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Using the UofS Wiki: Quick Access Guide
Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS .......................................................................................................................................... 1 WHY USE A WIKI ................................................................................................................................................ 3 AN INTRODUCTION TO COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENTS ....................................................................................................... 3 ADVANTAGES OF A WIKI.................................................................................................................................................. 3 SIMPLE STRUCTURAL WIKI OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................................... 3 ABOUT THE U OF S CONFLUENCE WIKI ............................................................................................................... 4 SUPPORTED BROWSERS .................................................................................................................................................. 4 ACCESSING THE WIKI ...................................................................................................................................................... 4 NOTE FOR NON‐MEMBERS .............................................................................................................................................. 4 AS A MEMBER .................................................................................................................................................... 5 LOGGING IN .................................................................................................................................................................. 5 THE DASHBOARD ............................................................................................................................................... 6 DASHBOARD SECTIONS ................................................................................................................................................... 6 BREADCRUMB NAVIGATION ............................................................................................................................................. 6 SPACES (WORKSPACES) .................................................................................................................................................. 6 RECENTLY UPDATED SECTION ........................................................................................................................................... 6 TO BROWSE ANONYMOUSLY ............................................................................................................................................ 6 WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT WORKSPACES .............................................................................................................. 7 DIFFERENT WORKSPACE STRUCTURES ................................................................................................................................ 7 COMMON OPTIONS, FUNTIONS AND TOOLS ........................................................................................................................ 7 GETTING STARTED: CREATING SPACES ................................................................................................................ 8 ADDING A NEW SPACE .................................................................................................................................................... 8 SETTING PERMISSIONS .................................................................................................................................................... 8 CHOOSING A THEME ....................................................................................................................................................... 9 CREATING A PERSONAL WORKSPACE ............................................................................................................................... 10 SPACE ADMINISTRATION: PERSONALISING LOOK AND FEEL ............................................................................... 11 BEFORE THE CONTENT .................................................................................................................................................. 11 LOOK AND FEEL ........................................................................................................................................................... 11 CHANGING THE THEME ................................................................................................................................................. 12 THEME DISPLAYS ......................................................................................................................................................... 13 MORE CUSTOMIZATION .................................................................................................................................... 15 CUSTOMIZING THE DASHBOARD ..................................................................................................................................... 15 ADDING A FAVOURITE WORKSPACE ................................................................................................................................. 15 ADDING A FAVOURITE PAGE .......................................................................................................................................... 15 ADDING A TEAM LABEL (SPACE) ..................................................................................................................................... 16 ITS Training Document
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SPACE ADMINISTRATION: DESCRIBING A SPACE ................................................................................................ 17 SPACE OPERATIONS ...................................................................................................................................................... 17 EDIT SPACE DETAILS ..................................................................................................................................................... 17 CHANGING THE HOMEPAGE TITLE ................................................................................................................................... 17 ADDING CONTENT ............................................................................................................................................ 18 TWO METHODS FOR ADDING CONTENT ........................................................................................................................... 18 RICH TEXT VIEW .......................................................................................................................................................... 18 WIKI MARKUP VIEW .................................................................................................................................................... 19 MARKUP HELP ............................................................................................................................................................ 19 ADDING SPECIFIC CONTENT FEATURES .............................................................................................................. 20 TO ADD A LINK ............................................................................................................................................................ 20 TO ADD AN IMAGE ....................................................................................................................................................... 21 TO ADD A TABLE .......................................................................................................................................................... 22 INSERTING A PAGE ....................................................................................................................................................... 22 BROWSING PAGES ....................................................................................................................................................... 23 TO ADD A COMMENT ................................................................................................................................................... 23 TO ADD AND BROWSE A NEWS PAGE .............................................................................................................................. 24 RESTORING CHANGES ....................................................................................................................................... 25 PREVIOUS VERSIONS ..................................................................................................................................................... 25 TO REVERT TO A PREVIOUSLY SAVED PAGE ....................................................................................................................... 25 TO COMPARE PAGE VERSIONS ....................................................................................................................................... 25 WATCHING PAGE UPDATES ............................................................................................................................... 27 GENERATING NOTIFICATIONS FOR PAGE CHANGES ............................................................................................................. 27 TO START WATCHING A PAGE ........................................................................................................................................ 27 SETTING PERMISSIONS ...................................................................................................................................... 28 PERMISSIONS AND RESTRICTIONS .................................................................................................................................... 28 APPLING SPACE PERMISSIONS ........................................................................................................................................ 28 EXPORTING THE WIKI ........................................................................................................................................ 30 EXPORTING ................................................................................................................................................................. 30 TO EXPORT TO PDF ..................................................................................................................................................... 30 TO EXPORT TO A WORD DOCUMENT ............................................................................................................................... 30 TO EXPORT TO XML FORMAT ........................................................................................................................................ 31 Table of Contents | An Introduction to Collaborative Environments 2
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Why Use a Wiki
An Introduction The term Wiki refers both to a set of interconnected web pages that can be
to Collaborative edited by anyone (with appropriate permission) from anywhere; and also,
Environments
to the software that enables open editing in a collaborative way.
