Confluence 2 User Guide

What's New in Confluence 2

Customisable Dashboard
Rich Text Editing
Labels
Favourites
RSS Feed Builder

Get Familiar with the Confluence Workspace

The Dashboard
Customising the Dashboard
Page Layout in View Mode
Page Layout in Edit Mode (Wiki Markup)
Page Layout in Edit Mode (Rich Text)
Confluence Icons

Working with Spaces

Working with Spaces Overview
Setting up a New Global Space
Setting up your Personal Space NEW in 2.2!
Viewing all Spaces
Viewing Space Details
Editing Space Details
Browsing a space
Viewing Space Activity NEW in 2.3!
Moving Content from one Space to Another
Deleting a Space
Converting a Global Space to a Personal Space
Administering Spaces

Working with Pages

Working with Pages Overview
Creating a New Page
Writing Confluence pages
Editing an Existing Page
Concurrent Editing and Merging Changes
Concurrent Editing in Confluence 2.1
Working with Drafts Overview NEW in 2.1!
Working with Drafts Faq NEW in 2.1!
Copying a Page
Deleting a Page
Moving a Page
Restoring a Deleted Page
Purging Deleted Pages
Commenting on a Page
Attaching Files to a Page
E-mailing a Page NEW in 2.4!
Working with Page Families
Linking Pages
Recording Change Comments
Viewing History of a Page
Viewing Page Information
Page Restrictions

Working with Attachments

Working with Attachments Overview
Attaching Files to a Page
Linking to Attachments
Finding an Attachment
Viewing Attachment Details
Editing Attachment Details
Downloading Attachments
Deleting an Attachment
Displaying List of Attachments in a Page
Embedding Multimedia Content

Working with Images

Displaying an Image
Rich Text-Inserting an image
Image File Formats
Thumbnail Macro
Gallery Macro

Working with Links

Working with Links Overview
Linking to Pages Within the Same Space
Linking to Pages in Another Space
Linking to Web Pages
Linking to Confluence Pages from Outside Confluence
Changing the Title of a link
Linking an Image
Linking to Comments
Linking to News
Linking to Personal Spaces and User Profiles
Linking to Mail
Linking to Attachments
Working with Anchors
CamelCase linking
Trackback

Working with Labels

Working with Labels Overview
Adding a Global Label
Adding a Personal Label
Adding a Space Label
Adding a Team Label
Viewing labelled pages
Viewing Global Labels
Viewing personal labels
Viewing Popular Labels
Removing a Label
Label Macros

Working with News

Working with News Overview
Viewing News
Adding News
Editing News
Linking to News

Tracking Updates

Tracking Updates Overview
Watching a Page
Watching a Space
Subscribing to Daily Email Reports
Managing Watches
Working with RSS Feeds
Subscribing to RSS Feeds within Confluence
Using the RSS Feed Builder
Using pre-specified RSS feeds
Subscribing to External RSS feeds

Searching

Searching Confluence
Searching the People Directory  NEW in 2.3!
Confluence Search Syntax
Confluence Search Fields

Working with Favourites

Working with Favourites Overview
Adding Favourites
Viewing Favourites
Adding a Personal Label
Removing Favourites

Working with User Profiles

User Profile Overview
Editing User Profile
Uploading a Profile Picture  NEW in 2.3!
Updating Email Address
Changing Password
Email Address Privacy
Editing User Preferences
Linking to Personal Spaces and User Profiles
Setting up your Personal Space NEW in 2.2!

Customising Confluence

Customising Homepage
Customising Look and Feel
Applying A Theme To A Space
Modifying Confluence Layouts Using Custom Decorators
Editing a Space's Colour Scheme
Changing a Space's Logo

Working with Page Templates

Working with Templates Overview
Adding a Template
Form Field Markup for Templates
Creating a Page using a Template
Editing a template
Removing a Template

Archiving Mail

Archiving Mail Overview
Adding a Mail Account
Managing Mail Accounts
Importing Mail
Viewing Mail
Fetching Mail
Deleting Mail
Restoring Mail
Linking to Mail

Exporting and Importing

Space Backup and Restore
Site Backup and Restore
Confluence to HTML
Confluence to PDF
Confluence to PDF in another language
Confluence to XML
Confluence to Word
Importing Content Into Confluence

Security

Security Overview
Users and Groups
Site Administrators and their permissions
Space Administrators and their permissions
Space Permissions Overview
Viewing Space Permissions
Assigning Space Permissions
Page Restrictions

Appendix A - Confluence Notation Guide

Confluence Notation Guide Overview
Working with Headings
Working with Text Effects
Working with Text Breaks
Working with Links
Working with Anchors
Working with Images
Working with Lists
Working with Tables
Working with Macros
Working with Attachments

Appendix B - Rich Text Editor

Rich Text Editor Overview
Enabling Rich Text Editing
Making Rich Text or Wiki Markup Editing Default
Rich Text-Working with Text Effects
Rich Text-Working with Tables
Rich Text-Inserting an image
Rich Text-Creating a new link
Rich Text-Linking to an Image
Rich Text-Linking to an Attachment
Rich Text-Linking to a Page
Rich Text-Inserting emoticons
Rich Text-Inserting Symbols

Appendix C - Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard Shortcuts

Appendix D - Macros

Macros

Appendix E - Glossary

Confluence Glossary