The following outlines the Wiki markup code used to create basic wiki formating such as italics, bold, underline, indenting, etc. However you can also rely on the icons (WYSIWYG) above the edit box to apply these attributes by highlighting the text you want to manipulate and then clicking on the WYSIWYG icon. The Wiki Markup Code is automatically inserted into your document's edit box for you.

Contents 1 Italics 2 Bold 3 Bold and Italics 4 Underline 5 Indenting 6 Centered Text 7 Horizontal dividing line 8 Box your Text 9 New Line of Text

Italics

To use italics two apostrophes are used at the beginning of the word(s) and end.
‘’italics’’

Bold

To bold a word(s) use three apostrophes at the beginning and the end of the word(s).
‘’’bold’’’

Bold and Italics

To use both 'italics and bold' use four apostrophes at the beginning and the end of the word(s).
‘’’’italics and bold’’’’

You can also use the HTML code of <i></i> and <b></b> for italics and bolding of word(s).

Underline

To underline word(s) use the HTML code of <u>underline</u>.

Better not to use because it breaks the convention of underlined content being a link.

Indenting

: A colon indents a line or paragraph.
: Use 1 colon to indent once.
:: Use 2 colons to indent twice.
::: 3 colons to indent 3 times, and so on.

# Use number sign, instead of :, for a numbered indented list
* Use asterisk, instead of :, for a bulleted indented list

Centered Text

Neither Wiki markup nor current versions of HTML support centering text. The reason centering is disallowed is because it is a presentational and should not be mixed in with content and content structure.

Horizontal dividing line

Four dashes “----“ will create a horizontal line. This can help divide content on a page.

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Box your Text

Leave a space in front of a line of text and it will appear in a shaded box, but it does not wrap.

New Line of Text

To create a new line, you must put in 2 carriage returns. Otherwise the text will continue on the same line.