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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>
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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>  
  
== Text formatting markup ==
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== Text formatting markup ==
  
{| align="center" {{Prettytable}}
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{| align="center"
 
|-
 
|-
|{{Hl2}} |'''Description'''
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| '''Description'''  
|{{Hl2}} |'''You type'''
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| '''You type'''  
|{{Hl2}} |'''You get'''
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| '''You get'''
 
|-
 
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" | ''applies anywhere''
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| align="center" colspan="3" | ''applies anywhere''
 
|-
 
|-
|Italic text
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| Italic text  
|<tt><nowiki>''italic''</nowiki></tt>
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| <tt><nowiki>''italic''</nowiki></tt>  
|''italic''
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| ''italic''
 
|-
 
|-
| Bold text
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| Bold text  
|<tt><nowiki>'''bold'''</nowiki></tt>
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| <tt><nowiki>'''bold'''</nowiki></tt>  
|'''bold'''
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| '''bold'''
 
|-
 
|-
| Bold and italic
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| Bold and italic  
|<tt><nowiki>'''''bold & italic'''''</nowiki></tt>
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| <tt><nowiki>'''''bold & italic'''''</nowiki></tt>  
|'''''bold & italic'''''
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| '''''bold &amp; italic'''''
 
|-
 
|-
|Escape wiki markup
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| Escape wiki markup  
|<tt><nowiki><nowiki>no "markup"</nowiki></nowiki></tt>
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| <tt><nowiki><nowiki>no "markup"</nowiki>&lt;/nowiki&gt;</tt>  
|<nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki>
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| <nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki>
 
|-
 
|-
|Fixed width text
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| Fixed width text  
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|  
<nowiki><tt>Fixed width text</tt></nowiki>
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<nowiki><tt>Fixed width text</tt></nowiki>  
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<tt>Fixed width text</tt>
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|  
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<tt>Fixed width text</tt>  
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|-
 
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" | ''only at the beginning of the line''
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| align="center" colspan="3" | ''only at the beginning of the line''
 
|-
 
|-
| Indent text
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| Indent text  
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|  
<tt><nowiki>:Single indent</nowiki></tt><br />
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<tt><nowiki>:Single indent</nowiki></tt><br> <tt><nowiki>::Double indent</nowiki></tt><br> <tt><nowiki>:::::Multiple indent</nowiki></tt>  
<tt><nowiki>::Double indent</nowiki></tt><br />
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<tt><nowiki>:::::Multiple indent</nowiki></tt>
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|  
|
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:Single indent  
:Single indent
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::Double indent  
::Double indent
 
 
:::::Multiple indent
 
:::::Multiple indent
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|-
 
|-
|Headings of<br />
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| Headings of<br>  
different levels <ref>An article with four or more headings will automatically create a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Section#Table_of_contents_.28TOC.29 table of contents].</ref>
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different levels &lt;ref&gt;An article with four or more headings will automatically create a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Section#Table_of_contents_.28TOC.29 table of contents].&lt;/ref&gt;
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<tt><nowiki>=level 1=</nowiki></tt><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><br />
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<tt><nowiki>==level 2==</nowiki></tt><br />
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<tt><nowiki>=level 1=</nowiki></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;<br> <tt><nowiki>==level 2==</nowiki></tt><br> <tt><nowiki>===level 3===</nowiki></tt><br> <tt><nowiki>====level 4====</nowiki></tt><br> <tt><nowiki>=====level 5=====</nowiki></tt><br> <tt><nowiki>======level 6======</nowiki></tt>  
<tt><nowiki>===level 3===</nowiki></tt><br />
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<tt><nowiki>====level 4====</nowiki></tt><br />
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| <!-- little hack to prevent TOC viewing -->  
<tt><nowiki>=====level 5=====</nowiki></tt><br />
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<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><br><br> <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</span><br><br> <span style="border-bottom: medium none; font-size: 132%; font-weight: bold;">Level 3</span><br> <span style="border-bottom: medium none; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;">Level 4</span><br> {{DEFAULTSORT:[[[http://www.example.com link title]]#Redirect [[—[[Category:]]]]]}}<span style="border-bottom: medium none; font-size: 86%; font-weight: bold;">Level 5</span><br> <span style="border-bottom: medium none; font-size: 80%; font-weight: bold;">Level 6</span><br>  
<tt><nowiki>======level 6======</nowiki></tt>
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<!-- little hack to prevent TOC viewing -->
 