Wikis are important educational and collaboration tools in which students and
instructors can participate as a self-organized group, developing and sharing
knowledge locally (or globally) via the web.
This tool can also alleviate the "spam" associated with back and forth emails or
instant messages common to collaborative study (or work) environments.
Advantages of a
Wiki
A Wiki can provide the following advantages:
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•
•
•
Simple
Structural Wiki
Overview
An immediate and wide ranging source of information
The opportunity to share resources and input from geographically
disparate locations
An accessible and on going history of all modifications, updates and
additions to a knowledge repository (transparency concept)
An intuitive and secure environment
Simple Structural Wiki Overview:
Dashboard
Workspace
Workspace Homepage
Pages
Specialty Pages
•
•
•
•
The Dashboard serves as the display interface for all workspaces and
subsequent update notifications
Creation of a workspace automatically creates a Homepage for that space
Additional pages may be added for separate functionality
Specialty pages may be added for Blogging or News feeds
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About the U of S Confluence Wiki
Supported
Browsers
The Confluence Wiki is configured to work with the following browsers:
Internet Explorer 6.0 and 7.0
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.x*
Note: Firefox3 has not been tested and therefore not officially supported.
Safari/Opera* Note: These browsers do not support Rich Text formatting.
Accessing the
Wiki
The U of S Confluence Wiki may be accessed from the following URL:
https://wiki.usask.ca
Step
Action
1 From your browser, type https://wiki.usask.ca in the URL name box.
The U of S Wiki Dashboard is displayed:
Figure 1 UofS Dashboard – Public View
Note for NonMembers
This dashboard view displays all the workspaces for the enterprise. Wiki
membership and login is not necessary for viewing and contributing to public
spaces, however non-university users require an account requested by a
university member in order to contribute to private spaces.
See details in the “Who has access?” section of the Dashboard.
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As a Member
Logging In
As a member, you will have more editing and contributing access than an
anonymous user: Required: NSID and password
Note: Non-UofS members use an email address.
To login as a member:
Step
Action
1 From the Dashboard, in the green navigation bar, click on the Log In
link:
The Welcome Login prompt is displayed:
Figure 2 Wiki Login Prompt
2
Type your NSID and password and click on the LOGIN button.
Your Dashboard environment is displayed. It will look very similar to
the anonymous view. Your name takes the place of Log In.
My tab appears in the Spaces section along with the Create a space
option.
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The Dashboard
Dashboard
Sections
The Dashboard display is divided into two primary sections:
•
•
Spaces (left side of the window)
Recently Updated (right side of the window)
Note:
A general information section appears just above the Spaces display
and a Favourite Pages section appears just below Recently Updated.
The Dashboard is the only place where:
• all existing workspaces can be accessed
• a new workspace may be added.
Breadcrumb
Navigation
In the green navigation bar at the top of the window, the current view is always
identified by a breadcrumb navigation path. Dashboard is the starting point for
workspace navigation.
Spaces
(Workspaces)
Workspaces are the hub of the wiki. They may be created for project
collaboration, personal interest groups and even your own personal use.
All workspaces have three levels of access: Group, Individual, and
Anonymous, which may be configured with varying permission capabilities.
