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Text formatting markup

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	Character (inline) formatting – ''applies anywhere''~~</translate>~~		Character (inline) formatting – ''applies anywhere''
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	Italic text<		Italic text<
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	''		''italic''
	italic''
	</pre>		</pre>
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	print False</nowiki>		print False</nowiki>
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	== Paragraphs ==		== Paragraphs ==

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	Bold and italic		Bold and italic
	\| <pre>		\| <pre>
	'''''bold & italic<'''''		'''''bold & italic'''''
	</pre>		</pre>
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	<pre>		<pre>
	~~<translate>~~
	# Start each line		# Start each line
	# with a [[Wikipedia:Number_sign\|number sign]] (#).		# with a [[Wikipedia:Number_sign\|number sign]] (#).
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	Definition list~~</translate>~~		Definition list
	\| <pre>		\| <pre>
	;item 1		;item 1
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	Indent text~~</translate>~~		Indent text
	\| <pre>		\| <pre>

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	----		----
	''Note: This workaround may harm accessibility.		''Note: This workaround may harm accessibility.
	''\|		''
	: Single indent		: Single indent
	:: Double indent		:: Double indent
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	</pre>		</pre>
	----		----
	''Note: The usage of #: and *: for breaking a line within an item may also harm accessibility.''\|		''Note: The usage of #: and *: for breaking a line within an item may also harm accessibility.''

	# one		# one
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	## five sub 1		## five sub 1
	### five sub 1 sub 1		### five sub 1 sub 1
	## five sub 2~~{{anchor\|pre}}~~		## five sub 2

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	Preformatted text</translate>		Preformatted text</translate>
	\| <pre>		\| <pre>
	~~<translate>~~
	~~<!--T:65-->~~
	Start each line with a space.		Start each line with a space.
	Text is '''preformatted''' and		Text is '''preformatted''' and

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You can format your text by using wiki markup. This consists of normal characters like asterisks, apostrophes or equal signs 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 pairs of apostrophes like <code><nowiki>''this''</nowiki></code>.

== Text formatting markup ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Description
!
You type
! width=40% |
You get
|-
! colspan="3" style="background: #ABE" |
Character (inline) formatting – ''applies anywhere''</translate>
|-
|
Italic text<
| <pre>
''
italic''
</pre>
|
''italic''
|-
|
Bold text
| <pre>
'''bold'''
</pre>
|
'''bold'''
|-
|
Bold and italic
| <pre>
'''''bold & italic<'''''
</pre>
|
'''''bold & italic''''
|-
|
Escape wiki markup
| <pre>
no ''markup''
</pre>
|
<nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki>
|-
! colspan="3" style="background: #ABE" |
Section formatting – ''only at the beginning of the line''
|-
|
Headings of different levels
| <pre>

== Level 2 ==

=== Level 3 ===

==== Level 4 ====

===== Level 5 =====

====== Level 6 ======

</pre>
----

* ''Note: Skip Level 1, it is page name level.''
* ''An article with 4 or more headings automatically creates a '''table of contents'''''.
|


<h2>Level 2</h2>

<h3>Level 3</h3>

<h4>Level 4</h4>

<h5>Level 5</h5>

<h6>Level 6</h6>

|-
|
Horizontal rule
| <pre>

Text before
----

Text after
</pre>
|

Text before
----

Text after
|-
|
Bullet list
|
<pre>

* Start each line
* with an (*).
** More asterisks give deeper
*** and deeper levels.
* Line breaks don't break levels.
*** But jumping levels creates empty space.
Any other start ends the list.

* combine bullet list
** with definition
::- definition
** creates empty space

* combine bullet list
** with definition
*:- definition
** without empty spaces

*bullet list
:- definition
:* sublist that doesn't create empty
:* spaces after definition
</pre>
|

* Start each line
* with an asterisk(*).
** More asterisks give deeper
*** and deeper levels.
* Line breaks don't break levels.
*** But jumping levels creates empty space.
Any other start ends the list.

