Confluence pages are written in a simple markup language based on Textile. By using this simple markup, Confluence makes it easy for your team to create and share content together.
Here is a short example of some typical markup:
Confluence Markup
Titles can be easily built using
h3. Confluence Markup
Text
Text can be emphasised, bolded, cited, deleted, inserted, used as superscript or as subscript, monospaced, used as %a span%, given in bq. blockquotes.
Text can be _emphasised_, *bolded*, ??cited??, -deleted-, +inserted+, used as ^superscript^ or as ~subscript~, {{monospaced}}, used as %a span%, given in bq. blockquotes.
Colour
You can specify a colour simply by typing the name of the colour into the 'color' macro: blue, orange,
green, red, purple, etc.
or you can specify a RGB value in hexadecimal.
You can specify a colour simply by typing the name of the colour into the 'color' macro: {color:blue}blue{color}, {color:orange}orange{color},
{color:green}green{color}, {color:red}red{color}, {color:purple}purple{color}, etc.
or you can specify a RGB value in {color:#33cccc}hexadecimal{color}.
Lists
Lists can be bulleted or ordered by number:
- Kinds of Markup
- Text Effects
- Headings
- Text Breaks
- Links
- Other
- Kinds of Markup
- Text Effects
- Headings
- Text Breaks
- Links
- Other
* Kinds of Markup ** Text Effects ** Headings ** Text Breaks ** Links ** Other * Kinds of Markup *# Text Effects *# Headings *# Text Breaks *# Links *# Other
Tables
Use the pipe character to build tables quickly:
Name |
Office |
|---|---|
Alice |
01 |
Bob |
23 |
Cathy |
45 |
|| Name || Office || | Alice | 01 | | Bob | 23 | | Cathy | 45 |
Confluence Markup is easy to learn and quick to use. At left you will find a quick overview of markup, but not a comprehensive one. It is enough to get you started. For further details, please visit the online documentation for Confluence Markup.
For those who prefer it, Confluence also provides a WYSIWYG editor.
When editing in Wiki Markup mode, look at the full notational guide on the lower right-hand side of the page for quick tips on how to insert headings, lists, tables, and so on.