A single personal space may be created for private use.
Workspaces appearing in the Spaces section are determined by group
membership and access.
Recently
The Recently Updated section displays notifications for changes made to
Updated Section workspace content, identified by author and time of change.
This display can be collapsed or expanded by clicking on the
top right corner of the section.
To Browse
Anonymously
signs in the
Public Spaces and Recent Updates to public spaces may be viewed without
logging in. To browse these workspaces or updates:
Step
Action
1 Click on any linked text to view content.
• Clicking on a Space link will display the Homepage.
• Clicking on an update link displays specific page content.
Anonymous users can also make changes depending on Space
permissions. See Adding Content
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What to Know About Workspaces
Different
Workspace
Structures
Though all workspace formats will have the same elemental capability,
depending on design and security, navigational/function options will be
displayed in different views or might even be unavailable depending on
permission levels.
Common
Options,
Funtions and
Tools
As a browser (both Anonymous and Member) in any workspace, the following
options and tools are accessible:
Page
Operations
Add Content
Tools
Browse Space
View
Edit
Attachments
Info
Page
News
Comment
Attachment
Attachments
History
Favourite
Watch
Info
View Wiki Markup
Export to PDF
Export to Word
Copy
Move
Remove
Pages
News
Labels
Attachments
Bookmarks
Mail
Advanced
Activity
Page Operations: Allows for the direct manipulation and display information
of the current page
Add Content:
Allows for the addition of content elements to the current
page
Tools:
Workspace functionality features
Browse Space:
Provides direct navigation to Workspace pages and
components
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Getting Started: Creating Spaces
Adding a New
Space
To begin collaborating, create a new workspace:
Step
Action
1 Login to the U of S Confluence wiki.
2
Click on
The Create Space dialogue is displayed.
3 In the Enter a space name box, type a descriptive name for the space
and press the Tab key.
4 In the Enter a space key box, type a unique, abbreviated identifier for
quick linking.
Figure 3 Create Space Dialogue
Setting
Permissions
Specify the permission rights of respective users:
Step
Action
1 In the Who can use this space? section, specify access for Viewing and
Commenting (left side) and Creating and Editing (right side) by
clicking in the checkbox beside the desired permission.
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Choosing a
Theme
For ease of documentation and implementation discussion, Confluence
recommends the Default theme for wiki workspaces.
As options and menus are accessed differently from each thematic interface,
this Getting Started document makes reference to and includes various
screenshots from all themes.
Select a theme display format for the workspace:
Step
Action
1 From the Choose Theme section, select a space layout by clicking the
radio button in front of the desired option:
Eg. Select Left Navigation Theme to always see wiki menu options
on the left side of the window.
Figure 4 Wiki Theme Selection (Left Navigation Theme)
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2
Click OK.
The newly created Space Homepage is displayed:
Figure 5 New Space Homepage
Creating a
Personal
Workspace
For your own use, you may create a single private (personal) workspace. This
space is not intended for collaborative exchange though contributing rights
may be set for other users.
To create your own page for pages and news:
Step
Action
1 Display a workspace homepage.
2 Select Preferences from the Log In dropdown menu:
3
4
5
From the View Profile tab, click on Create a personal space.
Set permissions and select a theme (as described above).
Click on the Create button.
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Space Administration: Personalising Look and Feel
Before the
Content
Look and Feel
Space administration may be performed at anytime, but it is useful to
determine the look and feel of a wiki space before making it public.
The look and feel of the workspace will impact ease of navigation and
workspace manipulation.
To experiment with and change the look and feel for the workspace:
Step
Action
1 From the Dashboard in the Recently Updated section, click on the
Home icon for the newly added space.
2 From the left side navigation menu (See Figure 4), select Browse Space.
Figure 6 Left Side Navigation Menu
2
From the Browse Space menu, select Space Admin.
Figure 7 Browse Space Menu
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Look and Feel, Continued
3
From the Space Administration window, Look and Feel section: select
the desired option(s).
Figure 8 Space Admin Menu
Changing the
Theme
Changing the theme of a workspace will have the greatest impact on the entire
workspace structure. To select and apply a theme:
Step
Action
1 From the Space Admin|Look and Feel section, click on the Themes
link.
