How do I put instructional text into a template using the confluence editor?
Asked by Stephen Ellwood:

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?


Answers:
author: David Varela
body: 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](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/176894iB7D71422E7E1FD09/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "placeholder-text-screencap.png")

comments: author: Veronica Rodriguez
body: I don't see this option, has this changed?


author: Miriam Wipf
body: 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?


author: Adam B_ Kjems
body: I've used it as described today on Confluence cloud


author: Paloma Fondon Araujo
body: Hi [@Stephen Ellwood](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4227781)

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](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/126183i4FDC7656A506334D/image-dimensions/585x449?v=v2 "Confluence template - Instructional text.PNG")

I hope it helps you.  
Greetings

comments: author: Stephen Ellwood
body: Thanks for the answer. This seems to work. It seems that it was simply the change in terminology that fooled me.


author: Adam Purcell
body: This now seems out of date [@APal](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4372082) . There's no placeholder text option or instructional text term for me? Is this for paid plans only?

comments: author: Sehreen Jafry
body: I couldn't find these options as well.


author: Shaun Glaze
body: Same issue, and we have a paid plan.


author: Gabriel Points
body: Same, no option. Would love to get this on my custom template I'm working on...


author: Gabriel Points
body: For those that don't have the Placeholder text option:

[https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Does-Confluence-still-have-the-placeholder-text-macro/qaq-p/1458921#:\~:text=If%20your%20template%20editor%20is,it's%20called%20Instructional%20text%20instead](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Does-Confluence-still-have-the-placeholder-text-macro/qaq-p/1458921#:~:text=If%20your%20template%20editor%20is,it's%20called%20Instructional%20text%20instead).

comments: author: Guess_ Brandi N_
body: this also doesn't work I have neither option,


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