Experts was updated this spring to Confluence 5.7 and now has many new features for Team Space Administrators and Editors in the system. You can now add comments inline on any page, even on attachments! The new Roadmap Planner Macro can be used to keep team projects organized, and pages automatically save drafts so you won’t loose your work if you accidentally cancel.
See these links for the helpful features you’ll now find if you edit pages on your department or group Team Space or in the Experts Knowledge Base.
- New Look
- New space-saving editor
- No more accidental cancel
- Heading order respected when importing from Word
- Multiple File Upload
- Built-in File Preview
- Inline Comments
- New Roadmap Planner Macro
- New Profile Picture Uploader
For any questions or issues regarding Experts team spaces, or the Experts Knowledge Base, contact the Computer Services Help Desk at 417-836-5891 or helpdesk.missouristate.edu.
New Look
- The search field is now blue, and more subtle.
- The “Tools” menu now looks like this (it’s really a ‘more actions’ menu).
- The notifications that let you know when someone has commented on or edited a page you’re viewing have a brand new design, and have moved to the top-right of the page.
- Warnings and other alerts have a new look.
New space-saving editor
The text editor has changed to allow more room for content. Page titles and breadcrumbs now appear below the editor toolbar, and scroll with the page. With this larger work space, there’s no longer a ‘full screen editor’ view.
No more accidental cancel
The editor ‘Cancel’ button will now say ‘Close’ for clarity. And it will save a draft of your page just in case you didn’t mean to close the editor. To access your drafts, go to your profile picture, then choose Drafts.
Heading order respected when importing from Word
If you use Word documents to create multiple pages based on the heading levels in your Word document, new pages are now organized in the same order as your document, not in alphabetical order.
Multiple File Upload
There’s a brand new Files button on the toolbar. From here you can upload just about any type of file, and multiple files at once. When inserting a file into your page, you can choose to show it as a thumbnail or as a link.
Built-in File Preview
The built in file preview allows you to view many file types right from the page. There is no need to use a special macro to insert the document or for users to download the file first. For example, easily view PDFs or Word, PowerPoint and Excel documents, even if you don’t have Office installed.
Preview these file types right from your page:
Images files | Office files | Other files |
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The new preview also gives you a stack of tools to manage your files:
- upload a new version of the file, even if it has a different filename
- browse through all files on the page
- download the file
- share the file with your team
- comment anywhere on the file
Inline Comments
You can now add inline comments or feedback on pages and on uploaded files, and Resolve comments when you are done.
Inline comments on pages
Highlight some text and click to add a comment.
Give feedback on files
If it’s an image, PDF or Office document, click to preview, then drag a pin to where you want to add your comment. You can comment on any part of the file. And you can easily upload a new version of the file to address any feedback.
We’re not just talking about plain-text comments either; you can use many of the features of page comments in inline and file comments, like rich text, @mentions and links. Your team can like or reply to discuss changes on the spot.
No matter whether it’s a page or a file, you can resolve the comments to close the feedback loop. Easily view or reopen resolved comments at any time.
New Roadmap Planner Macro
This new macro allow you to create simple, visual roadmaps.
Lanes can differentiate teams, products or stages; markers highlight milestones and important dates; and bars indicate phases of work and provide links to more information.
To create a roadmap, insert the macro, add some lanes, bars and markers, and then drag them to the right location.
New Profile Picture Uploader
You can now resize and reposition your Profile image when you upload it.
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