Numbered Headings Lite for Confluence — User guide
Add numbers to a page
- Edit the page and type
/Numbered, then choose Numbered Headings Lite. - Type or paste your content inside the macro box. Use the editor's heading styles (Heading 1, Heading 2 …).
- Publish. Every heading inside the box is shown with a number: 1, 1.1, 1.1.1 …
Tip: to number a whole existing page, insert the macro at the top, then cut the page content and paste it inside the box.
Numbers are added when the page is shown. Your text is not changed, so moving or deleting a section renumbers everything automatically.
Settings
Edit the page, click the macro, then the pencil icon.
- Number style —
1.1.1,1.1.1.,1-1-1,I.A.1(legal: I, A, 1, then a, i, 1) orA.1.1. - Number headings from — which heading level gets "1". Example: choose Heading 2 if your page uses Heading 1 only for the title; Heading 1 is then left as it is.
- Levels to number — how deep numbering goes. With 2, Heading 3 and below have no number.
- First number — the number of the first top-level heading (0–999). Use 0 for a "0 Introduction" style.
- Skip marker — headings that start with this text (default
#) get no number and do not count. The marker is hidden. Example:#Prefaceshows as "Preface". Clear the field to number every heading.
How numbers are counted
- Headings are numbered in reading order, including inside panels, expands, layouts and tables.
- A new heading resets the numbers below it: after 1.2.3, the next Heading 2 is 1.3 and the next Heading 3 under it is 1.3.1.
- A skipped level shows as 0: Heading 1 followed directly by Heading 3 gives 1.0.1.
- Empty headings are ignored.
- If a heading already starts with exactly its number (for example pasted from another numbered page), the number is not shown twice.
Export
PDF and Word export show the same numbers.
Limits
- Headings inside other macros placed in the box are not numbered.
- The page's Table of Contents macro and search show headings without numbers.
- Only images uploaded to Confluence render inside the box.
License
Without an active license the content still shows, without numbers, with a short notice. A Confluence admin can start a free trial from Apps → Manage apps.