you have any opinions about the sensibleness of authoring in
> Confluence and publishing to PDF?
> 
> Thanks,
> Melanie


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