The Excerpt Include macro is used to display 'excerpted' (that is, a segment of) content from one page in another.

(info) To use this macro, the excerpt must have been defined using the Excerpt macro and both pages must exist in the same space. Note that you can have more than one Excerpt Include macro on a page (although you can have only one Excerpt macro on a page).

The excerpt appears as shown below:

On this page:

Excerpt Macro
Define a part of a page as the page's 'excerpt' which can then be displayed in another page.

For this example, we are taking content from a page called 'Excerpt Macro', where the Excerpt macro has already been placed. The title of the page is shown at the top of the panel and the content within the body of the macro placeholder is rendered in the panel.

Using the Excerpt Include Macro

To add the Excerpt Include macro to a page:

  1. In the Confluence editor, choose Insert > Other Macros.
  2. Find and select the required macro.

Parameters

When editing, you can click on the macro placeholder and choose Edit to display the parameters for this macro in the Macro Browser.

Parameters are options that you can set for Confluence macros to control the content or format of the macro output. The table below lists parameters for this macro that can be set in the Macro Browser.

Parameter

Default

Description

Page Containing the Excerpt

none

Specifies the page that contains the excerpt to be displayed.

Remove Surrounding Panel

false

Controls whether the panel border around the excerpt and the page title should be hidden. By default, the panel is always shown.

Related Topics

Excerpt Macro
Working with Macros

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  1. Jeremy Seely

    Jul 11, 2012

    "both pages must exist in the same space"


    Does this mean that I cannot use the excerpt-include macro on the dashboard?

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