Help:Editing

Editing a text is easier than it may seem at first.
Below you will find a list of the commands that are most commonly used in editing a text.

However, most of the basic editing functions are also available in the editing toolbox that is visible when you are working on an article:

This way, you will not have to remember Wiki's syntax in order to make contributions.

Say, for example, you want to embolden a word. As you can see in the table below, you would have to place three apostrophes respectively at the beginning and the end of the bold text. In the editor, it would look like this: '''bold''', while the output in the article would be: bold.

Now, if you're in the editing mode and click on the bold "B" in the editing toolbox, '''Bold text''' will be inserted automatically. Just replace "Bold text" by whatever word(s) you wish to be written in bold type, and you're done. Alternatively, write your text first, then mark the words you wish to format and click on "B" for bold type, "I" for italics, Ab to turn it into an internal link to another article in our wiki etc.

Apart from that, creating or editing an article is not that much different from writing in a text processing programme.
Leave a blank line in order to start a new paragraph.

Use headlines to structure your article and to allow the wiki software to create a table of contents. When you begin a new section in your article that deserves its own headline, write == Headline == (two equal signs on each side) at the beginning of a new line, replacing "Headline" by the respective title.

Description	What you type	What it looks like
Italics	''italic''	italic
Bold text	'''bold'''	bold
Bold and italic	'''''bold & italic'''''	bold & italic
Internal link (to another article in this wiki)	[[Name of page]] [[Name of page|Text to display]]	Name of page Text to display
External link (to another website)	[http://www.rub.de Ruhr-Uni Bochum] http://www.rub.de	Ruhr-Uni Bochum http://www.rub.de
Section headings Section headings structure the article. They are also used by the software to generate a table of contents automatically. 'Level 1' headings are reserved for the title of the page. 'Level 2' headings designate the main parts of any article, while headings of a lower level can be used to create subsections.	== Level 1 == === Level 2 === ==== Level 3 ==== ===== Level 4 ===== ====== Level 5 ======	Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5
Unordered lists	* First main item * Second main item ** Deeper level/indention * Third main item (Start a new line to end the list)	First main item Second main item Deeper level/indention Third main item Start a new line to end the list
Numbered lists	# One # Two ## Two point one # Three	One Two Two point one Three
Thumbnail image Images need to be uploaded first by clicking on "uploading file" in the toolbox and following the steps described there.	[[Image:Renaissance.jpg|thumb|Caption text]]	Caption text