# Insert a Markdown template from the byline

To insert a Markdown template from the byline, open the **Capable** item under the page title, type part of the template's name, and pick it under **Templates**. The Markdown editor opens with the template already filled in, ready to insert. It finds your space and global templates as well as the 17 built-in starter templates.

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## Before you start

* This search is part of the **Capable** byline item, which comes with the Capable suite. In the standalone Markdown app, use the **Markdown** byline item and its insert option instead.
* You need permission to edit the page.

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## Steps

1. Open the page and click **Capable** in the byline under the page title, or press **,** on your keyboard.
2. Type part of the template's name or description in the search box.
3. Under **Templates**, pick a result tagged **markdown**. Your own space and global templates are listed before the built-in ones.
4. The Markdown editor opens with the template filled in. Change anything you want for this page.
5. Click **Insert**.

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## What happens next

The template is added to the page as its own Markdown document, a copy you can edit without changing the template. To show a template that stays in step with every later edit, use the [Markdown reference](https://help.gocapable.com/markdown/markdown-reference.html) macro instead.

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## If it does not work

* **No templates appear.** The search starts only once you type, and each group shows up to five matches. Type more of the name.
* **Text you typed in the editor seemed at risk while the template loaded.** It is kept. A template that finishes loading late only fills fields you have left empty.
* **Markdown templates are missing but diagram ones show.** An administrator may have hidden Markdown for the site or the space.

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## Related

### [17 bundled starter templates](https://help.gocapable.com/markdown/17-bundled-starter-templates.html)

The built-in templates you can search.

### [Template libraries](https://help.gocapable.com/markdown/template-libraries.html)

Your space and global templates.

### [Navigation entry points](https://help.gocapable.com/markdown/navigation-entry-points.html)

Every way into Markdown.

### [Sharing Markdown templates in Confluence](https://help.gocapable.com/markdown/sharing-markdown-templates-in-confluence.html)

More guides for templates.

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_Type a few letters. Insert. Carry on writing._