To edit an existing page:

  1. Go to the page you just created - you can use the sidebar or search to get to a page
  2. Choose Edit (or use the keyboard shortcut E)
  3. The editor appears - now get editing!

Our aim in this example is to use the editor tools to create a page that looks like this. Click the image for a bigger view.

Headings and text

Add some text to your page and try out the heading styles and other formatting. In the example above we added headings for Purpose, The Team and Useful Links. 

Confluence uses styles, so you will notice there is no Font or Size tools. This keeps your Confluence content looking nice and consistent.

To apply a style, highlight the text and choose a style (for example paragraph, or heading) from the style drop down menu on the toolbar. 

Images

Now let's attach an image to your page. In this example we will add a photo of our project team.

  1. Choose Insert > Files and Images
  2. Browse for an image file on your computer
  3. Choose Insert

Your image appears on the page. When you select the image the Image the Properties toolbar appears. This toolbar allows you to:

  • Change the size of the image on your page (in our example we chose 300px, users can click to see the full size version)
  • Add a border
  • Add an effect (in our example we chose Properties > Effects and selected the 'Taped' effect)
  • Add a title and alt text

Images are attached to your page, like attachments to an email. You can also search for images attached to other pages, or use images from the web. 

Links

Creating links is easy in the Confluence editor. You can link to external sites, other confluence pages and spaces, recently viewed pages, attachments, anchors in your text - you name it!

Let's add Useful Links heading to our page, then add a link to the Meeting Notes index page that we created earlier. 

To add a link to another Confluence page:

  1. Type Useful Links, select it then choose Heading 2 from the style dropdown menu on the toolbar
  2. Enter down to a new line and choose Link on the editor toolbar
  3. Choose Search
  4. Type the name of the page you want to link to (meeting notes) - the quick search will appear as you type
  5. Choose the page from the list
  6. Enter the link text (if you want it to be something other than the page name)
  7. Choose Insert

You can also make images a link - select the image and choose Link from the image properties toolbar. 

Page layouts

The example page had content in two columns. This was achieved by modifying the page layout. 

Try it now:

  1. Choose the Page Layout button on the editor toolbar
  2. A section is added to your page, dotted lines indicate the section boundaries
  3. Choose one of the 2 column layouts from the toolbar to apply it to the section
  4. Your existing content will appear in the left column, leaving the right column free to add more content

You can add as many sections as you need, and each section can have a different column layout. For this example, you only need one section. 

Macros

To provide some in-page navigation, based on the headings on your page, you can add a Table of Contents Macro. This is great for long pages with many headings.  

To add the table of contents macro:

  1. Place your cursor in the right hand column you created in the previous step
  2. Choose Insert > Table of Contents
  3. Customise your table of contents using the options provided
  4. Choose Insert

Save your page. Your page should now have some headings, an image, a link to another Confluence page and a table of contents. 

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