The Choose New Theme window is displayed.
2 Click on the radio button beside the desired theme and click on the
Confirm button.
3 Navigate back to the space Homepage to view the new display format.
Following are sample views of the same page in the four theme
formats.
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Theme Displays
Left Navigation Theme
Default Navigation Theme
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Confluence Classic Theme
Clickr Theme
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More Customization
Customizing the The Dashboard can be configured to provide quick access to your favourite
Dashboard
spaces and pages as well as creating a Team workspace area.
Adding a
Favourite
Workspace
Initially, the Spaces section contains two tabs for categorizing workspaces:
My and All.
The All tab displays all workspaces created by a group member.
The My tab displays a subset of favourite spaces.
To Add a workspace to the favourite list:
Step
Action
1 From the Spaces: section, click on the All tab.
2 Locate the desired workspace and click on the star icon
The workspace link now appears under the My tab:
.
* To remove this space from Favourites, click on the yellow star.
Adding a
Favourite Page
To add a favourite page link:
Step
Action
1 Display the desired page to be added.
2 Click on the star icon .
Note: Though typically found in the top right corner of a page, the
icon will be found in different locations depending on the
theme for the workspace.
The page link now appears in the Favourite Pages section (lower right
corner) of the Dashboard.
* To remove this page from Favourites, click on the yellow star.
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Adding a Team
Label (Space)
Team labels may only be added if you are an administrator for the workspace.
To add a team label along with spaces relevant to the team or project:
Step
Action
1 Display a page from the desired workspace to be added to a Team tab.
2 From the Browse Space menu, select Space Admin.
The Space Administration Window is displayed.
2 From the Space Operations menu, select Edit Space Labels.
The Edit Space Labels window appears:
Figure 9 Edit Space Labels Window
3
4
In the Team Labels section, Add Team Label text box, type the desired
team label and click the Add button.
Note: Labels must be a single word. Underscores may be used to
combine words.
The Team tab now appears in the Spaces section of the Dashboard.
Select the desired label from the dropdown menu.
The workspace appears under the team tab, and the Recently Updated
section displays only those updates relevant to the team workspace(s).
Figure 10 Team Space
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Space Administration: Describing a Space
Space
Operations
The default name for a all new space homepages is Home. To differentiate one
workspace homepage from another, this name may be modified and a
description of the workspace may be included.
It is recommended to include a short but informative description as this will be
displayed on the Dashboard and assists viewers with the purpose and intent of
the space.
Edit Space
Details
Changing the
Homepage Title
To enter a full description for a workspace:
Step
Action
1 Click on the homepage for the newly added space.
2 From the Browse Space menu, select Space Admin.
3 From the Space Operations menu, select Edit Space Details.
4 Type a description of the wiki purpose and content.
5 Click on the Save button.
This description is displayed under the space name in the Dashboard
Spaces: section.
To change the homepage title:
Step
Action
1 From the Dashboard, Recently Updated section, click on the Home
workspace.
2 Click on Edit.
Note: Depending on the theme the Edit option will appear in the upper
right corner of the page or in a Page Operations menu.
The homepage Edit window appears:
Figure 11 Homepage Edit Window
3
Type an appropriate name and click the Save button.
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Adding Content
Two Methods
for Adding
Content
The Edit view initially displays page content in standard word processing
format in the Rich Text tab.
Text, objects and other code may also be entered in Wiki Markup view which
is programming language oriented.
Note: The Preview Tab allows modifications to be viewed before the edited
page is saved.
Rich Text View
To add, format, and edit text in Rich Text view:
Step
Action
1 From the Edit Page window, click on the Rich Text tab.
The formatting toolbar at the top of the text entry area provides the
following standard functionality:
Bold, Italics, Underline, Strikethrough
Text formatting Paragraph Styles
Table creation, row and column manipulation
Bulleted and Ordered list options
Decrease and Increase Indent
Undo and Redo
Hyperlink, Picture, Text color, Border, Emoticons,
Custom Character
Full Screen View
2
3
Begin typing text as in a standard word processor.
To edit, select text and apply the desired feature.
