Live pages
A live page shows another page’s content right inside the one you’re writing. When anyone edits the original, the change appears here within moments. Use it to put the decisions from a plan into a weekly update, or a team’s contact list on every project page, without copying text that goes out of date.
Add a live page
Section titled “Add a live page”- Type
![[and pick the page. - Type
/live pageand pick the page.
To show just one part of a page, add # after its name: ![[Q4 launch plan# lists the page’s headings. Pick one and only that section shows, sub-headings included.
What it looks like
Section titled “What it looks like”A live page reads like part of your page. There’s no frame or label until you hover it (or click into it). Then a thin border appears, with a small toolbar above its top-right corner:
- The page’s name (and section) goes to the original page.
- Edit opens the original page in a panel beside the page.
- ••• has the rest:
- Show: switch between the whole page and one of its sections.
- Show as link: turn the live page into a link.
- Copy link.
- Remove: takes the live page off this page. The original page is untouched.
When someone changes the original, the new or changed lines light up for a moment. A long page shows its first part with Show all underneath.
Edit the original
Section titled “Edit the original”Choose Edit and the original page opens in a panel on the right, with everyone else who’s editing it. Type there and every live copy of that page updates. Open full page switches to the original; Close (or Esc) closes the panel.
You always change the original, never a copy. If you can read the original but not edit it, the panel says so.
When a live page can’t show
Section titled “When a live page can’t show”| You see | What it means |
|---|---|
| You can’t open ”…” | You don’t have access to the original. Microsoft 365 decides who can open it, and the content never shows. Ask whoever shared the page for access. |
| ”…” isn’t here any more | The original was deleted. Choose another page or remove the live page. Pages that are moved or renamed keep working. |
| ”…” isn’t in … any more | The section’s heading was renamed or removed. Show whole page shows the rest. |
| A page can’t show itself | A page can’t be a live page inside itself. |
A live page inside a live page shows as a link, so nothing loops.
Read mode and exports
Section titled “Read mode and exports”Read mode shows the live page’s content as it is when the page opens. PDF and Word exports print the content as it is at that moment, with a line saying where it came from.
How live pages are saved
Section titled “How live pages are saved”A live page is the same ![[…]] link Orbit has always used:
Decisions so far:
![[Q4 launch plan#Decisions]]Show as link writes [[Q4 launch plan#Decisions]] instead.
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