Editing

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To edit an article, simply click the "edit" tab at the top of the page.

You should see a set of tools at the top of the editing window to help you format your work. You can also use most html tags if you know how.


[edit]

The editing toolbar

Image:Editingbar.gif


What it Looks Like When Saved What it Looks Like in the Text
1. Image:Buttonbold.gif Bold 
 '''Bold'''
2. Image:Buttonitalics.gif Italics 
 ''Italics''
3. Image:Buttonlink.gif Link to another page: Main Page
or
Science Online 
Link to another page: [[Page Title]] 
or 
[[Page Title|Text to show as link]]
4. Image:Buttonextlink.gif Link to an outside site [1]
or
http://www.nytimes.com 
[http://www.url.com]
or
http://www.url.com
5. Image:Buttonheadline.gif
[edit]

Headline

Note: you automatically get an "edit" link for each headline section and when you put more than 3 headlines on a page, you automatically get a table of contents! 
 == Headline ==
6. Image:Buttonimage.gif Shows an actual image on the page.
Note: Before you can embed an image in an article, you need to upload it by clicking on the upload file link in the toolbox on the left. See guidelines for using images. 
 [[Image:NameOfFile.jpg]]
7. Image:Buttonmath.gif Math is NOT YET IMPLEMENTED 
 <math>Equation</math>
8. Image:Buttonme.gif Signature for signing messages on discussions.
Message from --Aforte 08:48, 17 August 2006 (EDT) 
 Message from --~~~~
9. Image:Buttonsub.gif SubScript 
 <sub>script</sub>
10. Image:Buttonsup.gif Superscript 
 <sup>script</sup>
11. Image:Buttonquestion.gif
Questions Answered in this Article
  • What questions does this article answer?
  • Another question? 
{{QuestionsBox|
* What questions does this article answer?
* Another question?
}}
12. Image:ButtonWIP.gif
Work in Progress
This page is currently being worked on, possibly as part of an assignment, please don't edit it directly yet. Instead, leave your comments on the discussion page. 
 {{WorkInProgress}}
13. Image:Buttoncitation.gif Insert a reference (Hawking, 1996).

Note: the reference will automatically be generated and will appear at the bottom of the page in the references section. If it doesn't appear right away, you may need to reload the page. 

 <ref>(Hawking&1996 79)</ref>

References

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