<span style="font-size: 188%; margin: 0; padding-top: .5em; padding-bottom: .17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa;">Level 1</span><br/><br/>
 
<span style="font-size: 150%; margin: 0; padding-top: .5em; padding-bottom: .17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa;">Level 2</span><br/><br/>
 
<span style="font-size: 132%; border-bottom: none; font-weight: bold;">Level 3</span><br/>
 
<span style="font-size: 100%; border-bottom: none; font-weight: bold;">Level 4</span><br/>
 
{{DEFAULTSORT:[[[http://www.example.com link title]]#Redirect [[—[[Category:]]]]]}}<span style="font-size: 86%; border-bottom: none; font-weight: bold;">Level 5</span><br/>
 
<span style="font-size: 80%; border-bottom: none; font-weight: bold;">Level 6</span><br/>
 
 
|-
 
|-
|Horizontal rule
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| Horizontal rule  
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|  
<tt><nowiki>----</nowiki></tt>
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<tt><nowiki>----</nowiki></tt>  
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|  
 
----
 
----
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|-
 
|-
|Bullet list
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| Bullet list  
|
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|  
&#42; one<br />
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* one<br> * two<br> * three<br> ** three and one-third<br> ** three and two-thirds<br>  
&#42; two<br />
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&#42; three<br />
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&#42;&#42; three and one-third<br />
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*one  
&#42;&#42; three and two-thirds<br />
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*two  
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*three  
* one
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**three and one-third  
* two
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**three and two-thirds
* three
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** three and one-third
 
** three and two-thirds
 
 
|-
 
|-
|Numbered list
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| Numbered list  
|
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|  
&#35; one<br />
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# one<br> # two<nowiki><br /></nowiki>spanning several lines<nowiki><br /></nowiki>without breaking the numbering<br> # three<br> ## three point one<br> ## three point two<br>  
&#35; two<nowiki><br /></nowiki>spanning several lines<nowiki><br /></nowiki>without breaking the numbering<br />
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&#35; three<br />
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&#35;&#35; three point one<br />
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#one  
&#35;&#35; three point two<br />
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#two<br>spanning several lines<br>without breaking the numbering  
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#three  
# one
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##three point one  
# two<br>spanning several lines<br>without breaking the numbering
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##three point two
# three
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## three point one
 
## three point two
 
 
|-
 
|-
| Mixture of bulleted<br /> and numbered lists
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| Mixture of bulleted<br> and numbered lists  
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|  
&#35; one<br />
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# one<br> # two<br> #* two point one<br> #* two point two<br>  
&#35; two<br />
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&#35;&#42; two point one<br />
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|  
&#35;&#42; two point two<br />
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#one  
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#two  
# one
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#*two point one  
# two
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#*two point two
#* two point one
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#* two point two
 
 
|-
 
|-
|Definition list
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| Definition list  
|
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|  
&#59;Definition<br />
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;Definition<br> :item 1<br> :item 2<br>  
&#58;item 1<br />
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&#58;item 2<br />
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|
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;Definition  
;Definition
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:item 1  
:item 1
 
