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You can create links to pages, anchors, attachments, external websites.  Links can be text or images.

Links to pages within Confluence are relative, which means that you can move pages and rename pages without breaking links. 

To insert a link on a page:

  1. Select some text or position your cursor where you want to insert the link
  2. Choose Link on the toolbar
  3. Select a page or attachment, or enter an external URL
  4. Enter or modify the link text (this is the text that will appear on the page. If this field is left blank, the page name or URL will be used as the link text.)
  5. Choose Insert

You can also paste a URL directly onto your page. Confluence will automatically create the link, and if the URL is for a page in the current site, the page name will be set as the link text.

  1. Select an image on your page
  2. Choose Link on the Image Properties toolbar
  3. Select a page, an attachment, or enter an external URL 
  4. Choose Insert

 

 

  1. Select the link text or image
  2. Choose Edit from the link properties toolbar
  3. Modify the link and choose Save
  1. Select the link text or image
  2. Choose Unlink from the properties toolbar

 

 

The table management tool bar is available from the table button.

  1. table creation simplification: define row and column number
  2. row & column management: insert / remove row or column (before/after)
  3. duplicate: copy table row
  4. formatting: merge cells, table header, color cell
  5. column sort: easy click on column header

 

 

The wiki page layout simplify the content organization by section. 

The page layout management tool bar is available from the layout button :

  1. create section
  2. add / remove section
  3. move section
  4. change section type: 1, 2 or 3 column(s); column size

 

Add a section

  1. Choose the Page Layout  button in the toolbar
    The Page Layout toolbar appears.
  2. Choose Add Section

 

The new section appears below your current content, with the boundaries of the section(s) indicated by dotted lines (the dotted lines aren't visible when you view the page)

 

Change the column layout in a section

  1. Place your cursor in the section you wish to change
  2. Choose a layout from the page layout toolbar (for example, two columns or three columns)

 

Any text, images or macros in your section are not lost when you change the column layout. When you decrease the number of columns, Confluence will move your content to the left. When you increase the number of columns, Confluence will add blank columns to the right of your existing content. 

 

Move a section to another part of the page

  1. Place your cursor in the section you wish to move
  2. Choose the Move up or Move down buttons 

 

The section and all of its content will be moved above or below other sections on the page.

 

Delete a section

  1. Place your cursor in the section you wish to remove
  2. Choose Remove section

The section and all of its content will be removed. 

 

 

 

Column width – The width of the columns are fixed. If you need more than three columns, or columns of a specific width, you should use the Section and Column macros

The Section and Column macros

You can use the Section and Column macros to add a set of columns to the page. The Section macro defines an area that will contain the columns. You can have as many sections as you like. Within each section, you can have as many columns as you like.

The Section and Column macros are useful if you want to define a specific percentage or pixel width for each column. 

To add a section and some columns to a page:

  1. In the Confluence editor, choose Insert > Other Macros
  2. Find the Section macro, select it and insert it onto the page
  3. Choose Insert > Other Macros again
  4. Find and insert the Column macro
  5. Add your content to the column

 

 

The wiki page layout simplify the content organization by section. 

The page layout management tool bar is available from the layout button :

  1. create section
  2. add / remove section
  3. move section
  4. change section type: 1, 2 or 3 column(s); column size

 

Add a section

  1. Choose the Page Layout  button in the toolbar
    The Page Layout toolbar appears.
  2. Choose Add Section

 

The new section appears below your current content, with the boundaries of the section(s) indicated by dotted lines (the dotted lines aren't visible when you view the page)

 

Change the column layout in a section

  1. Place your cursor in the section you wish to change
  2. Choose a layout from the page layout toolbar (for example, two columns or three columns)

 

Any text, images or macros in your section are not lost when you change the column layout. When you decrease the number of columns, Confluence will move your content to the left. When you increase the number of columns, Confluence will add blank columns to the right of your existing content. 

 

Move a section to another part of the page

  1. Place your cursor in the section you wish to move
  2. Choose the Move up or Move down buttons 

 

The section and all of its content will be moved above or below other sections on the page.

 

Delete a section

  1. Place your cursor in the section you wish to remove
  2. Choose Remove section

The section and all of its content will be removed. 

 

 

 

Column width – The width of the columns are fixed. If you need more than three columns, or columns of a specific width, you should use the Section and Column macros

The Section and Column macros

You can use the Section and Column macros to add a set of columns to the page. The Section macro defines an area that will contain the columns. You can have as many sections as you like. Within each section, you can have as many columns as you like.

The Section and Column macros are useful if you want to define a specific percentage or pixel width for each column. 

To add a section and some columns to a page:

  1. In the Confluence editor, choose Insert > Other Macros
  2. Find the Section macro, select it and insert it onto the page
  3. Choose Insert > Other Macros again
  4. Find and insert the Column macro
  5. Add your content to the column

 

 

 

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