This page last changed on Dec 17, 2009 by ggaskell.

The Change-History Macro shows the history of updates made to a page — version number, author, date and comment. It displays this information inline, as shown in the following screenshot.

Screenshot: The Change-History Macro in Confluence

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Usage with the Macro Browser

To insert the change-history macro into a page using the Macro Browser,

  1. Open your desired Confluence page or blog post, then click the 'Edit' button. The page or blog post opens in edit mode.
  2. Click the Macro Browser icon on the toolbar. The macro browser window opens in the middle of the screen in 'macro selection' mode.
  3. Scroll through the list of macros. Alternatively, start typing part of the name of your desired macro into the search box at the top right of the macro browser window. Macros with a matching name will appear in the main pane.
  4. Click on the desired macro to access its parameters and preview parameter changes ('preview mode').
  5. Set the macro parameters to your requirements. If desired, you can preview these changes by clicking 'Refresh'.
  6. Click 'Insert' to put the macro into the page.

You can also insert macros via autocomplete. For more information, see Using Autocomplete in the Rich Text Editor.


Once you've found the change-history macro, click 'insert' to add it to your page.

Usage with the Wiki Markup Editor

What you need to type What you will get
{change-history}
Version Date Comment
Current Version (v. 4) Dec 17, 2009 18:06 Giles Gaskell [Atlassian Technical Writer]:
Updated content for Confluence 3.0.
v. 3 Jun 01, 2009 07:43 Giles Gaskell [Atlassian Technical Writer]:
Updated content for Confluence 3.0.
v. 2 Apr 17, 2008 20:30 Sarah Maddox [Atlassian Technical Writer]:
Making a trivial change to generate page history
v. 1 Apr 17, 2008 20:28 Sarah Maddox [Atlassian Technical Writer]

There are no parameters for this macro.

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