Working with Tables

You can use Confluence Notation or the Rich Text editor to create tables.

Confluence allows you to create two types of tables.

Table type 1

Allows you to create a simple table with an optional header row. You cannot set the width of the columns in this table.
Use double bars for a table heading row.

What you need to type

||heading 1||heading 2||heading 3||
|cell A1|cell A2|cell A3|
|cell B1|cell B2|cell B3|

What you will get

Currently, Confluence does not support nested tables.

Table type 2

Allows you to specify the width of the columns in the table.

What you need to type

{section:border=true}

{column:width=30%}
Text for this column goes here. This is  the smaller column with a width of only 30%.
{column}

{column:width=70%}
Text for this column goes here. This is  the larger column with a width of 70%.
{column}

{section}

What you will get

For more details please see the Column Macro and the Section Macro.

Advanced formatting

To add colour and other formatting to your tables, you can use the Panel Macro within columns.

Additional table formatting options may be available if your Confluence administrator has installed additional macros.

RELATED TOPICS

Rich Text-Working with Tables
Working with Macros

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