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title: "List excerpt"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/CLSL/656578668/List%20excerpt"
format: markdown
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> Macro (aura-html)

Defines a column as the excerpt of each of the pages. 

![image](media://6b94d524-6060-4912-8755-56598a49aa35)

The contents of the Confluence `excerpt` macro on each page is returned as the row entry in the `list-excerpt` column.

![image](media://a9367d23-61c8-43a6-b502-ea3290fe69c5)

On the page to display the list, the `list-excerpt` macro is added to the body of the [list macro](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CLSL/pages/655889865).

![image](media://a209b0ad-bddd-48b3-9735-d44280d8151d)

The `list` macro above is configured to display a list containing the child pages of the **Operating Teams** page.

See [Example 3](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CLSL/pages/656579417).

### Parameters

| parameter | Mandatory? | Default | description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `heading` | yes |  | The heading of the column |
| `sorttype` | no | `S` | Type of value to be used to sort the table by this column. Values could be any of A: Already sorted; C: Currency; D: Date; F: Float; I: Integer; S: String |
| `width` | no |  | Width of the column |
| `CSS class` | no |  | The style sheet (CSS) class to use for the cells |

| [Back to Comala Lists User Guide](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=clsl&title=User%20Guide&linkCreation=true&fromPageId=656578668) |
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| #### [list excerpt example](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CLSL/pages/656579417) |