Difference between revisions of "Help:Formatting"

''italic''

'''bold'''

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

<nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki>

=level 1=
==level 2==
===level 3===
====level 4====
=====level 5=====
======level 6======

An article with four or more headings will automatically create a table of contents.

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.

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* one
* two
* three
** three point one
** three point two

Inserting a blank line will end the first list and start another.

• one
• two
• three
  • three point one
  • three point two

# one
# two<br />spanning several lines<br />without breaking the numbering
# three
## three point one
## three point two

1. one
2. two
   spanning several lines
   without breaking the numbering
3. three
   1. three point one
   2. three point two

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

item 1

definition 1

item 2

definition 2-1

definition 2-2

:Single indent
::Double indent
:::::Multiple indent

This adoption may be controversial from the viewpoint of accessibility.

Single indent

Double indent

Multiple indent

# one
# two
#* two point one
#* two point two
# three
#; three item one
#: three def one
# four
#: four def one
#: this rather looks like the continuation of # four
#: and thus often used instead of <br />
# five
## five sub 1
### five sub 1 sub 1
## five sub 2
;item 1
:* definition 1-1
:* definition 1-2
:
;item 2
:# definition 2-1
:# definition 2-2

The usage of #: and *: for breaking a line within an item may also be controversial.

1. one
2. two
   • two point one
   • two point two
3. three

   three item one

   three def one

4. four

   four def one

   this rather looks like the continuation of # four

   and thus often used instead of <br />

5. five
   1. five sub 1
      1. five sub 1 sub 1
   2. five sub 2

item 1

• definition 1-1
• definition 1-2

item 2

1. definition 2-1
2. definition 2-2

 preformatted text is done with
 a '''space''' at the 
 ''beginning'' of the line

This way of preformatting only applies to section formatting, and character formatting markups are still effective.

preformatted text is done with
a space at the 
beginning of the line

Merely pressing
enter
does not make
line breaks.

Merely pressing enter does not make line breaks.

Adding the<br/>
break command<br/>
does.

Adding the
break command
does.

Double enter

makes paragraph

breaks.

Double enter

makes paragraph

breaks.

<tt>Fixed width text</tt>

Fixed width text

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

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

quote quote quote quote quote quote

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

<!--This is comment-->

<pre>this way, all markups are '''ignored'''</pre>

this way, all markups are '''ignored'''

Internal links use double brackets ( [[ ]] ) and a pipe ( | ) for link text.

[[Some Wiki Page]]

[[Some Wiki Page|My page]]

[[Some Wiki Page|My page]]s rock

When linking to long pages (such as this one) it might be desirable to link to a certain section. This will save the user the time of looking for the section you were refering to in the page you linked from. Linking is done as before but a # is added followed by the section name.

[[Help:Formatting#Links|Using links]]

This link will take you directly to this section of the page.

Some Wiki Page

My page

My pages rock

Using links

External links normally use single brackets ( [ ] ) and a trailing space for link text

http://www.google.com

[http://www.google.com]

[http://www.google.com Google]

[http://www.google.com Google]Search Page

http://www.google.com

[3]

Google

GoogleSearch Page

Redirects are used to direct all common names for a page, to the same page, e.g. on this wiki, the page PMC redirects to the page Process Modelling and Control.

Redirects can be added (on the page you want to redirect FROM) in this way:

#REDIRECT [[Main Page]]

This creates a redirect to the Main Page from the page in which the redirect is added.
REMEMBER: Redirects work instantly, the page from which you redirect will not be shown.

[mailto:example@up.ac.za Example]