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Wiki Markup
View
The Wiki Markup view provides increased page editing functionality via the
markup language code. It is also useful in troubleshooting editing anomalies
occurring in Rich Text view.
To view the Wiki Markup for a page:
Step
Action
1 From the Edit Page view, click on the Wiki Markup tab.
The Markup code is displayed:
Figure 12 Wiki Markup View
2
Markup Help
Type text including markup codes.
To become more familiar with the Wiki Markup notation:
Step
Action
1 Click on the Wicki Markup tab.
The Help Tips pane is displayed on the right side of the window:
Figure 13 Wiki Markup Help Tips
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Adding Specific Content Features
To Add a link
Internal and External hyperlinks may be added to a page.
To add a link:
Step
Action
1 Select (highlight) the text for the link.
2 Click on the Hyperlink tool .
The Link Properties window is displayed with the selected text
appearing in the Alias text area:
Figure 14 Link Properties Window
3
To locate the desired destination page/object/space, click on any tab to
locate existing destination links
or click on the Search tab enter the page/object/space name in the
search text area and click on the Search button.
4
5
Note: If the destination does not exist on the Confluence server, it
must be attached first.
To attach a file for linking, click on the Attachments tab. Find the file
by clicking on the Browse button.
Locate the file and click on Attach.
The file link appears under the Attachments tab.
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4
Click on the link destination (as found under any of the tabs).
The Destination appears in the Link text area:
Figure 15 Link Destination
5
To Add an
Image
Click on OK.
To add an image to a page:
Step
Action
1 At the current cursor location, click on the Picture tool
The Insert Image window is displayed:
.
Figure 16 Insert Image Window
Note: Any previously attached images also appear.
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To Add an Image, Continued
2
3
4
5
To Add a Table
Click the Browse button to locate a new Image.
Click on Attach and click OK.
The image appears in the Edit Page display.
Note: To resize the image click on the image and drag with one of the
image handles.
Click on the Preview button to view the modifications.
Click on the Save button to save the page.
Tables are extremely useful in setting uniform page format.
To add a table to a page:
Step
Action
1 At the current cursor location, click on the Table tool .
2 Specify the number of rows, columns and indicate if there should be a
header row.
Note: Rows and columns may be inserted/deleted later.
3 Type text or insert a picture in the desired cell.
Note: Cell size will increase depending on contents. Individual
columns can not be manually resized in the Rich Text view.
4 Click on the Preview button to view the modifications.
5 Click on the Save button to save the page.
Inserting a Page To add a page to a workspace:
Step
Action
1 Display a space homepage.
2 From the Add or Add Content menu, select Page.
The Add Page window is displayed.
3 Type, format and edit the page as desired.
4 Click on Save.
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Browsing Pages
To view all the pages in a space:
Step
Action
1 From any page in the space, click on Browse Space|Pages.
The Alphabetical page listing window is displayed:
Figure 17 Browse Pages View
To Add a
Comment
Comments are useful for providing feedback directly on a specific page.
To add a comment:
Step
Action
1 Display a space page.
2 Click on Add|Comment or Add Content|Add Comment depending
on the space theme.
The Comments window appears:
Figure 18 Insert Comment Window
3
Add a comment and click the Post button.
The comment is added to the page.
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To Add and
Browse a News
Page
One News Page may be added to a Workspace.
To add a News page:
Step
Action
1 Display the workspace Homepage.
2 From the Add or Add Content menu, select News.
The Add News window is displayed:
Figure 19 News Page Window
3
Add a title and edit the page as desired. Click on Save.
The Browse Space|News Page is displayed. A calendar on the right
side of the window indicates news added to the workspace with bolded
days. Click on the bolded day to see the news:
Figure 20 News Browse View
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Restoring Changes
Previous
Versions
As pages are edited by yourself and others, there might come a time when it is
easiest to revert to a previously saved version of a page rather than
painstakingly removing unwanted updates.
To Revert to a
Previously
Saved Page
The wiki environment keeps a version history of every saved page so that
restoration can be as simple as a mouse click.
