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Using Wiki Syntax

If you have tried using the editing toolbar to apply formatting to some text you may have noticed that the act of clicking on a button actually wraps your text inside some common grammatical characters. These characters are used by the wiki software to indicate where formatting is to be applied. After you become familiar with what some of the basic formatting syntax is you may find it quicker and easier to just type this syntax yourself into the edit mode textarea rather than highlighting, selecting and clicking on the buttons.

The syntax for creating a bolded element consists of surrounding the text you wish to bold inside three single quotes (') like this:

'''this text is bold'''

which will appear in the preview or saved modes like this: this text is bold

Italicising text requires surrounding text inside two quotes, like this:

''this text is italicised''

which will appear like this:

this text is italicised