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Once you're happy with your changes, it's time to '''publish them''' (the same as saving). When you publish your edits, they ''immediately'' change the Wikipedia page you were editing. To cancel your edits, just close your browser window without clicking 'Publish changes'.

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When you're done editing, click the blue {{menu icon blueButton|Save page{{int:Publishchanges}}|bgcolor2=#BBE}} button in the toolbar. (to cancel your edits, just close your browser window). This will open up a dialog box so thatwhere you canshould [[Help:edit summary|summarise your edits]]. The one-sentenceThis summary of your changes helps other editors understand what you've donechanged, and why.

Once you're happy with your changes, it's time to '''save''' them! Any edits that you save will be instantly uploaded to Wikipedia.

When you're done editing, click the blue {{menu icon blue|Save page}} button in the toolbar (to cancel your edits, just close your browser window). This will open up a dialog box so that you can summarise your edits. The one-sentence summary of your changes helps other editors understand what you've done.

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If you just made uncontroversial spelling or formatting changes, marking your editing as [[Help:Minor_edit|minor]] can be helpful to other editors (this option isn't available unless you're logged in). Also, if you want to be notified of further changes to the page, you can add it to your [[Help:watchlist|{{int:mywatchlist}}]] (again, only available to those who are logged in).

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The "{{int:visualeditor-dialog-action-cancel}}" button returns you to the page you were editing. You can save all of your changes later.

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