* combine bullet list
** with definition
::- definition
** creates empty space

* combine bullet list
** with definition
*:- definition
** without empty spaces

*bullet list
:- definition
:* sublist that doesn't create empty
:* spaces after definition

|-
|
Numbered list
|
<pre>
<translate>
# Start each line
# with a [[Wikipedia:Number_sign|number sign]] (#).
## More number signs give deeper
### and deeper
### levels.
# Line breaks don't break levels.
### But jumping levels creates empty space.
# Blank lines

# end the list and start another.
Any other start also
ends the list.
</pre>
|
# Start each line
# with a [[Wikipedia:Number_sign|number sign]] (#).
## More number signs give deeper
### and deeper
### levels.
# Line breaks don't break levels.
### But jumping levels creates empty space.
# Blank lines

# end the list and start another.
Any other start also
ends the list.
|-
|
Definition list</translate>
| <pre>
;item 1
: definition 1
;item 2
: definition 2-1
: definition 2-2
</pre>
|

;item 1
: definition 1
;item 2
: definition 2-1
: definition 2-2

|-
|
Indent text</translate>
| <pre>

: Single indent
:: Double indent
::::: Multiple indent
</pre>
----
''Note: This workaround may harm accessibility.
''|
: Single indent
:: Double indent
::::: Multiple indent
|-
|
Mixture of different types of list
|
<pre>

# one
# two
#* two point one
#* two point two
# three
#; three item one
#: three def one
# four
#: four def one
#: this looks like a continuation
#: and is often used
#: instead of <nowiki> </nowiki>
# five
## five sub 1
### five sub 1 sub 1
## five sub 2

</pre>
----
''Note: The usage of #: and *: for breaking a line within an item may also harm accessibility.''|

# one
# two
#* two point one
#* two point two
# three
#; three item one
#: three def one
# four
#: four def one
#: this looks like a continuation
#: and is often used
#: instead of <nowiki> </nowiki>
# five
## five sub 1
### five sub 1 sub 1
## five sub 2{{anchor|pre}}

|-
|
Preformatted text</translate>
| <pre>
<translate>

Start each line with a space.
Text is '''preformatted''' and
''markups'' '''''can''''' be done.
</pre>
----
''Note: This way of preformatting only applies to section formatting. Character formatting markups are still effective.''
|
Start each line with a space.
Text is '''preformatted''' and
''markups'' '''''can''''' be done.
|-
|
Preformatted text blocks
| <pre>
<nowiki><nowiki>Start with a space in the first column,
(before the <nowiki>).

Then your block format will be
maintained.

This is good for copying in code blocks:

def function():
"""documentation string"""

if True:
print True
else:
print False</nowiki></nowiki>
</pre>
|
<nowiki>Start with a space in the first column,
(before the <nowiki>).

Then your block format will be
maintained.

This is good for copying in code blocks:

def function():
"""documentation string"""

if True:
print True
else:
print False</nowiki>
|}
== Paragraphs ==

MediaWiki ignores single line breaks. To start a new paragraph, leave an empty line. You can force a line break within a paragraph with the HTML tag <code> </code>.

== HTML tags ==

Some HTML tags are allowed in MediaWiki, for example <code><code></code>, <code><div></code>, <code><nowiki></nowiki></code> and <code><nowiki></nowiki></code>. These apply anywhere you insert them.

{| class="wikitable"
!
Description
! width=40% |
You type
! width=40% |
You get
|-
|
Inserted (Displays as underline in most browsers)</translate>
| <pre>
<ins>
Inserted</ins>

or


Underline
</pre>
|
<ins>
Inserted</ins>

or<

Underline
|-
|
Deleted (Displays as strikethrough in most browsers
| <pre>
<s>
Struck out</s>

or

<del>
Deleted</del>

</pre>
|
<s>
Struck out</s>

or

<del>
|-
|
Fixed width text
| <pre>
<code>
Source code</code>

or

<tt>
Fixed width text</tt>
</pre>
|
<code>
Source code</code>

or

<tt>
Fixed width text</tt>
|-
|
Blockquotes
| <pre>

Text before
<blockquote>
Blockquote</blockquote>

Text after
</pre>
|

Text before
<blockquote>
Blockquote</blockquote>

Text after
|-
|
Comment
| <pre>


Comments are visible only
in the edit zone.
</pre>
|

Comments are visible only
in the edit zone.
|-
|
Completely preformatted text
| <pre>
<pre>

Text is '''preformatted''' and
''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done</pre>
</translate></pre>
----
''Note: For marking up of preformatted text, check the "Preformatted text" entry at the end of the previous table''.
|
<pre>
Text is '''preformatted''' and
''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done
</pre>
|-
|
'''Customized''' preformatted text
| <pre>
<pre style="color: red">

