Welcome to the Confluence User Guide

How to use this guide

The Confluence User Guide is intended for first time users of Confluence. It provides an overview of the key features of Confluence and explains both its basic and more advanced usage as a knowledge management tool, and a collaborative environment.

Locate your topic of interest from the list of topics on this page. Or else, just do a keyword search using Confluence's powerful Quick Search facility. The Quick Search box is at the top right-hand corner of the page.

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1.Get Familiar with the Confluence Workspace

The Dashboard
Page Layout in View Mode
Page Layout in Edit Mode

2.Working with Spaces

Working with Spaces Overview
Setting up a New Space
Viewing all Spaces
Viewing Space Details
Editing Space Details
Browsing a Space
Moving Content from one Space to Another
Deleting a space

3.Working with Pages

Working with Pages Overview
Creating a New Page
Editing an Existing Page
Deleting a Page
Restoring a Deleted Page
Purging Deleted Pages
Commenting on a Page
Attaching Files to a Page
Working with Page Families
Linking Pages
Viewing History of a Page
Viewing Page Information
Page Level Permissioning

4.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

5.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

6.Working with News

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

7.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

8.Working with Attachments

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

9.Working with Images

Displaying an Image
Image File Formats
Thumbnail Macro
Gallery Macro

10.Working with Links

Working with Links Overview
Linking to Pages within a Space
Linking to Pages in Another Space
Linking to Web Pages
Changing the Title of a Link
Linking to Comments
Linking to News
Linking to User Profiles
Linking to Mail
Linking to Attachments
Working with Anchors
CamelCase Linking
Trackback

11.Working with User Profiles

User Profile Overview
Viewing User Profile
Editing User Profile
Updating Email Address
Changing Password
Email Address Privacy
Linking to User Profiles

12.Keeping Track of Updates

Keeping track of Updates Overview
Working with RSS Feeds
Subscribing to RSS Feeds within Confluence
Subscribing to External RSS feeds
Watching a Page
Watching a Space
Managing Notifications

Searching Confluence

14.Exporting and Importing

Confluence to HTML
Confluence to PDF
Confluence to XML
Import Pages from Disk

15.Customising Confluence

Customising Look and Feel
Working with Themes
Working with Custom Decorators
Editing a Space's Colour Scheme
Changing a Space's Logo

16.Administering Spaces

17.Security

Security Overview
Users and Groups
Space Permissions Overview
Viewing Space Permissions
Assigning Space Permissions
Page Permissions

18.Confluence Glossary

19.Keyboard Shortcuts