Confluence 4.0 Editor - What's Changed for Wiki Markup Users

Making text bold, italic, underlined.

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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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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:

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}

Use the Quote style – select 'Quote' from the style dropdown menu, or use the keyboard shortcut. Example:

Colour

Typed the {color} macro in wiki markup. Example:

{color:green}Bat out of Hell.{color}

Click the colour options on the editor toolbar:

Adding a macro to your page.

Typed curly brackets, the macro name and parameters. Example:

Read 'em and weep: {blog-posts}

Type '{' and start typing to see the suggested macros that match your text. Press the arrow keys to select the macro you want. Example:

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 to a Confluence page

Typed the text and pasted the page name inside square brackets. Example:

[Modern Girl|Modern Girl song lyrics]

Type '[' and start typing to see the suggested pages to link to. Press the arrow keys to select the page you want. Example:

Linking text to a web page

Typed the text and pasted the link inside square brackets. Example:

[Modern Girl|http://www.example.com/song]

Type '[' and select 'Insert Web Link', then paste the URL into the link dialog. Example:

Linking to a page that does not yet exist

Typed the name of the non-existent page inside square brackets. Example:

[Future of the Modern Girl]

Type '[' and the name of the non-existent page, then select 'Insert Link to Create Page'. Example:

Linking to a mailto link

Typed the text, the 'mailto' parameter and the email address inside square brackets. Example:

[Sales|mailto:jsmith@non.existent.corp.com]

TBC.

Linking to an anchor on a page

Typed '#' and the anchor name inside square brackets. Examples:

[#anchorname]
[Page Name#anchorname]

TBC.

Linking to an attachment

Typed '^' and the attachment name inside square brackets. Examples:

[^attachment name]
[Page Name#^attachment name]

Type '[' and start typing to see the suggested attachments to link to. Press the arrow keys to select the item you want. Example:

Adding bullets

Typed an asterisk '*' in wiki markup. Example:

* Bad Attitude

Type the wiki markup. Autocomplete will convert it as you type. Example:

* Bad Attitude

Adding numbered items

Typed a hash '#' in wiki markup. Example:

# A Time for Heroes

Type the wiki markup. Autocomplete will convert it as you type. Example:

# A Time for Heroes

Creating line breaks in a numbered/bulleted list

Started a new line. Typed a double slash for an empty line. Example:

//

Press Shift+Enter.

Adding a table

Typed pipe characters '|' in wiki markup. Example:

||  || Title || Owned ||
| 1  | 	45 seconds of ecstasy | Y |
| 2  | 	Amnesty Is Granted |   |

Type a series of pipe characters '|' then press Enter. Autocomplete will convert the pipes to a table. Example – to create a table with three columns:

||||

Editing a table

Edited the text and shuffled the pipe characters around.

Learn the keyboard shortcuts for table editing. Click the help icon on the editor toolbar to see a list of shortcut keys.

Adding an image to a page

Displaying an image attached to another page

Linking an image