Text is '''preformatted'''
with a style and
''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done
</pre>
</translate></pre>
----
''Note: A CSS style can be named within the <code>style</code> attribute.''
|
<pre style="color: red">
Text is '''preformatted'''
with a style and
''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done
</pre>
|}

continued:
{| class="wikitable" | style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%"
!
Description
! width=40% |
You type
! width=40% |
You get
|-
|
'''Default''' preformatted text has a CSS attribute (<code>white-space: pre-wrap;</code>) to wrap the text according to available width</translate>
| <pre>
<pre>
This long sentence is used to demonstrate text wrapping. This additional sentence makes the text even longer. This additional sentence makes the text even longer.
</pre>
</pre>
|
<pre>

This long sentence is used to demonstrate text wrapping. This additional sentence makes the text even longer. This additional sentence makes the text even longer.
|-
|
'''Customized''' preformatted text with '''disabled''' text wrapping
| <pre>
<pre style="white-space: pre;">

This long sentence is used to demonstrate text wrapping. This additional sentence makes the text even longer. This additional sentence makes the text even longer.
</pre>
</pre>
|
<pre style="white-space: pre;">

This long sentence is used to demonstrate text wrapping. This additional sentence makes the text even longer. This additional sentence makes the text even longer.
</pre>
|}

== Inserting symbols ==

Symbols and other special characters not available on your keyboard can be inserted in a multitude of ways. Many [http://www.howtogeek.com/210824/how-to-quickly-type-special-characters-on-any-computer-smartphone-or-tablet/ Operating Systems and browsers] allow you to insert special characters through a menu option or Operating System panel. Additionally, you can use the WikiEditor to insert them into the edit screen.

As a last resort, you can use a special sequence of characters. Those sequences are called HTML entities. For example, the following sequence (entity) '''&rarr;''' when inserted will be shown as <ins>right arrow</ins> HTML symbol → and '''&mdash;''' when inserted will be shown as an <ins>em dash</ins> HTML symbol —.
----
''Note:Hover over any character to find out the symbol that it produces. Some symbols not available in the current font will appear as empty squares.''

{| class="wikitable" align=center width=100%
! colspan=32 | HTML symbol entities
|- align=center
| '''Á
| '''á
| '''Â
| '''â
| '''´
| '''Æ
| '''æ
| '''À
| '''à
| '''&alefsym;
| '''Α
| '''α
| '''&
| '''&and;
| '''&ang;
| '''Å
| '''å
| '''≈
| '''Ã
| '''ã
| '''Ä
| '''ä
| '''&bdquo;
| '''Β
| '''β
| '''¦
| '''•
| '''∩
| '''Ç
| '''ç
| '''¸
| '''¢
|- align=center
| '''Χ
| '''χ
| '''&circ;
| '''&clubs;
| '''&cong;
| '''©
| '''&crarr;
| '''∪
| '''¤
| '''&dagger;
| '''&Dagger;
| '''↓
| '''&dArr;
| '''°
| '''Δ
| '''δ
| '''&diams;
| '''÷
| '''É
| '''é
| '''Ê
| '''ê
| '''È
| '''è
| '''∅
| '''&emsp;
| '''&ensp;
| '''Ε
| '''ε
| '''&equiv;
| '''Η
| '''η
|- align=center
| '''Ð
| '''ð
| '''Ë
| '''ë
| '''€
| '''∃
| '''&fnof;
| '''∀
| '''½
| '''¼
| '''¾
| '''&frasl;
| '''Γ
| '''γ
| '''≥
| '''>
| '''↔
| '''⇔
| '''&hearts;
| '''…
| '''Í
| '''í
| '''Î
| '''î
| '''¡
| '''Ì
| '''ì
| '''&image;
| '''∞
| '''∫
| '''Ι
| '''ι
|- align=center
| '''¿
| '''∈
| '''Ï
| '''ï
| '''Κ
| '''κ
| '''Λ
| '''λ
| '''&lang;
| '''«
| '''←
| '''⇐
| '''&lceil;
| '''“
| '''≤
| '''&lfloor;
| '''&lowast;
| '''&loz;
| '''&lrm;
| '''&lsaquo;
| '''‘
| '''<
| '''¯
| '''—
| '''µ
| '''·
| '''−
| '''Μ
| '''μ
| '''∇
| ''' 
| '''–
|- align=center
| '''≠
| '''&ni;
| '''¬
| '''∉
| '''&nsub;
| '''Ñ
| '''ñ
| '''Ν
| '''ν
| '''Ó
| '''ó
| '''Ô
| '''ô
| '''&OElig;
| '''&oelig;
| '''Ò
| '''ò
| '''&oline;
| '''Ω
| '''ω
| '''Ο
| '''ο
| '''&oplus;
| '''&or;
| '''ª
| '''º
| '''Ø
| '''ø
| '''Õ
| '''õ
| '''&otimes;
| '''Ö
|- align=center
| '''ö
| '''¶
| '''∂
| '''&permil;
| '''&perp;
| '''Φ
| '''φ
| '''Π
| '''π
| '''ϖ
| '''±
| '''£
| '''′
| '''″
| '''∏
| '''&prop;
| '''Ψ
| '''ψ
| '''"
| '''√
| '''&rang;
| '''»
| '''→
| '''⇒
| '''&rceil;
| '''”
| '''&real;
| '''®
| '''&rfloor;
| '''Ρ
| '''ρ
| '''&rlm;
|- align=center
| '''&rsaquo;
| '''’
| '''&sbquo;
| '''&Scaron;
| '''&scaron;
| '''⋅
| '''§
| '''
| '''Σ
| '''σ
| '''&sigmaf;
| '''&sim;
| '''&spades;
| '''⊂
| '''&sube;
| '''∑
| '''⊃
| '''¹
| '''²
| '''³
| '''&supe;
| '''ß
| '''Τ
| '''τ
| '''&there4;
| '''Θ
| '''θ
| '''&thetasym;
| ''' 
| '''Þ
| '''þ
| '''&tilde;
|- align=center
| '''×
| '''™
| '''Ú
| '''ú
| '''↑
| '''&uArr;
| '''Û
| '''û
| '''Ù
| '''ù
| '''¨
| '''&upsih;
| '''Υ
| '''υ
| '''Ü
| '''ü
| '''&weierp;
| '''Ξ
| '''ξ
| '''Ý
| '''ý
| '''¥
| '''ÿ
| '''&Yuml;
| '''Ζ
| '''ζ
| '''&zwj;
| '''&zwnj;'''
|}

