Confluence 4 Editor - What's Changed for Wiki Markup Users

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.

Adding a macro to your page:
Typed curly brackets, the macro name and parameters. Example:

{blog-posts}

Bold text:
Typed an asterisk '*', your text, then another asterisk in wiki markup. Example:

*Surf's Up*

Heading levels:
Typed the heading level in wiki markup. Example:

h2. Midnight at the Lost and Found

Underlining, italics, superscript, subscript:
Typed the wiki markup characters before and after your text.

Type the wiki markup just as you did before. Autoformatting will convert it as you type.

Left, centre and right alignment:
Not available in previous versions of Confluence.

Indentation:
Not available in previous versions of Confluence.

Line break:
Started a new line with no empty line.

Quotation:
Typed the {quote} macro in wiki markup. Example:

{quote}Life is a lemon.{quote}

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

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

Smiley:
Typed a colon and a round bracket. Example:

:)

Tick or check mark:
Typed a forward slash in round brackets. Example:

(/)

Linking to a Confluence page:
Typed the text and pasted the page name inside square brackets. Example:

[Modern Girl|Modern Girl song lyrics]

Linking text to a web page:
Typed the text and pasted the link inside square brackets. Example:

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

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]

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

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

Linking to an anchor within a page:
Typed the page name with the anchor name appended. Example:

{anchor:index}
[Page Two#index]

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

My list:
* Bad Attitude

Adding numbered items:
Typed a hash '#' in wiki markup. Example:

My list:
# A Time for Heroes

Adding 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 |   |

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.

Displayed an image attached to the page:
Typed/pasted the image name inside exclamation marks '!'. Example:

!NoMatterWhat.png!

Displaying an image attached to another page:
Typed/pasted the page name, a '^' and the image name inside exclamation marks. Example – to display an image that is attached to the page titled 'Home By Now':

!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"

Click on the image and then:

Click the left, centre and right alignment buttons on the editor toolbar:

This can also be used to align images independently of text.

Embedding a video, movie or audio file into a page:
Used the wiki markup image format. Example:

!HotPatootie.mov!

Use the Multimedia macro.