Edit a page
- If you are used to editing documents in Word, you will find that editing pages in the wiki is very similar.
- The rich text tab of the edit screen has a toolbar just like Word.
Definitions
Emoticons
Emoticons are little images such as faces, stars, ticks and crosses.
They can be added to comments you make on the wiki, to show how you are feeling about the comment.
Labels
Labels are like keywords that also function as links.
If you click on a label you will get a listing of all pages with the same label.
Page family
Pages in Confluence can be organised into a hierarchy of parent and child pages. A parent and all its children comprise a page family.
Rich text editor
The 'Edit' screen lets you switch between 'Rich Text' and 'Wiki Markup' edit modes by clicking the tabs.
You can use a combination of both while editing.
The Rich Text editor allows you to enter content as you would in a Word document.
Wiki markup editor
The Wiki markup editor allows you to edit Confluence pages using a simplified markup language.
If you are used to editing pages in HTML you might prefer to do some tasks using this tab.
Video
Watch the following video to see a demonstration of editing a wiki page including how to:
- Format headings
- Use bullets and numbering
- Change text colour
- Use emoticons
- Insert symbols
- Edit a page in Word
- Import text from Word
- Use labels
Activity: Create a personal space
Throughout these exercises, keep your wiki space in a separate window
that is open in your browser. (This will enable you to keep this
tutorial open in the other window at the same time.)
Go to this web address https://wiki.bath.ac.uk/dashboard.action
Log in to the wiki.
If you have not already done so, create a personal space:
- On the Dashboard, click the icon for the People Directory.
- Search for, then click on your own name.
- Click 'Create personal space'.
- The first page it will create for you is your home page.
Activity: Edit your home page
Once you have created your home page, as described in the previous activity, try editing your page in the following ways:
- Click the Edit button to edit the page.
- Add some headings, then use the drop-down list of heading styles to format them. (Suggestions: Your name; your job title; your location.)
- Type some lists, then apply bullet points and numbers. (Suggestions: Things your department does; things you do.)
- Change the colour of some of the text on your page.
- At the bottom of the page, next to the word Labels, click the yellow Change button.
- Type some labels for your page, separating the labels with spaces.
- Click the yellow Done button.
- Save the page.
Activity: Edit the page in Word
- From the Tools menu, select Edit in Word.
- Make changes to your page in Word, then Save in the Word program.
- Close the Word program.
- Refresh your browser.
- Your wiki page should now be updated with the changes you made in Word.
Activity: Import text from the Word program
- From the Tools menu click Doc Import.
- Click the Browse button.
- Browse for and select a Word document that you have saved on your computer.
- Click the Advanced button.
- Opposite Where to Import, select Import as new page in current space.
- If the Split option is available, select Don't split.
- Click Import.