Text Formatting Examples

Click on EditText (it's ok to try, really! :) to see the formatting stuff, but please don't change the page - use WikiWikiSandbox for testing these rules.

A few tabulated examples:

The formatted result. | The raw text

strong man. | strong man.

Strong Man | Strong Man


        ----------------------------------

Italicized text here. | Italicized text here.

Strong emphasized | Strong emphasized

Strong italic text:-) | Strong italic text:-)

Bullet pointed. | * Bullet pointed.

Numbered list.| 0 Numbered list.

isbn 020171499X | isbn

ISBN 020171499X | ISBN


        leading space. |  leading space.

(Where denotes a tab character.)

two single quotes

now two single quotes and three single quotes (total of 5)

Bold text -- three single quotes

Bold italic text -- two plus three single quotes Quoted bold italic maybe?

two quotes -- Italic 2 plus

three quotes -- BOLD 3 equals

Italic Bold 5

'Trying four quotes'

'Trying many quotes'

WikiWikiWeb WikiWikiWeb WikiWikiWeb

Note that "mind your p's and q's" is awkward to produce.

SixSingleQuotes: SixSingleQuotes or SixSingleQuotes


        monospace preformatted stuff begins with a space

Hello


        Hello Again

Link to FrontPage

Horizontal line with front space:


        ---------

Horizontal lines without front space:

An unnumbered list begins with an asterisk.
A list member
- Nested list members without tabs.
  - You can now nest beyond four deep...
    - ...although it becomes hard...
      - ...to read and edit.

A numbered list, which starts with a tab and any digit, is automatically numbered.
It is also called an ordered list.

The various kinds of lists can be nested by using extra tabs.

Also this way:
1. Nested
2. Nested too
3. Yet one more
4. And another one
5. This is not another one
But this one is

Also the other way round:
1. Item 1
2. Item 2
3. 3 metI

And like this.
- Nested item.
  - Even more nested item.
    - Even more nested item.
  - I've flown the coop!

term: definition -- formed with Tab-Stuff-Colon-Tab

another term: and its buddy definition

: This is a block quote. It looks like :text. This is because it really is a term: definition block with the term being a .

Image in this Wiki (just the URL to the image file):

:text also seems to be the best format for poems (copy-and-paste from GreatPoemsList):

William Shakespeare, The Tempest act IV scene 1.

Edit (but don't change, please) this page to see the formatting stuff.

'single quote' "double quote" 3 single quotes

If you indent your paragraph, it will be monospaced and won't line-wrap. This is a very common mistake, but trying to rectify it by inserting new lines into the paragraph doesn't work.

Example:


        Our [many] revels now are ended. These our actors,

        As I foretold you, were all spirits and

        Are melted into air, into thin air:

        And, like the baseless fabric of this vision,


        The cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces,

        The solemn temples, the great globe itself,

        Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve

        And, like this insubstantial pageant faded,

        Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff

        As dreams are made on, and our little life

        Is rounded with a sleep.

Monospaced text is also handy for showing tables (since HtmlTables are not supported). However, be wary of TabMunging.


        Person  Pickles picked

        ------  --------------

        Mary    0.35 peck

        Peter   1.00 peck