(r4) WikiSyntaxSummary < TWiki

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This page provides online help for new users of TWiki when editing a page.  If there's some formatting that your contributors use often, you can customize this for your site's particular needs.

Keeping this help text short and simple is important since this page is aimed at new users.  It does include pop-up links for more detailed help.

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%STARTINCLUDE%
%MAKETEXT{"*Formatting help:*"}%
   * %MAKETEXT{"*bold* put word/phrase in asterisks: =<nop>*your phrase*="}%
   * %MAKETEXT{"*bullet list* 3 spaces, asterisk, 1 space: =&&nbsp;&&nbsp;&&nbsp;*&&nbsp;your text="}%
   * %MAKETEXT{"*headings* 3 dashes, 1 to 6 pluses, 1 space: =---++&&nbsp;Your Heading="}%
   * %MAKETEXT{"*italic* put word/phrase in underscores: =_<nop>your words_="}%
   * %MAKETEXT{"*links* use topic name or URL: =[_1]=, =http://yahoo.com=, or =~[<nop>~[http://yahoo.com/~]~[link to Yahoo~]~]=" args="%HOMETOPIC%"}%
   * %MAKETEXT{"*monospaced* put word/phrase in equal signs: =<nop>=your words=="}%
   * %MAKETEXT{"*paragraphs* separate with blank line"}%
   * <a target="TextFormattingRules" onclick="return launchWindow('%TWIKIWEB%','TextFormattingRules')" href="%SCRIPTURLPATH{"view"}%/%TWIKIWEB%/TextFormattingRules">%MAKETEXT{"More formatting help"}%</a> %MAKETEXT{"and"}% <a target="GoodStyle" onclick="return launchWindow('%TWIKIWEB%','GoodStyle')" href="%SCRIPTURLPATH{"view"}%/%TWIKIWEB%/GoodStyle">%MAKETEXT{"hints on good style"}%</a>
%STOPINCLUDE%
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Topic revision: r4 - 2005-03-27 - TWikiContributor

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