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This is not a complete introduction, for two reasons.  First, I just want to get you enough information that you can start editing '''now'''.
This is not a complete introduction, for two reasons.  First, I just want to get you enough information that you can start editing '''now'''.


==The formatting characters==
This is ALL very easy.
This is ALL very easy.


===Bolding/italicizing===
==Bolding/italicizing==
You bold text by entering <nowiki>'''text'''</nowiki> as here: '''text'''.
You bold text by entering <nowiki>'''text'''</nowiki> as here: '''text'''.


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You bold and italicize text by entering <nowiki>'''''text'''''</nowiki> as here: '''''text'''''.
You bold and italicize text by entering <nowiki>'''''text'''''</nowiki> as here: '''''text'''''.


===Headers===
==Headers==
You can have as many levels of headers as you want.  Have enough headers, and a Table Of Contents will automatically appear.
You can have as many levels of headers as you want.  Have enough headers, and a Table Of Contents will automatically appear.


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===References===
==References==
We don't have the References capability enabled yet.
We don't have the References capability enabled yet.

Revision as of 17:35, 14 January 2011

This is Steve's editing introduction.

This is not a complete introduction, for two reasons. First, I just want to get you enough information that you can start editing now.

This is ALL very easy.

Bolding/italicizing

You bold text by entering '''text''' as here: text.

You italicize text by entering ''text'' as here: text.

You bold and italicize text by entering '''''text''''' as here: text.

Headers

You can have as many levels of headers as you want. Have enough headers, and a Table Of Contents will automatically appear.

You make a first-level header by entering ==text== as here: text.

You make a second-level header by entering ===text=== as here:

text

You make a third-level header by entering ====text==== as here:

text

You make a wikilink to an article inside Wikidelphia by entering [[text]] as here Nonprofit Technology Resources. Capitalizatiion is important!

You make a wikilink to an article inside Wikipedia by entering [[Wikipedia:text]] as here Wikipedia:Free Geek.

If you've already accessed the article, the wikilink gets dark. If the article doesn't exist yet, the text will be red.

You make a link to an article on the internet by entering [text] as here [1].


References

We don't have the References capability enabled yet.