To restore a previous page version:
Step
Action
1 Display the page to be reverted.
2 Depending on the applied workspace theme,
Click on Tools|History or Info|View Page History
The Page History window is displayed:
Figure 21 Wiki Page History
3
To Compare
Page Versions
Click on the Restore this version link beside the desired version date
and time.
To compare modifications between versions:
Step
Action
1 From the Page History view, click in the checkboxes beside the
versions to be compared.
2 Click on the Compare selected versions button.
The Information window is displayed.
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To Compare Page Versions, Continued
Step
Action
Figure 22 Comparing Page Versions
3
Click on the double arrows to view previous and next changes.
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Watching Page Updates
Generating
With time constraints in a collaborative environment, it is useful to have up-toNotifications for the-minute update status on document modifications. When a page is watched,
Page Changes
email notifications are generated when there have been:
•
•
•
To Start
Watching a
Page
page additions, edits or deletions
attachment additions or deletions
comment additions, edits and deletions
View permission is required to watch a page and email preferences must be set
in your Profile setup.
To watch a page for revisions:
Step
Action
1 Display the page to be watched.
2 Depending on the applied workspace theme, click on Tools|Watch or
click on the Watch (Envelope) icon .
3 Under Your Account, select Preferences.
Your personal Profile window is displayed.
4 Click on the Watches tab.
5 Click on the email preferences link.
The Edit Profile dialogue is displayed:
Figure 23 Email Preferences|Edit Profile Window
6
7.
Click in the checkbox beside Subscribe to daily updates.
Click on Save.
Email notifications will be generated for updates made to the
workspace by other individuals.
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Setting Permissions
Permissions and As a tool for communication and collaboration, Confluence is at its best when
Restrictions
all your users can participate fully.
It's advisable not to restrict users unless you have a good reason for doing so.
Permissions may be set for Groups, Users and Anonymous Access.
Page Level Restrictions can also be applied.
To add a user requires the User name and NSID. A Non-UofS member uses an
email address as username.
Appling Space
Permissions
To apply space permissions:
Step
Action
1 From the space homepage, select Browse Space|Space Admin
2 From the Space Administration window, under Security, select
Permissions.
The View Space Permissions window is displayed:
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Setting Permissions, Continued
Appling Space Permissions, Continued
Step Action
3 To modify the permissions, click the Edit Permissions button beneath
the desired user level.
4 Select/deselect the desired permissions for each level.
5 Add a new group or individual user by entering a name in the Grant
permission to text box and clicking the Add button.
6 Click on the Save All button.
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Exporting the Wiki
Exporting
Often it is useful to export wiki pages to another format for printing or final
editing in a production environment. Wiki pages may be converted to MS
Word or PDF formats.
Even more importantly, it is essential to export your wiki spaces to XML
format for backup purposes.
Note: You will never need to recover an entire space unless it has been
permanently deleted. Confluence has built in backup in the form of
version control.
To Export to
PDF
To export a wiki page to PDF format:
Step
Action
1 Display a wiki page to be exported.
2 From the Tools menu, select Export to PDF,
or click on the PDF icon.
The following dialogue appears:
Figure 24 PDF Dialogue
3
Click OK.
The page is saved as a PDF file.
To Export to A
Word Document To export a wiki page to Word format:
Step
Action
1 Display a wiki page to be exported.
2 From the Tools menu, select Export to Word and click OK.
The page is saved in your current version of MS Word.
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To Export to
XML Format
For the purpose of Backup, it is important to export your wiki space to another
location for successful retrieval. It is recommended that this export be to XML
format.
To export a space to XML:
Step
Action
1 From the Browse Space or Space menu select Advanced.
The Advanced window is displayed:
Figure 25 Advanced Window
2
Click on the Export Space link.
The Export Space window is displayed:
Figure 26 Export Space Window
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Step
Action
3 Click in the radio button beside XML output and select Comments
and Attachments.
4 Select the desired pages and click on the Export button.
5 When the Export complete message is generated click on the
Download here link.
6 At the dialogue prompt, click on the desired saving option;
Compressed folder or Save To disk.
Both options save the wiki space to your desktop:
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Double-click on the compressed folder to view the contents:
Figure 27 Export Content
Exporting the Wiki | To Export to XML Format 32