Wiki Text Formatting

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Text in wiki pages can be easily formatted. The most basic formatting schemes are listed below:

Contents

Creating lines between text

A blank space must be provided between each line in order to avoid text wrap.

Example:

A
B

Appears as:

A B

Whereas:

A 

B

Appears as:

A

B

Bold

Bold text is created by using three single quotes on each side of a block of text.

Example:  '''Bold'''Becomes: 

Bold

Italics

Itallics are created by using two single quotes on each side of a block of text.

Example:  ''Italics''Becomes: 

Italics

Lists

Bulleted Lists

[edit] Bulleted Lists Bullets can be created by using an * at the start of each line Nested bullets can be created using progressively more *'s in each line: Example:

*1
**A
***a
**B
*2

Becomes:

  • 1
    • A
      • a
    • B
  • 2

Enumerated Lists

Enumerated lists are creating by adding the # symbol at the start of each line.

Example of an enumerated list:

#A
##A1
##A2
#B
##B1
##B2
#C
##C1
##C2

Appears as:

  1. A
    1. A1
    2. A2
  2. B
    1. B1
    2. B2
  3. C
    1. C1
    2. C2

Advanced Wiki Formatting

Examples of more advanced wiki formats can be found in the following link Formating Wiki Text

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