If a Page gets copied will it automatically update when the original does?

Carolina Lopez

So we have a Page that holds a document that we want to COPY to other Spaces, but that document will potentially change in the future and we're wondering if there is a way to make all the copies to update as well.

We haven't been able to find directions or context on how to do that, hence, we're asking here 🤔

Nic Brough -Adaptavist-

Absolutely not. 

The whole point of a COPY is that you create something that is the same as the original because the original has stuff you want to use, but then you want to take the new page in a different direction.

However, you don't want a "copy", you want something that refers to a common source.  This is one of the things Confluence is good at.

Write a *single* page that that will be the document you want to share. Then, instead of copying it to allow branching, simply use the {include} macro to point to it. 

Any change to the source page of an include macro is instantly reflected in the pages including it.