When to Use a Blueprint or a Template?
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Templates in Confluence are essentially pages with pre-populated content.
Blueprints are a few steps beyond that, and provide some powerful features to assist users in easily creating pre-formatted pages in a standardized, guided manner. A few features specific to Blueprints include the following:
Pages created using specific blueprints are automatically organized into an indexed list for easy access and page overviews.
Blueprints are tailored precisely to specific use cases, such as team meeting notes, product requirements, and attachment lists, just to name a few.
Blueprints can be highlighted on the "Create Page" dialog to help encourage their use and standardize page formatting.
You can customize blueprint templates to make each blueprint do exactly what you need.
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