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wikiHow is easy to edit without learning advanced formatting techniques. But if you're curious, here are a few tips on wiki markup that are commonly accepted at wikiHow. Please limit the use of any other syntax to make it easy for others to edit.

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edit Accentuated Text

Accentuate a word or phrase to emphasize a concept within a sentence. Click here to learn more.

To Embolden text

 
'''Embolden'''
To Italicize text 
''Italicize''

To Embolden and Italicize text		 
'''''Embolden and Italicize'''''

edit Categories

Add a category 
[[Category:Category Name]]

Display a category link		 
[[:Category:Category Name]]

Display a category link with a display name		 
[[:Category:Category Name|display name]]

edit Colored Text

Limit colored font within an article. Click here to learn more.

Type {{your color here|your text here}}

Example: {{green|Hello}} = Hello

edit Formatted Text

To break two lines of text.

 
<br>

To leave a space between two lines of text.		 
<br><br>

edit Headings

Click here to learn more.

edit Image Syntax

Click here to learn more.

edit Link Externally

Add a link to http://AboutUs.org

 
http://AboutUs.org
Add a link with a display name 
[http://AboutUs.org display name]

edit Link Internally

Add a link

 
[[Any wikiHow Article]]
Add a link with a display name 
[[Any wikiHow Article|display name]]

edit List Bulleted

  • Text for a bulleted list.
    • Text for second level.
      • Text for third level, etc.
 
* Text for a bulleted list.
** Text for second level.
*** Text for third level, etc.

edit List Mixed

  • Create mixed lists
    1. and nest them
      • like this
    2. another second level
 
* Create mixed lists
*# and nest them
*#* like this
*# another second level

edit List Numbered

  1. Text for a numbered list.
    1. Text for second level.
      1. Text for third level, etc.
    2. Text for another second level.
 
# Text for a numbered list.
## Text for second level.
### Text for third level, etc.
## Text for another second level.

edit Table

Table Title
header header 1 header 2 header 3
row 1 header row 1 cell 1 row 1 cell 2 row 1 cell 3
row 2 header row 2 cell 1 row 2 cell 2 row 2 cell 3 
{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"
|+ Table Title
|-
! 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
|-
! row 2 header
| row 2 cell 1
| Style="color: white; background: blue"|row 2 cell 2
| row 2 cell 3
|}

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Last edited:
February 12, 2011 by BR

Categories:
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