Confluence equivalent of FrameMaker variable / Flare snippet / Word DocVariable

Question

Does Confluence have this feature? Typical use case, define a variable for the release version, when the version changes from 6.0 to 6.1 you change it once and all occurrences are updated.

I tried defining a macro but the text always gets rendered in its own paragraph.

Robert Lauriston · Answer

I opened another question for this apparent bug.

https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/8619811

Robert Lauriston · Answer

Doesn't work. Confluence adds a bunch of extra tags and it ends up on a separate line with no formatting. What I have is productname_1.2.3.jar. After I replace 1.2.3 with the macro I get:


        productname_

INLINE

.jar

Jonathan Simonoff · Answer

You can do this with user macros, although it is a little awkward.

The trick is that the user has to click on the macro after inserting it and click the icon that makes it render inline.  (The two icons have popup text that tell you what they do.)