Note: You can only perform tasks in the Staff Wiki if you have been given the appropriate permission

Confluence User Guide
Confluence Notation Guide (for Wiki Markup editor)

Printing & Exporting

Printing a page

You can print a page using your browser's print function. The page contents, excluding the left-hand navigation panel, will be printed. To edit pages before printing, you will want to export the page.

Exporting a page

To export individual pages, first navigate to the page you wish to print.

1. At the top of the page, hover over

   Open

   

   - scroll down the list of options and select one of the export options

• Export to PDF

  • Creates a PDF of the page - some formatting may be lost.

  • Good for pages with simple formatting.

• Export to Word

  • Opens the page in Word for editing. Maintains most of the formatting.
    NOTE: the page will be opened as a web page. Use the View menu in Word to change to Print Layout for easier editing.

  • You can now edit the page to make any formatting changes you desire, adjust page breaks, etc.

Exporting multiple pages at one time

You can export the entire Wiki, or select groups of pages to export at one time. This is useful for training manuals, guidelines & procedures, etc. All selected pages will export to one file.
NOTE: you can only export groups of pages as PDF, HTML, or XML. If you need to edit the pages after exporting, you will need to export individual pages to Word.

1. In the black menu bar at the top of the page, hover over

   Open

   

   - scroll down the list of options and select Advanced.

2. In the left-hand menu, select Export > PDF Export
   

   Open

   

3. Unless you want to export the entire wiki, click the 'Deselect All' link at the top of the page

4. Scroll down the list and select the pages you want to export. Selecting a parent page will also select all children of that page.

5. Scroll to either the top or bottom of the page and click the 'Export' button.

6. After all pages have been exported (this may take a few minutes if you are exporting several pages) click on the 'Download here' link.

7. Save or open the PDF file.
   Note: All selected pages will be exported to one PDF file with a table of contents listing the pages you selected. Wiki pages will NOT be on individual pages within the new PDF file.

Bookmarking Other Web Sites

• Hover over

  Open

  

  and click on 'Bookmark'

  1. Enter the page title and URL

  2. Make sure the space says 'Library Staff Wiki'

  3. Optional: include a description of the site

  4. Label your bookmark so it will be automatically listed in other Confluence pages

• OR Drag the Bookmark in Confluence link to your browser toolbar

  1. Navigate to the website you want to bookmark

  2. Click on the Bookmark in Confluence link in your browser toolbar

  3. follow steps 2-5 above

Macros

See http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF34/Working+with+Macros for more information on using Macros

Rich Text Editor

• Start typing { to bring up the Macro selection tool

  • If you know the name of the Macro you wish to use, start typing the name

  • If you don't know the name of the Macro, use the Macro Browser to view a list of available Macros

Wiki Markup Editor

• Enter the macro in curly brackets {MACRO}

• OR click on

  Open

  

  to use the Macro Browser

Commonly Used Macros

Anchor tags

• To make an anchor tag:

  {anchor:ANCHORNAME}

• To link to an anchored element:

  [LINK TEXT|#ANCHORNAME]

Creating a drop-down menu

• This will make a small arrow appear next to the title. When clicked, links and text associated with the title will appear.

• For each drop-down menu do the following (replace UPPERCASE with your content):

  {expand:TITLE} ENTER TEXT THAT WILL BE HIDDEN (can be links to other pages) {expand}