CATUG wiki:Formatting guide

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]]	Mac Ministry List
Section headings1 A Table of Contents will automatically be generated at the top when four headings are added to an article.	= Level 1 = == Level 2 == === Level 3 === ==== Level 4 ==== ===== Level 5 =====	Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5
Simple headings to be omitted from the table of contents1	;Simple heading	Simple heading
Table of Contents A Table of Contents will automatically be generated when four headings are added to an article. This code makes it appear at a particular place other than the top of the page.	__TOC__
No table of contents If the contents of a multi-section page are so short that it doesn't need a table of contents, use this to suppress the automatic one.	__NOTOC__
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	One Two Two point one Three
Indenting text1	no indent (normal) :first indent ::second indent :::third indent	no indent (normal) first indent second indent third indent
Computer code as an alternative to entering a whole line starting with a space, as shown above	Use HTML tags <code>like this</code> within text	Use HTML tags like this within text
Image First upload the image using "Upload file" link in the panel on the left.	[[File:Logo 4.jpg|thumb|75px|alt=Alternative text in case image does not load|Caption]]	Caption
For use only on Talk Pages (following discussion about articles and messages for other editors)
Signature	~~~~	Username (talk) 19:57, 8 February 2023 (UTC)
Note 1: Applies only at the very beginning of lines.

See also

• For our in-house style guide, see CATUG wiki:Notes for editors
• To add links to Bible verses, see Template:Bibleverse
• To experiment with editing, use the sandbox
• For more advanced details, see see the Wikipedia page Wikipedia:Cheatsheet, of which the above is a cut-down version, as this Wiki uses the same software