Is there a possible workaround for the Word export through Scroll Documents?

The issue was

created >>>                   03/Oct/2014 ( over 7 YEARS ago)

gathering impact >>> 02/Jul/2018 (over 3 YEARS ago)

So I doubt there is any urgency on getting this one done soon.

I would recommend following Atlassian business mode and purchase an Add-on that will achieve the results you need.

At this point this issue has become a 'feature' (in my view).  I do not have any hopes that issues older than 1 year will get any changes any time soon.

Hi, can we get an update on the issue? 

In my project, we are exporting Confluence pages that contain checkboxes as Word documents. The export contains a bullet list instead of the checkbox, loosing the state of the item.

Works decent enough. Should be standard in the deploy

Hello Felipe Thozeski,

thanks for your response and your explanation

I tested your code snippet with Confluence version 6.9.1 successfully. Everything is fine with this workaround. Thanks alot.

Best regards,
Christian Welp

Hi christian.welp698064790,

I understand your concern. As a CSS beginner too, I've searched for this particular information when I was writing the workaround.

Basically, that very long string is a SVG image of the checkbox that was encoded into base64 (a binary-to-text encoding scheme) characters. When your browser or the PDF plugin reads it, they decode the string back into a SVG image.

Instead of generating a new encoded SVG image, I just looked into the source of the page and used the same image that Confluence already creates.

For testing, you can copy the content inside url( ), paste it in your browser to see the image that is rendered. Try changing a character and your browsers will indicate an encoding error.

Best Regards,
Felipe Thozeski | Atlassian Support

Hello @Felipe Thozeski,

thanks for your workaround. I am just a beginner in css. Can you please tell me what this command will do:

url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMTQiIGhlaWdodD0iMTQiIHhtbG5zPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8yMDAwL3N2ZyIgeG1sbnM6eGxpbms9Imh0dHA6Ly93d3cudzMub3JnLzE5OTkveGxpbmsiPjxkZWZzPjxyZWN0IGlkPSJhIiB3aWR0aD0iMTQiIGhlaWdodD0iMTQiIHJ4PSIyIi8+PC9kZWZzPjxnIGZpbGw9Im5vbmUiIGZpbGwtcnVsZT0iZXZlbm9kZCI+PHVzZSBmaWxsPSIjNDI1MjZFIiB4bGluazpocmVmPSIjYSIvPjxyZWN0IHN0cm9rZT0iIzQyNTI2RSIgeD0iLjUiIHk9Ii41IiB3aWR0aD0iMTMiIGhlaWdodD0iMTMiIHJ4PSIyIi8+PHBhdGggZD0iTTQuNzA3IDYuMzc4YS45NzUuOTc1IDAgMCAwLTEuNDE0IDAgMS4wNjQgMS4wNjQgMCAwIDAgMCAxLjQ2NmwyIDIuMDc0YS45NzUuOTc1IDAgMCAwIDEuNDE0IDBsNC00LjE0OGMuMzktLjQwNS4zOS0xLjA2MSAwLTEuNDY2YS45NzUuOTc1IDAgMCAwLTEuNDE0IDBMNiA3LjcxOSA0LjcwNyA2LjM3OHoiIGZpbGw9IiNGRkYiLz48L2c+PC9zdmc+);

It looks like there is something downloaded from the internet / from another source. How can I be sure that this line is not a bad link / source which will infect my server.

Best regards,
Christian Welp

The problem seems to be related to the way CSS is rendered when the content of the page is exported to a file.

Original View

Page Exported to PDF

Page Exported to HTML

View Source

Most probable cause

Not sure how the PDF is rendered, but comparing the page source shown above with the Confluence Storage Format, it is possible to see the similarities that may have caused the substitution of checkboxes for bullet points by the PDF plugin.

Workaround

The tested workaround below worked for PDF exports using Confluence 6.15.6 and Confluence 6.15.7:

1. Go to General Configuration > PDF Stylesheet
2. Click the Edit button
3. Insert the code below

   ul.inline-task-list > li {
       list-style: none;
       list-style-type: none;
       list-style-position: initial;
       list-style-image: initial;
       padding-left: 18px;
       margin-bottom: 2px;
       margin-left: -18px;
       background-repeat: no-repeat;
       background-repeat-x: no-repeat;
       background-repeat-y: no-repeat;
       background-size: 1em 1em;
       background-position: 0 1px;
       background-position-x: 0px;
       background-position-y: 1px;
       background-image: url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMTQiIGhlaWdodD0iMTQiIHhtbG5zPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8yMDAwL3N2ZyIgeG1sbnM6eGxpbms9Imh0dHA6Ly93d3cudzMub3JnLzE5OTkveGxpbmsiPjxkZWZzPjxyZWN0IGlkPSJhIiB3aWR0aD0iMTQiIGhlaWdodD0iMTQiIHJ4PSIyIi8+PC9kZWZzPjxnIGZpbGw9Im5vbmUiIGZpbGwtcnVsZT0iZXZlbm9kZCI+PHVzZSBmaWxsPSIjRkFGQkZDIiB4bGluazpocmVmPSIjYSIvPjxyZWN0IHN0cm9rZT0iI0E1QURCQSIgeD0iLjUiIHk9Ii41IiB3aWR0aD0iMTMiIGhlaWdodD0iMTMiIHJ4PSIyIi8+PC9nPjwvc3ZnPg==);
   }
   
   ul.inline-task-list > li.checked {
       list-style: none;
       list-style-type: none;
       list-style-position: initial;
       list-style-image: initial;
       padding-left: 18px;
       margin-bottom: 2px;
       margin-left: -18px;
       background-repeat: no-repeat;
       background-repeat-x: no-repeat;
       background-repeat-y: no-repeat;
       background-size: 1em 1em;
       background-position: 0 1px;
       background-position-x: 0px;
       background-position-y: 1px;
       background-image: url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,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);
   }
   

1. Click Save
2. Export a page and check the workaround

Wow, reported 5 years ago...I thought our Jira bug list was backlogged. I wish I could triple upvote this, as getting the ability to export checkboxes would allow my group to eliminate an entire separate document we are creating for off-line use.

Thanks for your comment, vanessa.jaehrig1897994184. Can we know what is the Confluence version number? And what does the task list looks like when being exported from the test environment?