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Consult the User's Guide for detailed information on using the wiki software, adding and formatting wiki content, and creating new wiki pages. This page is a brief summary of some of the most useful editing commands.

Contents 1 Styling Text 2 Creating Page Subsections 3 Creating Lists 4 Wikilinks 5 Adding Images

Styling Text

• Italicize text by placing 2 apostrophes on each side of it.

• 3 apostrophes will bold the text.

• 5 apostrophes will bold and italicize the text.

Creating Page Subsections

Create page subsections by placing equal signs around the subsection title.

• Level 1 : one equal sign on each side (don't use this one - it is reserved for the page heading).
• Level 2 : two equal signs on each side.
• Level 3 : three equal signs on each side.
• Level 4 : four equal signs on each side.

Creating Lists

• For an unordered, i.e., bulleted, lists, place the list items on separate lines and start each line with a star. Two stars indicates a sublist, three stars a sub-sublist, and so on.

• For ordered, i.e., numbered, lists, use pound signs instead of stars.

Wikilinks

• To create a link to another page in the wiki, surround the page name with two square brackets on each side. If the page does not already exist, when the link is followed it will open an editing widow so that the new page can be created. Remember that pages are uniquely identified by their name, so use meaningful and explict names.

• If you wish the text displayed in the link to be different from the the actual page name, within the square brackets first give the page name and then the text to be displayed as the link. Separate the two with a vertical bar character.

Adding Images

• New images to the wiki must be uploaded using the Upload File link in the toolbox found on the left of the wiki pages. Be sure to give the image an appropriate, unque name as that is the only way it will be identified.
• There are many options in displaying an image. Options are separated from each other by vertical bar characters.
  • [[image:tst.png]] displays the image tst.png at the current location.
  • The left or right option, i.e., [[image:tst.png|left]] displays the image on the left or right of the page with text wrapping around it.
  • The thumb option [[image:tst.png|thumb]] displays a thumbnail sized version of the picture, by default on the right, with a border around it.
  • A caption can be added - specify it as the last option in a image link. [[image:tst.png|thumb|Example caption]] shows the image tst.png in thumbnail size on the right of the page with the caption "Example caption".