Formatting content

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.

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 bq.,.

Text can be _emphasized_, *bolded*, ??cited??, -deleted-, +inserted+,
used as ^superscript^ or as ~subscript~,
used as %a span%, given in bq.blockquotes bq., and {{monospaced}}.

Colours can be used by simply 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.

h4. Color
Colors can be employed by simply using the name of the color with 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 built quickly and may either be bulleted or ordered by number:

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

• Kinds of Markup
  1. Text Effects
  2. Headings
  3. Text Breaks
  4. Links
  5. Other

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

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

Tables

Tables can be quickly built, as in the below:

||  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.