What are the Challenges of Writing RTL Content in Confluence?
Do you write content in right-to-left languages, such as Hebrew or Arabic, in a Confluence environment? You've probably encountered many challenges in managing text direction and integrating it with left-to-right content. The built-in Confluence editor does not fully support right-to-left writing, which can be very frustrating and impair your work efficiency. Problems such as reversed word order, incorrect alignment of paragraphs and lists, and difficulties in displaying tables and images are common among many users. To address these challenges, Methoda has developed RTL for Confluence, a powerful solution designed to provide you with a smooth and efficient writing experience. The tool is used by thousands of users worldwide and fully supports text containing words or phrases in different directions (RTL and LTR), ensuring that your content is displayed exactly as you intended.
What Key Capabilities Does RTL for Confluence Offer?
RTL for Confluence offers you a comprehensive solution for writing content in any RTL (right-to-left) language in a Confluence environment, while addressing your unique needs. The tool is available in two main versions, tailored to different work environments:
How Do the Different Versions of RTL for Confluence Meet Diverse Needs?
- RTL for Confluence Data Center: This version gives Confluence users the ability to fully control the writing direction. The application adds dedicated direction buttons to the Confluence editor toolbar. With the click of a button, you can choose the desired text direction, and the appropriate alignment button will be activated accordingly. This is an ideal solution for organizations using the Data Center version of Confluence and looking for precise control over content formatting.
- RTL for Confluence Cloud: For cloud users, the version adds an 'RTL Macro' to the Confluence site. This macro allows you to extend the capabilities of pages by writing right-to-left content, similar to how you use other macros. The built-in RTL editor in the macro offers rich text editing capabilities, allowing you to seamlessly and efficiently integrate RTL content alongside macros and other elements on the page.
What Rich Features Does the RTL Editor Offer?
The RTL editor supports a wide range of features that ensure you have a rich and flexible writing experience:
- RTL Paragraphs and Headings: You can write paragraphs and headings in a right-to-left direction naturally, without the need for workarounds.
- Styles and Font Sizes: Full control over styles and font sizes, for perfect adaptation to your branding and design.
- Diverse Lists: Creating simple lists, bulleted lists, and numbered lists, all aligned correctly to the RTL direction.
- Tables: Embedding tables in a way that fully supports right-to-left writing direction.
- Rich Text Formatting: Bold, italics, changing font and background colors, all while maintaining correct directionality.
- Text Alignment: Advanced text alignment tools that ensure your content looks aesthetic and professional.
- Emojis and Images: Integrating emojis and images into your content, and displaying them correctly in the RTL direction.
- RTL Content Search: Advanced search capability that allows you to easily locate content written in RTL languages.
- Links: Creating links within the text, while maintaining correct directionality.
The tool supports a wide range of RTL languages, including Hebrew, Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Pashto. This provides a global solution for many users. For more information about the tool's capabilities, visit the confluence rtl homepage.
How Does the Tool Integrate with Other Atlassian Products and Who is Behind It?
One of the most prominent advantages of RTL for Confluence is its seamless integration with other Atlassian products, and in particular with RTL for Jira. This integration creates a complete and continuous RTL experience across the entire Atlassian ecosystem, allowing you to take full advantage of Jira and Confluence with full support for right-to-left languages. This means that whether you are managing projects in Jira or creating documentation in Confluence, you can do so in your language and preferred writing direction, without compromise.
Behind these advanced solutions is Methoda, an Atlassian Platinum Partner. Methoda specializes in developing RTL solutions and a wide range of applications for the Atlassian ecosystem, including RTL solutions for Jira, Confluence, and Xray. With 40 years of practical experience, Methoda works with global leaders and helps improve IT and organizational development processes through innovative tools and expert consulting. As an Atlassian Platinum Partner, Methoda provides a complete set of expert services at the highest level for the entire Atlassian product line.
Methoda offers its customers a wide range of tools and services, combining technology and methodology. Software development and IT management rely on two pillars: technology and methodology. On the technology side, Methoda uses the most advanced software development tools and platforms and applications for IT management, technologies that promote teamwork, task management, requirements tracking, configuration management, automated testing, and more. On the methodology side, Methoda implements advanced software development methods such as Agile, DevOps, Less for fast and high-quality lifecycle management (ALM), lean methodologies, and more, alongside support for more traditional methods in organizations that require more structured lifecycles.
Methoda's ability to find the right balance between these two critical components for each client and project is the key to achieving the competitive advantage the client is looking for – fast and high-quality development of systems and applications that support its business goals. Methoda helps its clients realize their vision for agile, high-quality, and sustainable software development and IT management. All of Methoda's activities focus on supporting its clients' core business processes to help them become leaders in their industries. Methoda invests significant internal resources to preserve internal knowledge and nurture its experts until they become first-rate professionals.
What is the Competitive Advantage Provided by Methoda?
The competitive advantage provided by Methoda lies in its unique ability to find the right balance between advanced technology and proven working methodologies. This company, founded in 1984 by Asher Yuval, consists of a team of over 70 experts, including Atlassian architects, developers, and IT experts. This combination of rich experience, in-depth knowledge of Atlassian solutions, and expertise in innovative development methods (such as Agile and DevOps), allows Methoda to provide its clients with a significant advantage. They help you achieve fast and high-quality development of IT systems and applications, which directly support your business goals. In doing so, Methoda not only provides technological solutions, but also becomes a strategic partner that helps you become leaders in your industry.