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==Text formatting in Lexicanum==
===Bold/Italic text===
In order to write an excellent article, there are certain formatting functions available in the text processing programthat you will need to know about.
The Wiki comes with some built in HTML functions, but also comes with some inserted easy Wiki codes which facilitate the average user. The most common Wiki tags for [[Lexicanum:Text Formatting|text formatting]] are '''bold''' and ''italic''. Text is made bold of italic by putting apostrophies before and after the word several times.
* <nowiki> ''two apostrophies'' </nowiki> indicates ''italic''* <nowiki> '''three apostrophies''' </nowiki> indicates '''bold'''* <nowiki> '''''five apostrophies''''' </nowiki> indicates '''''bold and italic'''''
It is usual to make the first instance of the name of the article, within the article, bold. For instance, the article [[Space Marine]] begins with:
The '''Space Marines''', also known as the '''Adeptus Astartes''', are superhuman warriors, genetically engineered to be better in every way than a normal human, equipped with the finest weapons the [[Imperium]] can provide and with an unfaltering loyalty to the [[Emperor]].
There are two bold example here because Adeptus Astartes has the same meaning as Space Marines, and as such is the same as the title but using different words.
===Headings===
Headings can make an article much better more accessable by structuring giving itstructure. If an article has sections that need splitting up, they can be divided using headings.
Headings are made like this:
*<nowiki> ==Lead Title== (two equals signs) </nowiki>An example of this is 'Text Formatting in Lexicanum' shown above.*<nowiki> ===Subheading=== (three equals signs) </nowiki>An example of this is '1.1 Bold/Italic Text'*<nowiki> ====Minor Heading==== (four equals signs) </nowiki>An example of this is====Minor Heading====
If an article has at least four major headings (Lead titles), a table of contents is created automatically. You can try this in the [[Lexicanum:Immaterium|Immaterium]] and find out what happens.
