How to make wiki markup your default Confluence editing mode

This third post in a series on using Confluence effectively describes how to set wiki markup as your default editing format.

(In my first post in this series, I discussed the virtues of Tiny Links in Confluence, and in my second, I re-articulated a few searching hints.)

I feel strongly that most people editing Confluence pages would be best off using the wiki markup editing mode most of the time. Distinguishing between the semantic content of a document and the presentation of a document is a very powerful approach. Some other time I will subject my gentle readers to my rant on that approach generally.

Here, today, I'll just offer the quick tip on how to switch to this more civilized editing mode:

Here's what it looks like to edit a Confluence page in Rich Text mode with Rich Text selected as the default mode:

Here's what it looks like when you click over to the Wiki Markup editing mode.

See that "Make Wiki Markup Default" text? Click it. That will set wiki markup as the default for your Confluence page editing.

I think in time using this approach makes people more efficient, more effective, and happier Confluence page editors. If you're looking to make this change, I hope this how-to helps you. If you're not yet sold on this change, I hope this how-to will help you give it a try.