Editing Cheatsheet
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| Description | You type | You get | |
| Applies anywhere on a page – commonly used | |||
| Italicise text |
''italic'' |
italic | |
| Bold text |
'''bold''' |
bold | |
| Internal link (within this wiki) |
[[name of page]] | ||
| External link (to other websites) |
[http://www.hpalumni.org] | ||
| space character |
& nbsp; [remove the space after the '&']
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| dash |
& ndash; |
– | |
| hidden text |
<!-- Hidden --> (the words are findable with WikiMedia search)
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| Applies anywhere on a page – use sparingly | |||
| underline |
<u>Underlined</u>
| Underlined | |
| strikeout |
<s>Strikeout</s>
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| colored text |
<FONT COLOR=#347235>'''Green'''<FONT COLOR="black">
| Green | |
| Applies only at the beginning of the line | |||
| Headings of different sizes |
==level 1== |
Level 1Level 2 | |
| Bullet list |
* one |
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| Numbered list |
# one |
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| Indentation |
: One time |
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| Horizontal rule |
<hr> |
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| Line break |
<br> |
Line
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| Mixing list and indentation commands |
# one # two #* two point one #* two point two # three #; three def one #: three item one # four #: four item one #: this rather looks like the continuation of # four #: and thus often used instead of <br /> ;item 1 :* definition 1-1 :* definition 1-2 : ;item 2 :# definition 2-1 :# definition 2-2 The usage of |
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| Applies to an entire article | |||
| Include the article in a category |
[[Category: Taxes]] |
Category: Taxes | |
| Redirect to another article (must be first line in article) |
#REDIRECT [[Employee Stock Purchase]] | ||
| References | |||
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