Simple text formatting

(for example bold text, subscript, underline)

  1. To enter the editing mode, click on the "Edit" button at the top of the page you wish to edit. You may be prompted for the administrator password. On the page that opens you will see the title "Editing" following by the name of the page you are editing. In the row below you find several buttons for simple formatting options and further below a text edit box with the source code of your page.
  2. In the text edit box with the source code, select the letters or words to which you want to apply formatting.
  3. Click one or more of the buttons above the text edit box to apply a certain format.
  4. Depending on what formatting you choose, the Wiki will automatically add apostrophes, brackets, or other symbols to the source code. The blue box at the bottom of the page shows common formatting code.
  5. Instead of using the buttons, you can also type the formatting code yourself in the text edit box. For more more advanced formatting options or manual edits to the source code, consult this page.
  6. Enter a description of your changes in the "Summary" field below the text edit box, when you are done. This is for your reference and will show up in the Page History.
  7. Click on the "Preview" button to see how your changes look like; then you can make more edits or save by clicking on the "Save" button. You may be prompted again for the administrator password.

Lists

  • To create a list, enter the editing mode: Click on the "Edit" button at the top of the page you wish to edit. You may be prompted for the administrator password.
  • In the source code, add a star (*) at the beginning of each list item for bulleted lists and start each new list item on a new line.
  • Add a pound sign (#) at the beginning of each list item for numbered lists and start each new list item on a new line. You do not have to number each item, just enter everything in the order you wish; the Wiki will automatically number everything.
  • To end a bulleted or numbered list, start a new line without a star or pound sign.
  • For more advanced formatting options for lists, such as nested lists, consult this page.

Links

  • To change or create links to other pages in this Wiki or external websites, enter the editing mode: Click on the "Edit" button at the top of the page you wish to edit. You may be prompted for the administrator password.
  • If you want to create and link to a new page within the wiki, then use double brackets: [[NewPage]] . Use letters and numbers only; symbols or spaces are not allowed.
  • You can also choose to have the link display a different text than its address. For example if you typed [[NewPage | This is a new page]] , it would show up as This is a new page? and be linked to a page called NewPage . The vertical bar is called a "pipe" and is on your keyboard above the backwards slash. When creating a new page, when you save the page with the link, it first shows up with a question mark superscript. Once you click on the link, the new (blank) page will be created and the question mark will disappear.
  • You can also link to URL addresses outside your wiki by typing [[http://www.stanford.edu | Stanford]] . This link will say Stanford and link to http://www.stanford.edu. If you add %newwin% before the doublebrackets, clicking the link will open a new browser window or tab (this is highly recommended for all links to external websites).
  • For more advanced formatting options for links, consult this page.

Advanced Formatting

For more information on advanced formatting options such as indentation, headings, whitespaces, tables, images, special characters, and text color, consult this page.