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Text formatting in Lexicanum

Bold/Italic text

In order to write an excellent article there are certain formatting functions that you will need to know.

You can edit Lexicanum with simple wikitext notations. The most common Wiki tags are bold and italic. Text is made bold or italic by putting apostrophes before and after the word several times. Note that using double inverted commas (") or the wrong kind of apostrophe will not work and will result in an error - when in doubt, copy/paste ones you know work!

• ''two apostrophies'' indicates italic
• '''three apostrophies''' indicates bold
• '''''five apostrophies''''' indicates bold and italic

It is usual to make the first instance of the name of the article, within the article, bold. For instance, if the article Dark Elves begins like:

The Dark Elves, or Druchii to give their name in the Elven tongue, were expelled from the Elven Kingdoms several millennia ago in a series of bloody civil wars.

This is correctly formatted. There are two bold example here because Druchii has the same meaning as Dark Elves, and as such is the same as the title but using different words. There is no point in bolding a link as it has no effect, although italicising will work.

Headings

Headings can make an article much more accessible by giving it structure. If an article has sections that need splitting up, they can be divided using headings. Headings must be put onto a line of their own, and are made like this:

• ==Lead Title== (two equals signs) An example of this is 'Text Formatting in Lexicanum' shown above.
• ===Subheading=== (three equals signs) An example of this is '1.1 Bold/Italic text'
• ====Minor Heading==== (four equals signs) 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:Chaos wastes and find out what happens.

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