Help:Introduction to editing with Wiki Markup/2

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Editing pages
Activate editing mode

Formatting
Keeping it tidy

Wikilinks
Connect pages to each other

Saving your changes
Publishing

Creating new articles
Building a page from scratch

Summary
Review of what you've learned




Most articles actually need very little text formatting. All formatting is achieved by placing symbols either side of text. You can either type it manually, or add it through the toolbar at the top of the editing area.


Headings and subheadings can be added by clicking  Advanced then Headings .
Selecting 'Level 2' formats text as a main heading - the most frequently used subdivision of any page.
'Level 3' gives you a subheading for that heading, and so on.


Alternatively, put text between = signs:
==Heading==
===Subheading===


Text can be made bold or italic using the B and I buttons of the toolbar.
Alternatively, put text between ' apostrophes:
'''bold'''
''italic''
An article's subject is always written in bold the first time it is mentioned, but not thereafter.