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Quick mark-up guide
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To get a hard return at the end of the line Italicize text with 2 apostrophes. 3 apostrophes embolden. 5 apostrophes embolden and italicize the text. underline the text or underline and embolden. |
To get a hard return at the end of the line<br> text line two ''Italicize text'' with 2 apostrophes. 3 apostrophes '''embolden'''. 5 apostrophes '''''embolden and italicize''''' the text. <u>underline</u> the text or '''<ins>underline and embolden</ins>'''. |
Wiki code tip: insert two apostrophes('') before and after a word to italicize the word. Do not use the quotation mark!
Lists and indents
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* ''Unordered lists'' are easy to do: ** Start every line with a star. ** Stick to two levels please. * Previous item continues. * Make as many as you like. |
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# ''Numbered lists'' are: ## Very organized ## Easy to follow # Previous item continues # A new line will end the series # You can even #* Have unordered lists #* Just mix the item markers #*# Like #*# This # Easy! |
A newline starts a new paragraph.
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: A colon (:) indents a line or paragraph. A newline starts a new paragraph. <br> Often used for discussion on talk pages. And for indenting equations (always) : We use 1 colon to indent once. :: We use 2 colons to indent twice. ::: 3 colons to indent 3 times, and so on. |
dictionary-style definition list.
continue with a colon and the definition part of the item. |
; A semi-colon: introduces items in a dictionary-style definition list. ; Start each item: with a semi-colon and continue with a colon and the definition part of the item. |