How do I put instructional text into a template using the confluence editor?

Stephen Ellwood
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January 18, 2021

How do I put instructional text into a template using the confluence editor.  I see it in other templates but when I create my own templates I see no feature do anything more than on any other confluence page. 

When I do a Google search I cannot find up to date documentation on the Confluence editor, it all seems to point to earlier versions which is useless to me. The old template editor seemed to have way more features that mine.  Is myetup wrong or is it now much more dumb than it used to be?

 

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David Varela
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January 8, 2022

Placeholder text (aka "Instructional text") can be used from within a template as follows:

  1. The template must be in edit mode
  2. Enter the macro command mode "/" followed by "placeholder"
  3. Select the "placeholder text" macro
    see screen capture below:
  4. placeholder-text-screencap.png
Veronica Rodriguez
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February 25, 2022

I don't see this option, has this changed? 

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Miriam Wipf
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April 20, 2022

seconding the above -- I'm trying to create a template for my team, but I can't see the placeholder/instruction text anywhere; does this feature no longer exist? 

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Adam Bang September 19, 2024

I've used it as described today on Confluence cloud

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Paloma Fondon Araujo
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January 18, 2021

Hi @Stephen Ellwood 

To include the instructional text you must click on "+" and when displaying select the option "placeholder text". In the box you include the text you need to show and press enter. Once the template is configured, in the view of this and in the creation of a page through the template created, the placeholder text macro will appear visible.

Confluence template - Instructional text.PNG

I hope it helps you.
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Stephen Ellwood
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January 20, 2021

Thanks for the answer.  This seems to work. It seems that it was simply the change in terminology that fooled me.  

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Adam Purcell
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February 25, 2022

This now seems out of date @APal . There's no placeholder text option or instructional text term for me? Is this for paid plans only?

Sehreen Jafry
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April 14, 2022

I couldn't find these options as well.

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Shaun Glaze
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May 5, 2022

Same issue, and we have a paid plan.

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Gabriel Points
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January 11, 2023

Same, no option. Would love to get this on my custom template I'm working on...

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Guess_ Brandi N_
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October 5, 2023

this also doesn't work I have neither option, 

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