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== Text formatting markup ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Description !! You type !! You get
|-
! colspan="3" style="background:#ABE" | character (inline) formatting – ''applies anywhere''
|-
|Italic text
| <code><nowiki>''italic''</nowiki></code>
|''italic''
|-
| Bold text
| <code><nowiki>'''bold'''</nowiki></code>
|'''bold'''
|-
| Bold and italic
| <code><nowiki>'''''bold & italic'''''</nowiki></code>
|'''''bold & italic'''''
|-
|Escape wiki markup
| <code><nowiki><nowiki>no ''markup''&lt;/nowiki></nowiki></code>
|<nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki>
|-
! colspan="3" style="background:#ABE" | section formatting – ''only at the beginning of the line''
|-
|Headings of different levels 
| <pre>=level 1=
==level 2==
===level 3===
====level 4====
=====level 5=====
======level 6======</pre>
An article with 4 or more headings automatically creates a [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Section#Table of contents (TOC)|table of contents]].

|<!-- hack to prevent TOC viewing for h1 - h6 elements: their style is hardcopied here -->
<div style="font-size: 188%; margin: 0; padding-top: .5em; padding-bottom: .17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa">Level 1</div>
<div style="font-size: 150%; margin: 0; padding-top: .5em; padding-bottom: .17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa">Level 2</div>
<div style="font-size: 132%; font-weight: bold">Level 3</div><!--
--><b>Level 4</b><!--
--><div style="font-size: 86%; font-weight: bold">Level 5</div><!--
--><b style="font-size: 80%">Level 6</b>
|-
|Horizontal rule
| <code>----</code>
|
----
|-
|Bullet list
|
<pre>
* one
* two
* three
** three point one
** three point two
</pre>
Inserting a blank line will end the first list and start another.
|
* one
* two
* three
** three point one
** three point two
|-
|Numbered list
|
<pre>
# one
# two<br />spanning more lines<br />doesn't break numbering
# three
## three point one
## three point two
</pre>
|
# one
# two<br />spanning more lines<br />doesn't break numbering
# three
## three point one
## three point two
|-
|Definition list
|<pre>
;item 1
: definition 1
;item 2
: definition 2-1
: definition 2-2
</pre>
|
;item 1
: definition 1
;item 2
: definition 2-1
: definition 2-2
|-
| Adopting definition list to indent text
|
<pre>: Single indent
:: Double indent
::::: Multiple indent</pre>
This workaround may be controversial from the viewpoint of accessibility.
|
: Single indent
:: Double indent
::::: Multiple indent
|-
| Mixture of different types of list
|
<pre>
# one
# two
#* two point one
#* two point two
# three
#; three item one
#: three def one
# four
#: four def one
#: this rather looks like the continuation of # four
#: and thus often used instead of <br />
# five
## five sub 1
### five sub 1 sub 1
## five sub 2

;item 1
:* definition 1-1
:* definition 1-2
:
;item 2
:# definition 2-1
:# definition 2-2
</pre>
The usage of <code>#:</code> and <code>*:</code> for breaking a line within an item may also be controversial.
|
# one
# two
#* two point one
#* two point two
# three
#; three item one
#: three def one
# four
#: four def one
#: this rather looks like the continuation of <code># four</code>
#: often used instead of <code>&lt;br /></code>
# five
## five sub 1
### five sub 1 sub 1
## five sub 2
;item 1
:* definition 1-1
:* definition 1-2
:
;item 2
:# definition 2-1
:# definition 2-2
|-
|-
|Preformatted text
|
<pre>
 preformatted text is done with
 a '''space''' at the 
 ''beginning'' of the line
</pre>
This way of preformatting only applies to section formatting, and character formatting markups are still effective.
|
 preformatted text is done with
 a '''space''' at the 
 ''beginning'' of the line
|}