 
:item 2
 
:item 2
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|-
 
|-
|Preformatted text
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| Preformatted text  
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|  
&nbsp;&nbsp;preformatted text is done with<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;preformatted text is done with<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;a space at the<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;beginning of the line<br>  
&nbsp;&nbsp;a space at the<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;beginning of the line<br />
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|  
|
 
 
  preformatted text is done with
 
  preformatted text is done with
 
  a space at the  
 
  a space at the  
 
  beginning of the line
 
  beginning of the line
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|-
 
|-
|Preformatted text with no indentation
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| Preformatted text with no indentation  
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&nbsp;<nowiki><pre> some preformatted text with no indentation </pre></nowiki>
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&nbsp;<nowiki><pre> some preformatted text with no indentation </pre></nowiki>  
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<pre>
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| <pre>some preformatted
some preformatted
 
 
text with no indentation
 
text with no indentation
 
</pre>
 
</pre>
 
|-
 
|-
|Blockquotes
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| Blockquotes  
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|  
Body<br>
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Body<br> text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text  
text text text text text text text text text text text text
 
text text text text text text text text text text text text
 
 
 
<nowiki><blockquote>  quote quote quote quote quote quote </blockquote></nowiki>
 
  
text text text text text text text text text text text text
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<nowiki><blockquote>  quote quote quote quote quote quote </blockquote></nowiki>  
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Body<br>
 
text text text text text text text text text text text text
 
text text text text text text text text text text text text
 
  
<blockquote>  quote quote quote quote quote quote </blockquote>
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text text text text text text text text text text text text
  
text text text text text text text text text text text text
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Body<br> text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text
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<blockquote>quote quote quote quote quote quote </blockquote>
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text text text text text text text text text text text text  
  
 
|-
 
|-
|Comment
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| Comment  
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<tt><nowiki><!--This is comment--></nowiki></tt>
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<tt><nowiki><!--This is comment--></nowiki></tt>  
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<!--This is comment-->|}
 
  
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<!--This is comment-->&#124;}
  
Notes: <references/>
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== Paragraphs  ==
  
== Paragraphs ==
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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>.
  
MediaWiki 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>.
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<br>  
  
== HTML ==
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== Other formatting  ==
  
Some [[wikipedia:HTML|HTML]] tags are allowed in MediaWiki, for example <tt><nowiki><code></nowiki></tt>, <tt><nowiki><div></nowiki></tt>, <tt><nowiki><span></nowiki></tt> and <tt><nowiki><font></nowiki></tt>.
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Beyond the text formatting markup shown above, here are some other formatting references:  
  
{{Admin tip|tip=If you trust your users you can allow full HTML by setting <code>{{mediawiki|Manual:$wgRawHtml|$wgRawHtml}} = true;</code> in {{mediawiki|Manual:LocalSettings.php|LocalSettings.php}}.}}
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*[[Help:Links|Links]]
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*[[Help:Images|Images]]
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*[[Help:Tables|Tables]]
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_User_Page_Help/Do-It-Yourself/Formatting_Text More Formatting from Wikipedia]
  
 
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== Other formatting ==
 
Beyond the text formatting markup shown above, here are some other formatting references:
 
*[[Help:Links|Links]]
 
*[[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]
 
  
 
[[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
::Double indent
:::::Multiple indent

Single indent
Double indent
Multiple indent
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 2==
===level 3===
====level 4====
=====level 5=====
======level 6======

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3
Level 4
Level 5
Level 6

Horizontal rule

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Bullet list
  • one
    * two
    * three
    ** three and one-third
    ** three and two-thirds
  • one
  • two
  • three
    • three and one-third
    • three and two-thirds
Numbered list
  1. one
    # two<br />spanning several lines<br />without breaking the numbering
    # three
    ## three point one
    ## three point two
  1. one
  2. two
    spanning several lines
    without breaking the numbering
  3. three
    1. three point one
    2. three point two
Mixture of bulleted
and numbered lists
  1. one
    # two
    #* two point one
    #* two point two
  1. one
  2. two
    • two point one
    • two point two
Definition list
Definition
 
item 1
 :item 2
Definition
item 1
item 2
Preformatted text

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

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

<blockquote> quote quote quote quote quote quote </blockquote>

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

Comment

<!--This is 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 <br> or <br/>.


Other formatting

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