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This page is a DRAFT and is visible to Atlassian staff only. We will publish it sometime before the release of Confluence 4.0, when we have enough verified content to be useful.
This quick-reference guide is for people who regularly used the wiki markup editor in earlier versions of Confluence. It shows you how to use the new editor to do the things you have always done. And more.
The editor offers a number of options in the toolbar. But did you know:
- You can use autocomplete shortcuts instead of the toolbar.
- The autocomplete shortcuts are derived from wiki markup!
On this page:
Hints to Get You Started Quickly
- Enter wiki markup. The editor's autocomplete function will convert the wiki markup as you type.
- Learn the keyboard shortcuts. Click the help icon
on the editor toolbar to see a list of shortcut keys. We do not mention them below. This page is all about wiki markup. You can read the page about keyboard shortcuts.
Autocomplete in Action
Here are a few short videos showing some of the autocomplete magic.
Making text bold. |
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Adding a heading. |
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Adding a tick. |
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Using bulleted and numbered lists. |
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Adding an image |
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Before and After Guide for Wiki Markup Fans
Below are the most commonly used autocomplete shortcuts. Go play with Confluence to find the rest!
Using Wiki Markup |
What You Did Before |
What to Do Now |
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Typing wiki markup |
Typed text and wiki markup into the Wiki Markup Editor pane. |
Start typing wiki markup – try it and see what happens! |
Pasting wiki markup |
Pasted wiki markup into the Wiki Markup Editor pane. |
Click 'Insert' > 'Wiki Markup' on the editor toolbar. Note: Confluence will convert the wiki markup to rich text as soon as you add it to your page. The wiki markup will not be available for editing after that. Example: |
Formatting Text |
What you did before |
What to do now |
Bold text |
Typed asterisks in wiki markup. Example: *Surf's Up* |
Type asterisks. Confluence autocomplete will convert the format to bold immediately. Example: *Surf's Up* |
Heading levels |
Typed the heading level in wiki markup. Example: h2. Midnight at the Lost and Found |
Type the heading level. Confluence autocomplete will convert the format to the appropriate heading immediately. Example: h2. Midnight at the Lost and Found |
Underlining, italics, superscript, subscript |
Typed the wiki markup. |
Type the wiki markup. Autocomplete will convert it as you type. |
Left, centre and right alignment |
Not available in previous versions of Confluence. |
New! Click the buttons on the editor toolbar: |
Indentation |
Not available in previous versions of Confluence. |
New! Click the buttons on the editor toolbar: |
Quotation |
Typed the {quote} macro in wiki markup. Example:
{quote}Life is a lemon.{quote}
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Use the Quote style – select 'Quote' from the style dropdown menu, or use the keyboard shortcut. Example: |
Adding Macros |
What you did before |
What to do now |
Adding a macro to your page. |
Typed curly brackets, the macro name and parameters. Example:
Read 'em and weep : {blog-posts}
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Type '{' and start typing to see the suggested macros that match your text. Press the arrow keys to select the macro you want. Example: |
Adding symbols and emoticons |
What you did before |
What to do now |
Smiley |
Typed a colon and parenthesis. Example: :) |
Type the wiki markup. Autocomplete will convert it as you type. Example: :) |
Tick or check mark |
Typed a forward slash in parentheses. Example: (/) |
Type the wiki markup. Autocomplete will convert it as you type. Example: (/) |
Linking text |
What you did before |
What to do now |
Adding a hyperlink |
Typed the text and pasted the link. Example: [Modern Girl|http://www.example.com/song] |
Type '[' and start typing to see the suggested pages to link to. |
Linking to a page that does not yet exist |
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Linking to a |
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Using bulleted and numbered lists |
What you did before |
What to do now |
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Creating line breaks in a numbered/bulleted list |
Started a new line. Typed a double slash for an empty line. Example: // |
Press Shift+Enter. |
Using tables |
What you did before |
What to do now |
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Adding images |
What you did before |
What to do now |
Adding an image to a page |
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Displaying an image attached to another page |
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Linking an image |
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embedding audio and video |
What you did before |
What to do now |
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Functionality that is No Longer Available
There are a few things you can no longer do in the Confluence 4.0 editor, that were possible using wiki markup in Confluence 3.5 and earlier.
Note: Development of Confluence 4.0 is ongoing! It is possible that some of the items below will be available in the final version of Confluence 4.0. We will update this list whenever things change.
Things you cannot do in Confluence 4.0:
- Copy the source of a page from a Confluence 4.0 site. There is no way to copy the XHTML source code. Also, if you do not have edit permission on a page, you cannot view or copy the rich text source of the page.
- Remove sections and columns but leave the content in place. Removing the section/column formatting also removes the content. You need to copy or cut the content, paste it to the new location, then remove the sections and columns.
- Specify an image size in pixels or percentages. The image properties panel offers the following options for image size: small, medium, large and original size.
- Edit a page in Microsoft Word. See FAQ entry.
- Link to anchors xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. TBC.
RELATED TOPICS
Using Autocomplete in the Rich Text Editor
Keyboard Shortcuts
Planning for the New Editor in Confluence 4.0
Overview
Content Tools
Apps
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