Getting to know macros

Adding a macro is one of the most effective ways to make dynamic Confluence pages. By adding one or more macros to a page, we can make that page dynamic. In other words, macros serve to make pages much more resourceful. Confluence offers us many macros for different purposes. In this and the following sections, we’ll examine macros closely.

Adding a macro to a page is easy. First, we want to teach you this skill. Next, we’ll go over the macros one by one.

Let’s see how we can add a macro to a page following these steps:

1. Open the sample page we created in the previous section or create a new one.
2. Click the Edit button to switch to edit mode.
3. Click the + button on the far right of the top menu and look at the options. The screen should look like this:

Figure 5.4 – Inserting a macro

We can also type / on a page to find macros.

4. As you can see, many macros can be added to the...