Changes: Help:Formatting text/instructions

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You can use the Wikia editor tools to modify the appearance of text to help format, highlight or call out particular areas of interest.

Step by step

Once you click the edit button and enter the editor, you will see this toolbar on top of the page.

Highlight the text you wish to modify with your cursor, and then choose:
- to make the text bold.
- to make the text italic.
- to underline the text.
- to ~~strike-through~~ the text.
To return to normal text mode, re-highlight the text and click on the active button to unselect it.

Editing in source mode

If you wish to edit in source mode, you can format your content using Wikitext.

Next steps

Learn how to format a page
Learn how to link text
Learn how to add a mouse-over tool-tip
Learn how to create a new page

Further help and feedback

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-You can use the Wikia Editor tools to modify the appearance of text on a page, to help format, highlight or call out particular areas of interest.
+You can use the [[Help:Editing|Wikia editor]] tools to '''modify the appearance of text''' to help format, highlight or call out particular areas of interest.
+==Step by step==
-==Using the Wikia Editor - Visual Mode==
+*Once you click the edit button and enter the editor, you will see this toolbar on top of the page.
-===Step-by-Step===
+[[File:Editor_toolbar.png|thumb|center|600px]]
-*First click the "edit" button which is found next to the title of every page. Or you can click the "Edit" link next to any section heading on a page.
-*An edit window will open with a toolbar on top of the edit area.
-:[[File:Editor_toolbar.png|thumb|left|600px]]
-<br clear=all>
 *Highlight the text you wish to modify with your cursor, and then choose:
-**[[File:Bold_button.png]] to make the text '''bold'''.
+**&nbsp;[[File:Bold_button.png]] to make the text '''bold'''.
 **[[File:Italic_button.png]] to make the text ''italic''.
-**[[File:Underline_button.png]] to <u>underline</u> the text.
+**&nbsp;[[File:Underline_button.png]] to <u>underline</u> the text.
-**[[File:Strikethrough_button.png]] to <s>cross out</s>  or <s>strike-through</s> the text.
+**&nbsp;[[File:Strikethrough_button.png]] to <s>strike-through</s> the text.
 *To return to normal text mode, re-highlight the text and click on the active button to unselect it.
+== Editing in source mode ==
-==Using the Wikia Editor - Source Mode==
+*If you wish to edit in source mode, you can format your content using [[Help:Wikitext|Wikitext]].
-===Wiki Basics===
-#==First click the "edit" button which is found next to the title of every page. Or you can click the "Edit" link next to any section heading on a page==
-*An edit window will open.
-*Find the text you wish to modify.
-**Add &nbsp; <nowiki>'''</nowiki> &nbsp; to both sides of the text to make the text '''bold'''.
-**Add &nbsp; <nowiki>''</nowiki> &nbsp; to both sides of the text to make the text ''italic''.
-**Add &nbsp; <nowiki><u></nowiki> &nbsp; to the beginning of the text and &nbsp; <nowiki></u></nowiki> &nbsp; to the end of the text that you wish to make <u>underline</u>.
-**Add &nbsp; <nowiki><strike> or <s></nowiki> &nbsp; to the beginning of the text and &nbsp; <nowiki></s> or </strike></nowiki> &nbsp; to the end of the text that you wish to make <s>strike-through</s>.
+==Next steps==
-===Using <nowiki><span> </span></nowiki> tags===
-With '''<nowiki><span> </span></nowiki> tags''' you can do all of the above and a bit more.
-*First click the "edit" button which is found next to the title of every page. Or you can click the "Edit" link next to any section heading on a page.
-*An edit window will open.
-*Find the text you wish to modify.
-**Add &nbsp; ''<nowiki><span style="font-weight:bold;"></nowiki>'' &nbsp; to beginning of the text and &nbsp; ''<nowiki></span></nowiki>'' to the end of the text that you wish to make '''bold'''.
-**: Alternatives of ''font-weight:'''''bold'''; are:
-**:*  ''font-weight:'''''normal'''; to get &nbsp; <span style="font-weight:normal;">normal</span>.
-**:*  ''font-weight:'''''lighter'''; to get &nbsp; <span style="font-weight:lighter;">lighter</span>.
-**:*  ''font-weight:'''''900'''; to get &nbsp; <span style="font-weight:900;">900</span>.
-** Add &nbsp; ''<nowiki><span style="font-style:italic;"></nowiki>'' &nbsp; to beginning of the text and &nbsp; ''<nowiki></span></nowiki>'' to the end of the text that you wish to make ''italic''.
-**: Alternatives of ''font-style:'''''italic'''; are:
-**:*  ''font-style:'''''normal'''; to get &nbsp; <span style="font-style:normal;">normal</span>.
-**:*  ''font-style:'''''oblique'''; (very similar to italic, but less supported) to get &nbsp; <span style="font-style:oblique;">oblique</span>.
-**Add &nbsp; ''<nowiki><span style="text-decoration:underline;"></nowiki>'' &nbsp; to beginning of the text and &nbsp; ''<nowiki></span></nowiki>'' to the end of the text that you wish to make <u>underline</u>.
-**Add &nbsp; ''<nowiki><span style="text-decoration:line-through;"></nowiki>'' &nbsp; to beginning of the text and &nbsp; ''<nowiki></span></nowiki>'' to the end of the text that you wish to make <s>strike-through</s>.
-**: Alternatives of ''text-decoration:'''''underline'''; and ''text-decoration:'''''line-through'''; are:
-**:*  ''text-decoration:'''''overline'''; to get &nbsp; <span style="text-decoration:overline;">normal</span>.
-**:*  ''text-decoration:'''''blink'''; (not supported by all browsers) to get &nbsp;
-==Next Steps==
 *Learn how to [[Help:Formatting pages|format a page]]
 *Learn how to [[Help:Links|link text]]
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 *Learn how to [[Help:New page|create a new page]]
-==Further Help and Feedback==
+==Further help and feedback==
 {{Help and feedback section}}
 __NOTOC__
-[[fr:Aide:Modifier le texte]]
+[[frhelp:Aide:Modifier le texte]]
+[[ithelp:Aiuto:Modificare il testo]]
-[[pt:Ajuda:Modificar texto]]
-[[nl:Help:Tekst opmaken]]
+[[nlhelp:Help:Tekst opmaken]]
+[[pthelp:Ajuda:Modificar texto]]
-[[ru:Справка:Работа с текстом]]
+[[ruhelp:Справка:Работа с текстом]]
+[[ja:Help:テキストを修正する]]
+[[fi:Ohje:Tekstin muokkaaminen]]
+[[Category:Editing]]
 [[Category:Help|{{PAGENAME}}]]