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Revision as of 21:41, 26 April 2011

A quick reference card is available here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Reference_card

An add-in for MS Office is available. Search the web for "Microsoft Office Word Add-in For MediaWiki" to find a download from microsoft.com


1 Example Wiki Text

View the source for this page to see common formatting tags.

Paragraphs are just text. Italics are like this. Bold is like this.

Indented paragraph.


1.1 Heading level 3

  • List 1a
    • List 2a
    • List 2b
    • List 2c
  • List 1b
    1. Ordered 2a
    2. Ordered 2B
  • List 1c
Preformat text with
the "pre" tag.

Block tag processing with nowiki tag like ''this'' and *this.

Here's a sample table:

r1c1 r1c2
r2c1 r2c2
r3c1 r3c2

A handy Comma Separated Variable (CSV) to Wiki Table translator is available here: http://area23.brightbyte.de/csv2wp.php


Reference other sections of the wiki like this -> Beginner's Notes


To include a file in a page, use a link in one of the following forms:

[[Image:File.jpg]] to use the full version of the file 
[[Image:File.png|200px|thumb|left|alt text]] to use a 200 pixel wide rendition in a box in the left margin with 'alt text' as description
[[Media:File.ogg]] for directly linking to the file without displaying the file