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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 and autoformatting shortcuts instead of the toolbar.
- The trigger characters for autocomplete and autoformatting are derived from wiki markup.
- You can add macros, links and images by typing the entire wiki markup element. As soon as you close the macro, link, or image, Confluence will convert it to rich text format and add it to the page.
Hints to get you started quickly
Before and after guide for wiki markup fans
Below are the most commonly used autocomplete and autoformatting triggers.
Using wiki markup
What you did before | What to do now |
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Typing wiki markup: | Start typing wiki markup – try it and see what happens! |
Pasting wiki markup: | Unable to render {include} The included page could not be found. |
Adding macros
What you did before | What to do now |
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Adding a macro to your page: {blog-posts} | Unable to render {include} The included page could not be found. |
Formatting text
What you did before | What to do now |
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Bold text: *Surf's Up* | Unable to render {include} The included page could not be found. |
Heading levels: h2. Midnight at the Lost and Found | Unable to render {include} The included page could not be found. |
Underlining, italics, superscript, subscript: | Type the wiki markup just as you did before. Autoformatting will convert it as you type. |
Left, centre and right alignment: | Unable to render {include} The included page could not be found. |
Indentation: | Unable to render {include} The included page could not be found. |
Line break: | Unable to render {include} The included page could not be found. |
Quotation: {quote}Life is a lemon.{quote} | Unable to render {include} The included page could not be found. Or type bq. in the editor |
Colour: {color:green}Bat out of Hell.{color} | Unable to render {include} The included page could not be found. |
Adding symbols and emoticons
What you did before | What to do now |
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Smiley: :) | Unable to render {include} The included page could not be found. |
Tick or check mark: (/) | Unable to render {include} The included page could not be found. |
Linking text
What you did before | What to do now |
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Linking to a Confluence page: [Modern Girl|Modern Girl song lyrics] | Unable to render {include} The included page could not be found. |
Linking text to a web page: [Modern Girl|http://www.example.com/song] | Unable to render {include} The included page could not be found. |
Linking to a page that does not yet exist: [Future of the Modern Girl] | Unable to render {include} The included page could not be found. |
Linking to an attachment: [^attachment name] [Page Name#^attachment name] | Unable to render {include} The included page could not be found. |
Linking to an anchor within a page: {anchor:index} | Unable to render {include} The included page could not be found. |
Using bulleted and numbered lists
What you did before | What to do now |
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Adding bullets: My list: * Bad Attitude | Unable to render {include} The included page could not be found. |
Adding numbered items: My list: # A Time for Heroes | Unable to render {include} The included page could not be found. |
Adding line breaks in a numbered/bulleted list: // | Press Shift + Enter. |
Using tables
What you did before | What to do now |
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Adding a table: || || Title || Owned || | 1 | 45 seconds of ecstasy | Y | | 2 | Amnesty Is Granted | | | Unable to render {include} The included page could not be found. |
Editing a table: | Learn the keyboard shortcuts for table editing. Click the help icon on the editor toolbar to see a list of shortcut keys. |
Displaying images
What you did before | What to do now |
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Displayed an image attached to the page: !NoMatterWhat.png! | Unable to render {include} The included page could not be found. |
Displaying an image attached to another page: !Home By Now^NoMatterWhat.png! | Exactly the same as when the image is attached to the same page, or use the new "Search" tab in "Insert" > "Image" |
Aligning images:!NoMatterWhat.png|align=right! | Click on the image and then: Unable to render {include} The included page could not be found. |
Embedding multimedia files
What you did before | What to do now |
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Embedding a video, movie or audio file into a page: !HotPatootie.mov! | Use the Multimedia macro. Unable to render {include} The included page could not be found. |
Functionality that is no longer available
This section contains a list of things you could do in in earlier versions of Confluence, but can no longer do in Confluence 4.
- Edit a page in Microsoft Word. See FAQ entry.
- Edit, copy or view the wiki markup source of a page. This is because content is no longer stored in wiki markup format.
New source editor plugin
The Confluence Source Editor plugin allows users to edit the XHTML-based storage format of the page. You need Confluence 4.1.5 or later to use the plugin.