Help:Formatting

You can format your text using wiki markup. This consists of normal characters like asterisks, single quotes or equation marks which have a special function in the wiki, sometimes depending on their position. For example, to format a word in italic, you include it in two single quotes like  this 

Text formatting markup
{| align="center" Fixed width text
 * Description
 * You type
 * You get
 * align="center" colspan="3" | applies anywhere
 * Italic text
 *  italic 
 * italic
 * Bold text
 *  bold 
 * bold
 * Bold and italic
 *  bold & italic 
 * bold &amp; italic
 * Escape wiki markup
 *  no "markup" &lt;/nowiki&gt;
 * no markup
 * Fixed width text
 * bold &amp; italic
 * Escape wiki markup
 *  no "markup" &lt;/nowiki&gt;
 * no markup
 * Fixed width text
 * Fixed width text
 * Fixed width text

Fixed width text

 :Single indent </tt>  ::Double indent </tt>  :::::Multiple indent </tt>
 * align="center" colspan="3" | only at the beginning of the line
 * Indent text
 * Indent text
 * Indent text


 * Single indent
 * Double indent
 * Multiple indent
 * Multiple indent

different levels &lt;ref&gt;An article with four or more headings will automatically create a table of contents.&lt;/ref&gt;
 * Headings of
 * Headings of

 =level 1= </tt>&lt;ref&gt;Use of a level 1 heading is highly discouraged as it appears with the same formatting and size as the page title, which can be confusing.&lt;/ref&gt;  ==level 2== </tt>  ===level 3=== </tt>  ====level 4==== </tt>  =====level 5===== </tt>  ======level 6====== </tt>

<span style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); margin: 0pt; font-size: 188%; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em;">Level 1  <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); margin: 0pt; font-size: 150%; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em;">Level 2   Level 3  Level 4   Level 5  Level 6

 </tt>
 * Horizontal rule
 * Horizontal rule




 * Bullet list
 * one * two * three ** three and one-third ** three and two-thirds
 * one * two * three ** three and one-third ** three and two-thirds
 * one * two * three ** three and one-third ** three and two-thirds


 * one
 * two
 * three
 * three and one-third
 * three and two-thirds
 * three and two-thirds

spanning several lines without breaking the numbering # three ## three point one ## three point two
 * Numbered list
 * 1) one # two
 * 1) one # two
 * 1) one # two


 * 1) one
 * 2) two spanning several lines without breaking the numbering
 * 3) three
 * 4) three point one
 * 5) three point two
 * 1) three point two


 * Mixture of bulleted and numbered lists
 * 1) one # two #* two point one #* two point two
 * 1) one # two #* two point one #* two point two
 * 1) one # two #* two point one #* two point two


 * 1) one
 * 2) two
 * 3) *two point one
 * 4) *two point two
 * 1) *two point two


 * Definition list
 * Definition :item 1 :item 2
 * Definition :item 1 :item 2
 * Definition :item 1 :item 2


 * Definition
 * item 1
 * item 2
 * item 2

preformatted text is done with  a space at the   beginning of the line
 * Preformatted text
 * Preformatted text

preformatted text is done with a space at the beginning of the line

some preformatted text with no indentation
 * Preformatted text with no indentation
 * Preformatted text with no indentation

text with no indentation Body text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text
 * some preformatted
 * Blockquotes
 * Blockquotes

"quote quote quote quote quote quote"

text text text text text text text text text text text text

Body text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text "quote quote quote quote quote quote" text text text text text text text text text text text text

 </tt>
 * Comment
 * Comment

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Paragraphs
Wikisori ignores normal line breaks. To start a new paragraph, leave an empty line. You can also start a new line with the HTML tags  or  </tt>.

Other formatting
Beyond the text formatting markup shown above, here are some other formatting references:


 * Links
 * Images
 * Tables
 * More Formatting from Wikipedia


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