Creating a space

Now that you have seen the menus, you are ready to start creating content in Confluence. Let's begin by adding a new space:

1. Right-click the 'Dashboard' link at the top of your screen, and open the link in a new browser window.
2. Your Confluence Dashboard appears. At the left of the screen is a list of spaces. (The Demonstration Space is included in the list.)
3. Click the 'Create a space' link, located below the list.
4. The 'Create Space' screen appears.
5. In the 'Enter a Space Name' box, type a name for your new space. You may want to use your department name (e.g. 'IT', 'Finance' or 'Marketing'), or a name that identifies the purpose of the space (e.g. 'Test Space').
6. In the 'Enter a Space Key' box, type a short abbreviation of the space name (e.g. 'IT' or 'TEST').
7. Under 'Who can use this space', all the boxes are ticked. You don't need to change anything at this time.

   For information about space permissions, please see the documentation.

8. Under 'Choose Theme', the 'Default Theme' is selected. Keep the Default Theme for now.

   For information about space themes, please see the documentation.

9. Click the 'OK' button, located at the bottom of the screen.
10. The home page of your new space appears.