User:Make equable/Edit help/Formatting
Fonts
[edit]Typewriter font, computer code font
[edit]A typewriter font is sometimes used for technical terms and computer code.
typewriter
renders as
typewriter
<code>computer code</code>.
renders as
computer code
Small caps
[edit]<span style="font-variant:small-caps">Text</span>
renders as
Text
Small text
[edit]This is to demonstrate <small>small text</small> template.
renders as
This is to demonstrate small text template.
Big text
[edit]This is to demonstrate <big>big text</big> template.
renders as
This is to demonstrate big text template.
Coloured text
[edit]{{color|blue|colour}}
renders as
colour
Strike out
[edit]<strike>strike out deleted material</strike>
Underline
[edit]<u>underline new material</u>
Centred text
[edit]<center>text</center
Highlighting in talk pages
[edit]{{Font color||yellow|highlight}}
highlight
Abbreviations
[edit]{{H:title|Doctor|Dr}}
renders as
Dr
Extra parameters: |link=yes/no (defaults to "no")|dotted=yes/no (defaults to "yes")
(or)
{{abbr|Dr|Doctor}} (or) <abbr title="Doctor">Dr</abbr>
Breaking and non-breaking words or lines
[edit]Word break
[edit]<wbr>
Line break
[edit]<br>
A non-breaking space
[edit] or {{nowrap}} or {{nowrap begin}} + {{nowrap end}} or {{spaces|N}}
A non-breaking hyphen
[edit]‑
Special symbols
[edit]Add Ampersand (&)
[edit]"&" - renders "&"
Add "<"
[edit]<
Add a pipeline (|)
[edit]To show a visible pipe, use
<nowiki>|</nowiki> or |
Maintain spacing and breaking in a quote or poem
[edit]<poem> Line1 Line2 Line3 Line4 </poem>
renders as
Line1 Line2 Line3 Line4
Creating tables
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A row of column headings is identified by using "! scope="col" |" instead of "|", and using "!! scope="col" |" instead of "||". To avoid boldening, add "|" before "! scope="col""
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For row heading, " scope="row"| " instead of "|".
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If you want narrow one-pixel wide borders around all the cells use this in the top line of the table, use
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- For empty cells, use the non-breaking space as content to ensure that the cells are displayed.
- For nested tables (tables within a table), see Nested tables.