Help:Formatting

Formatting text

You can format your text using a wiki markup. This consists of normal characters like asterisks, single quotes or equation marks which have a special function in the wiki, sometimes depending on their position.
For example, to format a word in italic, you include it in two single quotes like ''this''.
Some of the formatting options are displayed as icons, right above the editing window, but you can also use the wiki markup notations listed in the table below.

Table examples text formatting

Description	You type	You get
applies anywhere
Italic text	`''italic''`	italic
Bold text	`'''bold'''`	bold
Bold and italic	`'''''bold & italic'''''`	bold & italic
Escape wiki markup	`<nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki>`	no ''markup''
Fixed width text	<tt>Fixed width text</tt>	`Fixed width text`
only at the beginning of the line
Indent text	`:Single indent` `::Double indent` `:::::Multiple indent`	Single indent Double indent Multiple indent
Headings of different levels (An article with four or more headings will automatically create a table of contents)	`=level 1=` `==level 2==` `===level 3===` `====level 4====` `=====level 5=====` `======level 6======`	Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6
Horizontal rule	`----`
Bullet list	* one * two * three three and one-third three and two-thirds	one two three three and one-third three and two-thirds
Numbered list	# one # two<br>spanning several lines<br>without breaking the numbering # three ## three point one ## three point two	one two spanning several lines without breaking the numbering three three point one three point two
Mixture of bulleted and numbered lists	# one # two #* two point one #* two point two	one two two point one two point two
Definition list	;Definition :item 1 :item 2	Definition item 1 item 2
Preformatted text	preformatted text is done with a space at the beginning of the line	preformatted text is done with a space at the beginning of the line
Preformatted text with no indentation	<pre> some preformatted text with no indentation </pre>	some preformatted text with no indentation
Blockquotes	Body text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text <blockquote> quote quote quote quote quote quote </blockquote> text text text text text text text text text text text text	Body text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text quote quote quote quote quote quote text text text text text text text text text text text text
Comment	`<!--This is comment-->`