Advanced Formatting Techniques
We have tried to make wikiHow easy enough that anyone can edit it without learning any advanced techniques. But if you are curious, here are a few tips on wiki markup. The right side of the page shows the text you enter; the left side of the page shows what it will look like.
Template:Toc
Text Formatting
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To Bold Text
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To '''Bold''' Text
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| To Italicize Text
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To ''Italicize'' Text
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To break two lines of Text.
Second line.
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To break two lines of Text.<br>Second line.
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Links
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Links to local pages
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Add a link to Any wikiHow Article
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[[Any wikiHow Article]]
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| Add a link Any wikiHow Article with a display name
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[[Any wikiHow Article|display name]]
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Links to external web sites
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Add a link to http://AboutUs.org
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http://AboutUs.org
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| Add a link to AboutUs with a display name
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[http://AboutUs.org AboutUs]
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Lists
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Simple lists
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- Text for a bulleted list item.
- Text for second-level list.
- Text for third level, etc.
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* Text for a bulleted list item.
** Text for second-level list.
*** Text for third level, etc.
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Numbered lists
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- Text for a numbered list item.
- Text for second-level list.
- Text for third level, etc.
- Another Text for the second level.
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# Text for a numbered list item.
## Text for second-level list.
### Text for third level, etc.
## Another Text for the second level.
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Mixed lists
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- Create mixed lists
- and nest them
- 2nd number level
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* Create mixed lists
*# and nest them
*#* like this
*# 2nd number level
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Categories
| Add a category to a page
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[[Category:Category name]]
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| Display a category link on a page
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[[:Category:Category name]]
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| Display a category link on a page with a display name
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[[:Category:Category name|Display name]]
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Tables
Table Title
| header
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header 1
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header 2
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header 3
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| row 1 header
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row 1 cell 1
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row 1 cell 2
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row 1 cell 3
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| row 2 header
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row 2 cell 1
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row 2 cell 2
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row 2 cell 3
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{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"
|+ Table Title
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! header
! header 1
! header 2
! header 3
|- Style="color: red; background: yellow"
! row 1 header
| row 1 cell 1
| row 1 cell 2
| row 1 cell 3
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! row 2 header
| row 2 cell 1
| Style="color: white; background: blue"|row 2 cell 2
| row 2 cell 3
|}
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Coloured Writing
Type in
{{YOURCOLOURHERE|YOURTEXTHERE}}
E.g. {{green|Hello}} = Template:Green
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