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Revision as of 12:16, 4 April 2011


Adding text

Start typing in the first column; don't leave spaces at the left margin, unless for some reason you want it to look...

... like this. It looks ugly but can be useful e.g. for commands that have to be re-typed exactly.

Leave an empty line between paragraphs. Without this, the Wiki software will flow your text continuously.

The following table shows how to do other formatting.

Wiki markup

Description You type You get
Italic text

''italic''

italic

Bold text

'''bold'''

bold

Bold and italic

'''''bold & italic'''''

bold & italic

Internal link
(within this Wiki)

[[Mac Ministry List]]
[[Mac Ministry List|our mailing list]]

Mac Ministry List
our mailing list

External link
(to other websites)

[http://www.example.org Text to display]
[http://www.example.org]
http://www.example.org

Text to display
[1]
http://www.example.org

Redirect to another page
(This is used on a page by itself to send a reader from one link to another page, e.g. for an abbreviation or synonym)

#REDIRECT [[Mac Ministry List]]

Redirect arrow without text.pngMac Ministry List

Section headings1
A Table of Contents will automatically be generated when four headings are added to an article.

= Level 1 =
== Level 2 ==
=== Level 3 ===
==== Level 4 ====
===== Level 5 =====
====== Level 6 ======

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Level 5
Level 6
Simple headings to be omitted from the table of contents ;Simple heading Simple heading
Bulleted list1
Empty lines between list items discouraged (see numbered lists).

* One
* Two
** Two point one
* Three

  • One
  • Two
    • Two point one
  • Three
Numbered list1
Empty line between list items restarts numbering at 1.

# One
# Two
## Two point one
# Three

  1. One
  2. Two
    1. Two point one
  3. Three
Indenting text1

no indent (normal)
:first indent
::second indent
:::third indent

no indent (normal)

first indent
second indent
third indent
Image

[[File:Logo 4.jpg|thumb|75px|alt=Alternative text in case image does not load|Caption]]

Alternative text in case image does not load
Caption
For use only on Talk Pages (following discussion about articles and messages for other editors)
Signature

~~~~

Username (talk) 19:32, 21 November 2024 (UTC)

Note 1: Applies only at the very beginning of lines.

See also