Step-by-step Guide for Creating Math Formulas in Confluence (with Videos)
For many teams, Confluence becomes the central place for documentation. Engineers write technical specs, analysts document models, and data scientists explain algorithms. At some point, all of them run into the same challenge: how to write properly looking math formulas in Confluence?
Instead of a single long tutorial, we decided to create a series of short video tutorials that show the most common ways engineers and technical teams use LaTeX in Confluence.
This guide brings those videos together in one place.
Getting Started with LaTeX in Confluence
If you’ve never used LaTeX in Confluence before, the first step is simply understanding how formulas can appear on a page.
The thing is that Confluence doesn’t support LaTeX syntax by default. Teams can use screenshots or copy-paste hacks, but every edit will become a mini-project that slows the team down and breaks the flow of documentation. That’s why the way most teams prefer to add beautifully formatted math formulas to their pages is by using an app from the Atlassian Marketplace that supports LaTeX rendering. One of them is the LaTeX Math for Confluence app, which we will refer to in our guide and videos.
To get started with math formulas in Confluence, you need to choose a secure LaTeX app that seamlessly integrates with Confluence and install it from the Atlassian Marketplace. After that, you can easily add any formula using the app’s macros: open the page, put the cursor where you want to see your formula, type /latex, and choose the inline or block macro to add the formula within the text or as a standalone expression, respectively.
This short tutorial walks through these basics and shows how you can start adding mathematical formulas to your documentation in just a few clicks.
For a full written overview, you can also see our guide on adding LaTeX math to Confluence in 60 seconds.
Going Beyond the Basics
Once you understand how to add formulas into your Confluence documentation, the next step is writing full mathematical expressions. The following video tutorials explain how to write the most common math expressions in LaTeX.
LaTeX syntax for summations, integrals, and math functions in Confluence
LaTeX syntax for matrices in Confluence
LaTeX syntax for piecewise functions in Confluence
For those who prefer written guidance, our article How to Write LaTeX Math Equations in Confluence collects best practices, formatting rules, and examples that complement the video tutorials.
Seeing the Full Picture
If you would like to see an overview covering the full process, starting from installing the LaTeX Math for Confluence app to writing math formulas, you are welcome to look at our comprehensive tutorial on how to use formulas in Confluence.
Making the Shift to Math Formulas in Confluence with LaTeX
You don’t need to rely on screenshots or some copy-paste hacks to add formulas to your Confluence pages. With a secure LaTeX Math for Confluence app, you will forget about broken formatting, unclear images, or the inability to edit formulas you’ve added before.
Try LaTeX Math for Confluence free for 30 days and see how your math formulas in Confluence transform from a chore into a seamless, collaborative experience.
