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Reference other sections of the wiki like this -> [[Beginner's Notes]] | Reference other sections of the wiki like this -> [[Beginner's Notes]] | ||
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To include a file in a page, use a link in one of the following forms: | To include a file in a page, use a link in one of the following forms: | ||
Revision as of 07:52, 27 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
- Ordered 2a
- 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 create a new page, add a reference to a non-existent page like this -> Non-existent page. Save the page with the reference and simply double-click the new link to open/create the new page.
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