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Holly Dwyer
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July 16, 2024

I've searched YouTube and community pages for a way to add instructional/placeholder text while editing a template, but I can't find the option anywhere. The screenshots in the chats and videos do not look like my screen. Is this still an option?

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Shawn Doyle - ReleaseTEAM
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July 16, 2024

Adding a placeholder can be found in the + menu when editing a template.

placeholder.png

Editing an existing placeholder seems problematic.  

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July 18, 2024

@Holly Dwyer Welcome to the community.

You can find instructions here: https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/create-a-template/#Placeholder-text 

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