Difference between revisions of "Help:Formatting"
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| − | 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 <tt><nowiki>''this''</nowiki></tt> | + | 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 <tt><nowiki>''this''</nowiki></tt> |
== Text formatting markup == | == Text formatting markup == | ||
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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 <tt><nowiki><br> or <br/></nowiki></tt>. | |
| − | + | <br> | |
| + | == Other formatting == | ||
| + | Beyond the text formatting markup shown above, here are some other formatting references: | ||
| − | + | *[[Help:Links|Links]] | |
| − | + | *[[Help:Images|Images]] | |
| − | *[[Help:Links|Links]] | + | *[[Help:Tables|Tables]] |
| − | *[[Help:Images|Images]] | ||
| − | *[[Help:Tables|Tables]] | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_User_Page_Help/Do-It-Yourself/Formatting_Text More Formatting from Wikipedia] | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_User_Page_Help/Do-It-Yourself/Formatting_Text More Formatting from Wikipedia] | ||
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[[Category:Help|Formatting]] | [[Category:Help|Formatting]] | ||
Latest revision as of 05:04, 5 November 2008
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
| Description | You type | You get |
| applies anywhere | ||
| Italic text | ''italic'' | italic |
| Bold text | '''bold''' | bold |
| Bold and italic | '''''bold & italic''''' | bold & italic |
| Escape wiki markup | <nowiki>no "markup"</nowiki> | no ''markup'' |
| Fixed width text |
<tt>Fixed width text</tt> |
Fixed width text |
| only at the beginning of the line | ||
| Indent text |
:Single indent |
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| Headings of different levels <ref>An article with four or more headings will automatically create a table of contents.</ref> |
=level 1=<ref>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.</ref> |
Level 1 |
| Horizontal rule |
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| Bullet list |
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| Numbered list |
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| Mixture of bulleted and numbered lists |
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| Definition list |
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| Preformatted text |
preformatted text is done with |
preformatted text is done with a space at the beginning of the line |
| Preformatted text with no indentation |
<pre> some preformatted text with no indentation </pre> |
some preformatted text with no indentation |
| Blockquotes |
Body <blockquote> quote quote quote quote quote quote </blockquote> text text text text text text text text text text text text |
Body quote quote quote quote quote quote text text text text text text text text text text text text |
| Comment |
<!--This is comment--> |
|} ParagraphsWikisori ignores normal line breaks. To start a new paragraph, leave an empty line. You can also start a new line with the HTML tags <br> or <br/>.
Other formattingBeyond the text formatting markup shown above, here are some other formatting references: |
