Confluence Notation Guide Overview

Confluence pages are written in a simple markup language to ensure that there are as few barriers as possible to creating and editing pages. While easy to use, the Confluence markup also permits some complex styling and formatting of pages.

Confluence markup is based on a markup language called Textile. Learn more about Textile from textism.com.

The best way to learn the markup is just to start editing a page. The Quick Notation Guide is conveniently placed beside every edit screen. As you become more familiar with the markup, you will begin to discover the many possibilities it allows. Click on the Full Notation guide in your help window to view the markup for all of the options.

If you are still unsure, this User Guide covers the following sections in detail with examples:

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

Here's a short example of some typical markup:

h4. Confluence Markup

Ideally, the markup should be _readable_ and even *clearly understandable* when you are 
editing it. Inserting formatting should require few keystrokes, and little thought.

After all, we want people to be concentrating on the words, not on where the angle-brackets 
should go.

* Kinds of Markup
** Text Effects
** Headings
** Text Breaks
** Links
** Other

Here, in comparison, is how that would look if you had to edit the page in HTML:

<h3>Confluence Markup</h3>
<p>Ideally, the markup should be <em>readable</em> and even <strong>clearly understandable</strong> 
when you are editing it. Inserting formatting should require few keystrokes, and little thought</p>
<p>After all, we want people to be concentrating on the words, not on where the angle-brackets should 
go.</p>
<ul>
   <li>Kinds of Markup
     <ul>
      <li>Text Effects</li>
      <li>Headings</li>
      <li>Text Breaks</li>
      <li>Links</li>
      <li>Other</li>
     </ul>
   </li>
</ul>

関連トピック

Creating a New Page
Working with Macros

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