Confluence automatically transforms linked content into rich content. Try it with Confluence pages, JIRA issues, YouTube and Vimeo videos, Flickr photo streams, Tweets, Google maps and many more.
Here's two examples of autoconvert in action.
Once you've created content you'll want to share it with your team members. Confluence can do all the work for you, just click the Share button.
If your administrator has not added a mail server, the Share button will only show the share link.
Insert tables with drag and drop simplicity. Add, remove, cut, and paste rows and columns – this makes working with tables easy.
Why not give it a try?
Go to the bottom of this page and start typing in the comment area. When you're finished just press save!
Don't just confine your comments to the bottom of the page - highlight some text on the page to add an inline comment like this:
Hint: You can mention another user in a page or comment by typing @ and then the user's name. The user will be notified that you mentioned them.
You can add as many sections as you need, and each section can have a different column layout.
Let's start with the editor. You'll use the Confluence editor to create and edit pages.You can type in the editor as you would in any document, apply formatting, and embed other content and files into the page.
The editor looks like this (click images for a larger view):
Here is a description of the components:
The Confluence editor helps you create content, fast. You can embed images, Office documents, and even videos. That's just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to creating useful content for your team.
The Files button is not just for images, you can insert and preview a wide range of files, including Microsoft Office documents and PDFs.
Pages live in spaces. This page is in the 'Demonstration Space'.
Let's play with some content. Don't worry, you won't break anything:
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When you're ready, click Update to publish your changes then and go to the next step or back to the space home.
Confluence is where you can create, organize and discuss work with your team. Use Confluence for meeting notes, project plans, requirements, sprint planning, how-to guides, or anything you like.
Click the Create button on the header to see some of the types of pages you can create.
A Confluence page can contain text, images, diagrams, activity streams, videos, and more. Confluence puts your content online in a central place where your team can search, edit and discuss it at any time.
So let's try it!