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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 ==

{| align="center" {{Prettytable}}
|-
|{{Hl2}} |'''Description'''
|{{Hl2}} |'''You type'''	
|{{Hl2}} |'''You get'''
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| colspan="3" align="center" | ''applies anywhere''
|-
|Italic text
|<tt><nowiki>''italic''</nowiki></tt>
|''italic''
|-
| Bold text
|<tt><nowiki>'''bold'''</nowiki></tt>
|'''bold'''
|-
| Bold and italic
|<tt><nowiki>'''''bold & italic'''''</nowiki></tt>
|'''''bold & italic'''''
|-
|Escape wiki markup
|<tt><nowiki><nowiki>no "markup"</nowiki></nowiki></tt>
|<nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki>
|-
|Fixed width text
|
<nowiki><tt>Fixed width text</tt></nowiki>
|
<tt>Fixed width text</tt>
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" | ''only at the beginning of the line''
|-
| Indent text
|
<tt><nowiki>:Single indent</nowiki></tt><br />
<tt><nowiki>::Double indent</nowiki></tt><br />
<tt><nowiki>:::::Multiple indent</nowiki></tt>
|
:Single indent
::Double indent
:::::Multiple indent
|-
|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>
|
<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 />
<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>
|
<!-- 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
|
<tt><nowiki>----</nowiki></tt>
|
----
|-
|Bullet list
|
&#42; one<br />
&#42; two<br />
&#42; three<br />
&#42;&#42; three point one<br />
&#42;&#42; three point two<br />
|
* one
* two
* three
** three point one
** three point two
|-
|Numbered list
|
&#35; one<br />
&#35; two<nowiki><br /></nowiki>spanning several lines<nowiki><br /></nowiki>without breaking the numbering<br />
&#35; three<br />
&#35;&#35; three point one<br />
&#35;&#35; three point two<br />
|
# one
# two<br>spanning several lines<br>without breaking the numbering
# three
## three point one
## three point two
|-
| Mixture of bulleted<br /> and numbered lists
|
&#35; one<br />
&#35; two<br />
&#35;&#42; two point one<br />
&#35;&#42; two point two<br />
|
# one
# two
#* two point one
#* two point two
|-
|Definition list
|
&#59;Definition<br />
&#58;item 1<br />
&#58;item 2<br />
|
;Definition
:item 1
:item 2
|-
|Preformatted text
|
&nbsp;&nbsp;preformatted text is done with<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;a space at the<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;beginning of the line<br />
|
 preformatted text is done with
 a space at the 
 beginning of the line
|-
|Preformatted text with no indentation
|
&nbsp;<nowiki><pre> some preformatted text with no indentation </pre></nowiki>
|
<pre>
some preformatted
text with no indentation
</pre>
|-
|Blockquotes
|
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

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

text text text text text text text text text text text text
|
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>

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

|-
|Comment
|
<tt><nowiki><!--This is comment--></nowiki></tt>
|
<!--This is comment-->|}


Notes: <references/>

== Paragraphs ==

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>.

== HTML ==

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>.

{{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}}.}}


== 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]

{{Languages|Help:Formatting}}

[[Category:Help|Formatting]]