{| class="wikitable"
!
Description
! width=40% |
You type</translate>
! width=40% |
You get
|-
|
Copyright symbol
|class=mw-code| &copy;
|
:::'''©'''
|-
|
Greek delta letter symbol
|class=mw-code|&delta;
|
:::'''δ'''
|-
|
Euro currency symbol</translate>
|class=mw-code|&euro;
|
:::'''€'''
|}

See the list of all HTML entities on the Wikipedia article [[wikipedia:List of HTML entities|List of HTML entities]]. Additionally, MediaWiki supports two non-standard entity reference sequences: <code>&רלמ;</code> and <code>&رلم;</code> which are both considered equivalent to <code>&rlm;</code> which is a [[wikipedia:Right-to-left mark|right-to-left mark]]. (Used when combining right to left languages with left to right languages in the same page.)

== HTML tags and symbol entities displayed themselves (with and without interpreting them) ==
:<tt>&amp;euro;</tt>  → '''&euro;'''

:<tt><translate>
Typo to be corrected</tt>  → '''
Typo to be corrected'''

:<tt>
<nowiki>&lt;span style="color: red; text-decoration: line-through;">Typo to be corrected</nowiki></translate></tt>  → '''
Typo to be corrected'''

=== Nowiki for HTML ===

<<nowiki />nowiki />
can prohibit (HTML) tags:
* <nowiki><<</nowiki>nowiki />pre>  → <<nowiki/>pre>
But ''not'' & symbol escapes:
* &<<nowiki />nowiki />amp;  → &
To print & symbol escapes as text, use "<tt>&amp;</tt>" to replace the "&" character (eg. type "<tt>&amp;nbsp;</tt>", which results in "<tt>&nbsp;</tt>").

== Other formatting ==

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

* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Links Help: Links]
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Lists Help: Lists]
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images Help:Images]
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Tables Help:Tables]

You can find more references at [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents Help:Contents].

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Gcreelman at 00:12, 1 February 2017

Admin: /* Text formatting markup */

Admin at 23:49, 9 January 2017

Admin: Created page with "You can format your text by using wiki markup. This consists of normal characters like asterisks, apostrophes or equal signs which have a special function in the wiki, someti..."

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	''italic''		''italic''