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[[Image:Cheatsheet-en.png|right|thumb|300px400px|alt=P N G image of the Wikipedia cheatsheet, which shows how to do various editing tasks, such as placing words into italics; making sections, lists and tables; or adding images.]]

It can be hard at first to remember the various methods for formatting Wikipedia text: how to make words italic or subscripted, how to make tables and lists, or how to add images and references. The toolbar of 22 edit buttons can help with some of these tasks, but Wikipedia also provides a "cheatsheet" with common editing tasks. Here are four methods for finding this cheatsheet.

A [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv8p4R5Kavc video] of this tutorial has been made.

==Download it to your computer==

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==Click on "Editing help" next to the edit summary==

[[Image:WP edit summary cheatsheet.png|thumb|center|400px|alt=Images indicates the "Editing help" link near the edit-summary box.|Clicking on the "Editing help" link opens a new window with the cheatsheet.]]

The simplest approach while on Wikipedia is to click on the "Editing help" link next to the Edit-summary window. (For instructions on how to get to an editing window, see [[User:Proteins/Start_editing_tutorial|this earlier tutorial]].) Clicking on this link opens the cheatsheet in a separate window or tab of your browser. It doesn't interfere with what you're working on at the moment.

==Type "WP:CHEAT" into the search box==

[[Image:WP_search_WP_CHEAT.png|thumb|center|155px|alt=Image shows the Wikipedia Search box highlighted in yellow, with the expression "W P colon C H E A T" typed into it.|How to find the cheatsheet using the Search box.]]

Can you remember the phrase "WP:CHEAT"? If so, type that into the Search box and click on '''Go'''; you'll be taken to the cheatsheet page. You might want to do that in a separate window, to avoid losing your present window.

==Navigate the Help pages==

If you forget these shortcuts, you can always click on the "Help" button in the left-hand column. That takes you to the Help page, where you'll find a direct link to the cheatsheet, listed under "Editing Wikipedia".

[[Image:WP Help page cheatsheet link.png|thumb|center|400px|alt=Help page of the English Wikipedia. The hyperlinks to the cheatsheet and to the Help page itself are indicated.]]

==See also==

* [[WP:CHEAT|Cheatsheet on the English Wikipedia]]

[[Category:Wikipedia tutorials]]