TextFormattingRules/WikiTextFormatting

Text Formatting

This page provides both the rules for text formatting and succinct examples. See elsewhere for the rules on lists, linking, etc.

Features marked with *** require the HtmlTags option to be activated.

Paragraphs

Leave a blank line between paragraphs.

Like this

Leave a blank line between paragraphs.

Like this

Emphasis

You create bold and italic text by using a repeated "'" single quote character before and after the text to be emphasised. Use two quotes for italic and three single quotes for bold. eg

''italic'' '''bold''' '''''bold & italic'''''

italic bold bold & italic

Alternatively use HyperTextMarkupLanguage tags eg

<b>bold</b> <i>italic</i> <b><i>bold and italic</i></b> <u>underline</u> <s>strikeout</s> <sup>superscript</sup> <sub>subscript</sub><br /> <big>big</big> <small>small</small>

bold italic bold and italic <u>underline</u><s>strikeout</s>^superscript*** _subscript*** <big>big</big>*** <small>small</small>***

Monospace text

Create monospace text by using a " " space as the first character on a line, eg

 This is text in a monospace font

 This is text in a monospace font

Alternatively use the HyperTextMarkupLanguage tags eg

<tt>typewriter</tt> <code>code</code>

typewriter code

Indenting

Indent text by using a ":" colon as the first character on a line, eg

:Text
::More text
:::Yet more text

Text

More text

Yet more text

Line continuation

Continue a line of text by using a "\" backslash. This can be useful for breaking up long lines of text in line sensitive sections such as lists or indented text, eg

 * This bullet\  
point could have a long\  
sentence that takes several lines.

• This bullet point could have a long sentence that takes several lines.

New line

Use <br> to change the line eg

 First line<br>
 Next line

Escaping

Use <nowiki></nowiki> to terminate WikiWords eg

Wikiword<nowiki>s</nowiki>

Also, WikiWords may be formatted as WikiWord""s.

Use <nowiki></nowiki> to disable wiki rules within a piece of text, eg:

 <nowiki>WikiNames are not linked, '''formatting''' does not occur.</nowiki>

WikiNames are not linked, '''formatting''' does not occur.

Miscellaneous formatting

Use < pre> </ pre> as an alternative method of preserving layout of text, for example for code, eg

< pre>   preserves      spacing    and
lines</ pre>

   preserves      spacing    and
lines