This page last changed on Oct 20, 2005 by vidya.
Macros allow you to perform programmatic functions within a page, and can be used for generating more complex content structures.
Generally speaking, a macro is simply a command wrapped inside curly braces {...}. To learn how to write your own macro, or use macros written by other people, read the Confluence Plugin Guide.
Macros currently available in Confluence include:
Is there a way to create new Macros in Confluence?

Posted by asdflkj@lkjasdf.com at May 26, 2004 17:13
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In the confluence notation guide it references {include-excerpt:Home}
However when using it I get: Unknown macro: {include-excerpt}
Hey so do you 

Posted by refux at Jul 15, 2004 17:51
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That was a typo: it should really have read {excerpt-include}. It's fixed now. 

Posted by cmiller at Jan 03, 2005 18:20
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Certainly! See: Use, Write, and Install Macros

Posted by cmiller at Jan 03, 2005 18:20
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You need to document the FatCow suite here. I love that thing!

Posted by at Mar 10, 2005 13:49
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What about a "Create Child Page" macro that allows me to pre-define part of the child page name?

Posted by at Mar 23, 2005 12:05
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Where is the documentaiton for the query macro?

Posted by at Apr 19, 2005 10:14
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Can anyone point me to documentation on the confluence workflow plugin?

Posted by at Jun 03, 2005 08:12
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I am looking for that documentation as well

Posted by sterry1 at Jun 14, 2005 15:42
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Is there a single list of requested plugins anywhere? Or is it best just to sift through Confluence project plugin requests in Jira?
It'd be nice if there were an issue type dedicated to Confluence plugins actually.

Posted by bpatters7 at Jun 23, 2005 06:31
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That link is now toast - what happened to auto-refactoring? 

Posted by rwarren@picarro.com at Jan 27, 2006 16:01
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Unfortunately, that page was removed. Try this one instead: Confluence Development Hub

Posted by jnolen at Jan 27, 2006 17:10
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This page doesn't include all macros. For example: {panel} and {html}.
Where is there an actual consolidated list of all default macros (with help) that you see in the basic install's Adminstration > Plugin Manager?
This is the 2nd such page I've located in the docs and neither are what I'm looking for.

Posted by rwarren@picarro.com at Feb 07, 2006 17:11
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There isn't currently a comprehensive place to get detailed information on every single macro. There are, however, a few key locations that will provide the majority of information that you need:
- The page you are looking at now has several of the standard Confluence macros
- The "Notation Guide" (when editing a page using wiki notation, there is a link to the right) contains brief examples and information on all installed macros
- The CONFEXT Space provides documentation for most of the third party macros
- David Peterson's RandomBits.org provides information on all of his macros
- Adaptavist's User Guide contains very detailed examples of a lot of macros including those which you specifically mention above (we're adding new tutorials all the time, but with so many macros it's going to take us a while to get them all documentated).

Posted by gfraser at Feb 07, 2006 17:18
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Thanks - I hadn't been through the notation guide you pointed out and that covers off some of the ones I couldn't find docs for (especially in the "Advanced formatting" section).
I think it would be very useful if you just consolidated all of the macros that are included in the default Confluence installation into one alphabetically sorted list in your official documentation (not just context based). The docs as they exist in the access-while-editing "Notation guide" appear more than good enough for copying.
There is also some duplication in your docs that could use cleaning - in addition to this page I also found this one which covers some of the same, and some different. I'm not clear on the intended difference between the two pages.
I sound negative here (sorry), but you said all installed macros are documented in the notation guide... after about a minute's inspection it seems that even ones that aren't installed are documented! eg: the {toc} macro is in your notation guide, but this isn't present unless you install two things on the server. To boot, the all-important {loremipsum} macro (chosen at random) is not in the notation guide, so clearly they ALL aren't documented .
Where is the proper forum for submitting stuff like this? Feel free to delete this comment (in fact, please do).

Posted by rwarren@picarro.com at Feb 07, 2006 17:49
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Russell,
Probably the best thing to do is to file a enhancement request on http://jira.atlassian.com. This is important feedback for us since we were working hard the last couple month to make our documentation more complete and useful. If you have any other suggestions, please let us know about it.
Cheers,
Jens

Posted by jens@atlassian.com at Feb 07, 2006 23:49
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