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This page is a quick-reference guide to using the Confluence editor. The aim is to give you enough information about the editor's features for you to experiment yourself, rather than describing every possible shortcut key, autocomplete feature or toolbar option.

This guide is for people who want to use the autocomplete, autoformatting and keyboard shortcuts provided by the editor. If you prefer to use the toolbar options, the editor itself should be mostly self-explanatory.

Introductory tips

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Seeing it in action

Using the most common formats and features

Below is a list of the most commonly used editor features, and the related keyboard shortcuts.

Formatting text

Formatting text	What to do	Windows keyboard shortcuts (For Mac OS X, replace 'Ctrl' with 'Cmd')
Heading levels		Ctrl + 1 to 6
Bold text		Ctrl + b
Italic text		Ctrl + i
Underlined text		Ctrl + u
`Monospace text`		{{
Left, centre and right alignment		None
Indentation		Tab (right), Shift + Tab (left)
Line break		Shift + Enter
Quotation		Ctrl + 8
Colour		None

Using symbols

Adding symbols and emoticons	What to type	Keyboard shortcut (Windows)
Tick or check mark		( + / + )
Smiley		: + )

Linking text

Linking text	What to type	Keyboard shortcut (Windows)
Linking to a Confluence page		[
Linking text to a web page		[
Linking to a page that does not yet exist		[
Linking to an attachment		[
Linking to an anchor		[

Using lists

Using lists	What to type	Keyboard shortcut (Windows)
Adding a bullet list		Ctrl + Shift + b
Adding a numbered list		Ctrl + Shift + n

Using tables

Using tables	What to type	Keyboard shortcut (Windows)
Adding a table		None

Using macros

Adding macros	What to type	Keyboard shortcut (Windows)
Adding a macro to your page.		{

Displaying images and multimedia

Displaying images	What to type	Keyboard shortcut (Windows)
Display an image attached to the page		!
Displaying an image attached to another page	Exactly the same as when the image is attached to the same page.	!
Embedding multimedia files	What to type	Keyboard shortcut (Windows)
Embedding a video, movie or audio file into a page		!