Editing Guide
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Editing the Narrative Section
The text editor in a wiki is different that the text editors we typically use to write papers on our computer. Programs like Microsoft Word are considered WYSIWYG Editors, or "What You See is What You Get" editors. Those editing software programs will add behind-the-scenes "markup" to style the paper.
Wiki Syntax
Using the wiki syntax to edit isn't difficult. If you are learning as you go along, you may want to pop this web page out so you can switch back and forth between this guide and the page you are editing.
Adding a Heading
The page name is a "Level One Heading." We encourage that other sections on the page be set at a level 2 heading or below. To display a heading, add = signs to each side of the text. The number of = signs signals what level of heading you would like the text to be. For example:
==This is a Level Two Heading==
===This is a Level Three Heading===
====This is a Level Four Heading====
If you have enough headings on a page, the Wiki page will automatically generate a table of contents for that page.
Bold and Italic Text
Bold
To make a bold word, enclose it with 3 apostrophes on each side. Note that this is not a quotation mark and a third apostrophe.
'''Bold Text''' will result in Bold Text.
Italic
To make an italic word, enlose it with 2 apostrophes on each side.
''Italic text'' will result in Italic text.
Links
External Links
To add a linkable URL to an outside web page add a "square bracket" to each side. Don't forget the "http://" stuff in front.
[http://example.com] will result in [1]
To give the link a name, rather than showing a number, add a space after the URL, then the name:
[http://example.com link title] will result in link title
Internal Links
To add a link to an internal EMS Wiki page, add 2 "square brackets" to each side.
[[Page Title]] will result in Page Title
Note that the page names are case-sensitive, meaning if you do an uppercase letter where the page name has a lowercase letter, it will not link to the page you intend.
Formatting with White Space
White Space refers to any space that isn't occupied by a letter.
Horizontal White Space
The wiki editor will only read one space between letters. If you put 1, 2, 3, 4 or any higher number of white space between letters, it will only register as one space.
Vertical White Space
If you hit enter and continue text on the next line, it will register as a paragraph break, and will leave one line of space between each paragraph. If you hit enter a number of times, it will still only register as one line space.
Border Around Text
Beginning a line with a space will result in the text being surrounded by a dashed line.
This line begins with a space: (Even though you can't see it)
will result in
This line begins with a space:
