Help:Formatting

You can format your text using wiki markup. This consists of normal characters like asterisks, single quotes or equation marks which have a special function in the wiki, sometimes depending on their position. For example, to format a word in italic, you include it in two single quotes like  this 

Text formatting markup
{| align="center"  :Single indent 
 * |Description
 * |You type
 * |You get
 * colspan="3" align="center" | applies anywhere
 * Italic text
 *  italic 
 * italic
 * Bold text
 *  bold 
 * bold
 * Bold and italic
 *  bold & italic 
 * bold & italic
 * Escape wiki markup
 *  no markup  
 * no markup
 * colspan="3" align="center" | only at the beginning of the line
 * Indent text
 * Escape wiki markup
 *  no markup  
 * no markup
 * colspan="3" align="center" | only at the beginning of the line
 * Indent text
 * colspan="3" align="center" | only at the beginning of the line
 * Indent text
 * Indent text

 ::Double indent 

 :::::Multiple indent </tt>
 * Single indent
 * Double indent
 * Multiple indent
 * Multiple indent


 * Headings of
 * Headings of

different levels  =level 1= </tt>

 ==level 2== </tt>

 ===level 3=== </tt>

 ====level 4==== </tt>

 =====level 5===== </tt>

 ======level 6====== </tt> =Level 1=

Level 6
 </tt>
 * Horizontal rule
 * Horizontal rule

&#42; one &#42; two &#42; three &#42;&#42; three and one-third &#42;&#42; three and two-thirds &#35; one
 * Bullet list
 * Bullet list
 * one
 * two
 * three
 * three and one-third
 * three and two-thirds
 * Numbered list
 * Numbered list
 * Numbered list

&#35; two  spanning several lines   without breaking the numbering

&#35; three

&#35;&#35; three point one

&#35;&#35; three point two

and numbered lists &#35; one
 * 1) one
 * 2) two spanning several lines without breaking the numbering
 * 3) three
 * 4) three point one
 * 5) three point two
 * Mixture of bulleted
 * Mixture of bulleted
 * Mixture of bulleted

&#35; two

&#35;&#42; two point one

&#35;&#42; two point two

&#59;Definition
 * 1) one
 * 2) two
 * 3) * two point one
 * 4) * two point two
 * Definition list
 * Definition list
 * Definition list

&#58;item 1

&#58;item 2


 * Definition
 * item 1
 * item 2
 * item 2

preformatted text is done with
 * Preformatted text
 * Preformatted text

a space at the

beginning of the line

preformatted text is done with a space at the beginning of the line Body text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text
 * Blockquotes
 * Blockquotes

"quote quote quote quote quote quote"

text text text text text text text text text text text text Body text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text

"quote quote quote quote quote quote"

text text text text text text text text text text text text


 * }

Notes:  in LocalSettings.php.}}

Other formatting
Beyond the text formatting markup shown above, here are some other formatting references: More Formatting from Wikipedia
 * Links
 * Images
 * Tables