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{| style="border:1px solid #A3B1BF; text-align:left; background:#f5faff"  italic  italic  bold  bold  bold & italic  bold & italic
 * width="30%" style="background: #cee0f2; padding: 0.3em; text-align:center;"|Description
 * style="background: #cee0f2; padding: 0.3em; text-align:center;"|You type
 * width="30%" style="background: #cee0f2; padding: 0.3em; text-align:center;"|You get
 * colspan="3" style="background:#E6F2FF; padding: 0.2em; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 0.9em; text-align:center;" | Applies anywhere
 * Italicise text
 * colspan="3" style="background:#E6F2FF; padding: 0.2em; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 0.9em; text-align:center;" | Applies anywhere
 * Italicise text
 * Italicise text
 * colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"|
 * Bold text
 * Bold text
 * Bold text
 * colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"|
 * Bold and italic
 * Bold and italic
 * Bold and italic
 * colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"|
 * colspan="3"|Internal link (to Audacity Manual):
 * to page displayed as name of the page
 * colspan="3"|Internal link (to Audacity Manual):
 * to page displayed as name of the page
 * to page displayed as name of the page


 *  name of page 


 * name of page


 * to page displayed as custom display text
 * to page displayed as custom display text


 *  display text 


 * display text


 * to heading on page displayed as custom display text
 * to heading on page displayed as custom display text


 *  display text 


 * display text

 #REDIRECT Target page  &#8627; Target page
 * colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"|
 * Redirect to another page - strongly discouraged except as temporary measure
 * Redirect to another page - strongly discouraged except as temporary measure
 * Redirect to another page - strongly discouraged except as temporary measure
 * colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"|
 * External link
 * External link
 * External link

(to other web sites)  

 display text </tt>

 http://www.example.org </tt> 

display text

http://www.example.org ''A Table of Contents (TOC) is automatically generated when four headings are added to an article. To force a TOC to appear, type. On all Reference pages, we use to ensure there is no TOC.''  == Level 1 == </tt>
 * colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"|
 * colspan="3" style="background:#E6F2FF; padding: 0.2em; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 0.9em; text-align:center;" | Applies only at the beginning of the line
 * valign="top"|Headings
 * colspan="3" style="background:#E6F2FF; padding: 0.2em; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 0.9em; text-align:center;" | Applies only at the beginning of the line
 * valign="top"|Headings
 * valign="top"|Headings
 * valign="top"|Headings
 * valign="top"|

 === Level 2 === </tt>

 ==== Level 3 ==== </tt>

 ===== Level 4 ===== </tt>

 ====== Level 5 ====== </tt>

Level 5
* 1st point</tt>
 * colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"|
 * Bullet list
 * Bullet list
 * Bullet list

* 2nd point</tt>

** sub point about 2nd point</tt>

* 3rd point </tt> # 1st step</tt>
 * 1st point
 * 2nd point
 * sub point about 2nd point
 * 3rd point
 * colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"|
 * Numbered list
 * colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"|
 * Numbered list
 * Numbered list

# 2nd step</tt>

## substep of 2nd step</tt>

# 3rd step</tt> ''NB: Adding to an existing numbered point after the embedded bullet points will not indent properly. Use HTML <ul> inside <ol> instead.'' # 1st step </tt>
 * 1) 1st step
 * 2) 2nd step
 * 3) substep of 2nd step
 * 4) 3rd step
 * colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"|
 * valign="top"|Bullet list inside numbered list
 * colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"|
 * valign="top"|Bullet list inside numbered list
 * valign="top"|Bullet list inside numbered list

<tt># 2nd step</tt>

<tt>#* If (a) applies do this</tt>

<tt>#* If (b) applies do this</tt>

<tt># 3rd step</tt>
 * 1) 1st step
 * 2) 2nd step
 * 3) * If (a) applies do this
 * 4) * If (b) applies do this
 * 5) 3rd step
 * colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"|
 * Thumbnail image
 * colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid #cee0f2;"|
 * Thumbnail image
 * Thumbnail image
 * }

Tables
Special wikicode can be used as a shortcut to create a table. The pipe (vertical bar) codes function exactly the same as HTML table markup, so a knowledge of HTML table code will help in understanding pipe code. The shortcuts are as follows:
 * The entire table is encased with curly brackets and a vertical bar character (a pipe). So use   to begin a table, and   to end it.  Each one needs to be on its own line:
 * An optional table caption is included with a line starting with a vertical bar and plus sign " " and the caption after it:
 * To start a new table row, type a vertical bar and a hyphen on its own line: " ". The codes for the cells in that row will start on the next line.
 * Type the codes for each table cell in the next row, starting with a bar:
 * Cells can be separated with either a new line and new bar, or by a double bar "||" on the same line. Both produce the same output:


 * a row of column headings is identified by using "!" instead of "|", and using "!!" instead of "||". Header cells typically render differently than regular cells, depending on the browser.  They are often rendered in a bold font and centered.

Templates
To insert a template into the text, type: For example, when you type: Click on Click on  is displayed.

If the text to be displayed include the equals sign, the text must either be preceded by "1=" or wrapped in       tags.

For example, type: to display

For this reason it is easier and more readable to use a template inside a template, rather than a    structure.

For example, it is easier to type:

than to type: both produce: