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To edit a page click on the edit tab located at the top of the page. | To edit a page click on the edit tab located at the top of the page. Understanding a few special codes allows any user to edit and format a page. | ||
There are a few simple tricks that allow you to format your text in a wiki: | There are a few simple tricks that allow you to format your text in a wiki: | ||
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You may also wish to open for editing a well formatted page to see how a previous author has done the job. | You may also wish to open for editing a well formatted page to see how a previous author has done the job. | ||
For more detailed information on page editing and wiki-markup, please see [[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editor MediaWiki Help for Editors]] |
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To edit a page click on the edit tab located at the top of the page. Understanding a few special codes allows any user to edit and format a page.
There are a few simple tricks that allow you to format your text in a wiki:
- You need a full carriage return to start a new paragraph. Alternately you can type a ";" at the beginning of a line.
- By surrounding text by certain characters you can change formatting, for example:
- The character ' changes font such that ''italic'' makes the enclosed text italic, and '''bold''' makes the enclosed text bold.
- The character = is used to indicate section titles, with major section breaks marked as ==section== and subsection marked as ===subsection===.
You may also wish to open for editing a well formatted page to see how a previous author has done the job.
For more detailed information on page editing and wiki-markup, please see [MediaWiki Help for Editors]