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'''Indenting''' can help improve the layout of a discussion, making it much easier to read. You should always indent your reply one level deeper than the person you are replying to. The best way to indent is to place a [[Colon (punctuation)|colon]] (<tt>:</tt>) at the beginning of a line. The more colons you use, the further indented the text will be.

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! style="width: 50%;" | You type

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<tt><nowiki>This is aligned all the way to the left.</nowiki></tt><br />

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This is aligned all the way to the left.

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::This is indented more.

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To create a list, add an [[Asterisk (punctuation)|asterisk]] (<tt>*</tt>) at the start of each point. This goes after any markup (<tt>:</tt>, <tt>*</tt>, or <tt>#</tt>) that were used in the preceding line. It will add a ''bullet point'' (•) to each line, like this:

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<tt><nowiki>:* First list item</nowiki></tt><br />

<tt><nowiki>:* Second list item</nowiki></tt><br />

<tt><nowiki>:** Sub-list item under second</nowiki></tt><br />

<tt><nowiki>:* Third list item</nowiki></tt>

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:*First list item

:*Second list item

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:*Third list item

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