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Revision as of 18:03, 31 January 2013
Basic Editing
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You can italicize text by putting 2 apostrophes on each side. 3 apostrophes will embolden the text. 5 apostrophes will embolden and italicize the text. (4 apostrophes don't do anything special -- there's just 'one left over'.) |
You can ''italicize text'' by putting 2 apostrophes on each side. 3 apostrophes will embolden '''the text'''. 5 apostrophes will embolden and italicize '''''the text'''''. (4 apostrophes don't do anything special -- there's just ''''one left over''''.) |
Section headings | |
What it looks like | What you type |
Section headings
Headings organize your writing into sections. The Wiki software can automatically generate a table of contents from them. Subsection
Using more equals signs creates a subsection. A smaller subsection
Don't skip levels, like from two to four equals signs. Start with two equals signs, not one. (One equals sign is only used for page titles.) |
== Section headings == ''Headings'' organize your writing into sections. The Wiki software can automatically generate a table of contents from them. === Subsection === Using more equals signs creates a subsection. ==== A smaller subsection ==== Don't skip levels, like from two to four equals signs. Start with two equals signs, not one. (One equals sign is only used for page titles.) |
Lists and indents | |
What it looks like | What you type |
marks the end of the list.
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* ''Unordered lists'' are easy to do: ** Start every line with a star. *** More stars indicate a deeper level. * Previous item continues. ** A new line * in a list marks the end of the list. * Of course you can start again. |
A new line marks the end of the list.
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# ''Numbered lists'' are: ## Very organized ## Easy to follow # Previous item continues A new line marks the end of the list. # New numbering starts with 1. |
A newline starts a new paragraph.
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: A colon (:) indents a line or paragraph. A newline starts a new paragraph. <br> : We use 1 colon to indent once. :: We use 2 colons to indent twice. ::: 3 colons to indent 3 times, and so on. |
Links | |
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To create a link to another page in the wiki, use two square brackets. Separate the page title from the display text with a pipe character. Here's a link to the Main page. But we can use any display text that we like. But be careful - capitalization counts! |
To create a link to another page in the wiki, use two square brackets. Separate the page title from the display text with a pipe character. Here's a link to the [[Main Page|Main page]]. But we can use [[Main Page|any display text]] that we like. |
A red link is a page that doesn't exist yet. You could create it by clicking on the link. |
[[A red link]] is a page that doesn't exist yet. You could create it by clicking on the link. |
To create a link to a page outside the wiki, use one square bracket. Separate the address from the display text with a space. Here's a link to the Telrite portal. |
To create a link to a page outside the wiki, use one square bracket. Separate the address from the display text with a space. Here's a link to the [http://portal.telrite.com/ Telrite portal]. |
Images | |
What it looks like | What you type |
To place an image on a page, use two square brackets and the keyword Image. Here's an example of an image embedded in this text: Again, capitalization counts! If the file name or extension are capitalized, the text that is typed in must match the capitalization exactly! |
To place an image on a page, use two square brackets and the keyword Image. Here's an example of an image embedded in this text: [[Image:Tc_logo.jpg]] |
The webpage http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing has much more information if needed.
uploading images - linking to images
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