Help:Editing

How to edit? It is easy! Simply click the edit tab at the top of the page and you can start. This will bring you to a new page which contains a box containing the text of the page you want to edit and over the box you will find several buttons to help you with the simplest editing, similar to those you know from MS Word.

When you are finished with your edit use the button show preview to see how the page looks with your edit. To see the differences between your edit and previous edit press show changes button. If you are satisfied with the results, press the save page button. Don’t forget to write edit summary in the small field below the editing box.

If you are not sure about editing an article, you can try few experimental edits at special page for trying out the wiki code: Sandbox.

Headings
{| class = wikitable ! What you type              !! How it will look like Heading 1 write in the new line between two equal signs.
 * == Heading 1 ==
 * == Heading 1 ==

Heading 1
Heading 1 write in the new line between two equal signs In the new line write Heading 2 between three equal signs.
 * === Heading 2 ===
 * === Heading 2 ===

Heading 2
In the new line write Heading 2 between three equal signs. In the new line write Heading 2 between four equal signs.
 * ==== Heading 3 ====
 * ==== Heading 3 ====

Heading 3
In the new line write Heading 2 between four equal signs.
 * }

etc…

Character formatting
For working with chemical formulas you may find   useful.

Indenting of text, bulleted and numbered list
You can also combine: colon, *star and # number sign.

Paragraph, empty line, hard space(fixed space)
This line begins with the space and because another line begins with space too, they aren’t joined together.
 * To continue writing in another line insert to a text an empty line, i.e. press Enter twice.
 * You can also create the end of the line by using code  or.
 * To use hard space  insert code
 * Putting a space at the beginning of each line stops the text  from being reformatted.
 * Note.: To indent a line use :   (colon).

Links and URLs
To create a link to another Wikilectures article you must use two square brackets (use combination right ALT + F and right ALT + G).

To display other text than the page name, write the text to be displayed behind the vertical line (right ALT + W)

By the same way you can also insert the links into the articles that haven’t been created yet. The only difference is in colours. Instead of blue, the link will be shown in red.

Link to internet page which is not a part of Wikilectures (external link) looks similar, but you must write it between the simple square brackets and is it not necessary to use vertical line. Notice: If you don’t write the name of the link you can see only the ordinal number of the link:

To connect, via interwiki link, to a page on the same subject in another language, put a link of the form:  language code:Title  near the bottom of the article. See also interwiki.

Uploading of images
The simplest way is to write internal link like  . After finishing your work with the page, click on the red link and you will be redirected to a page from which you will be able to upload the image. More information about uploading images can be found here.

More information
More detailed instructions can be found in the Help of English Wikipedia under How to edit a page  or Help

In case you didn’t find information you needed, please turn to Wikilectures:FAQ