Configuration

Define your own LaTeX macros

The app lets you define your own LaTeX macros and use them in your equations.

Go to the "Apps" section in your Confluence admin page and click on "Beautiful Math for Confluence". In the text input field, you can specify your LaTeX macros separated by newlines:

Screenshot 2025-09-18 at 17.36.28.png — Custom Macros Configuration screen

Example

In the example below, we define a custom macro that makes it easy to display vector expressions using the simple syntax \vector{n}.

The macro definition is:

CODE

\newcommand{\vector}[1]{(x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_{#1})}

In the Custom LaTeX Macros Configuration form, we add the macro definition as shown here:

Beautiful Math - custom macro admin example.png — Example of custom macro configuration

Once defined, you can use the macro like this in the LaTeX Math Block or the LaTex Math Inline macros:

CODE

vector{6}

It then renders the formula as shown in the LaTeX Math Block editor’s Formula Preview below:

Beautiful Math - custom macro result example.png — Example of custom macro usage