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%META:TOPICINFO{author="ProjectContributor" date="1231502400" format="1.1" version="1"}%
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This page provides online help for new users of Foswiki when editing a page. If there's some formatting that your contributors use often, you can customize this for your site's particular needs.
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Keeping this help text short and simple is important since this page is aimed at new users. It does include pop-up links for more detailed help.
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%MAKETEXT{"*Formatting help:*"}%
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* %MAKETEXT{"*bold* put word/phrase in asterisks: =<nop>*your phrase*="}%
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* %MAKETEXT{"*bullet list* 3 spaces, asterisk, 1 space: =& & & *& your text="}%
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* %MAKETEXT{"*headings* 3 dashes, 1 to 6 pluses, 1 space: =---++& Your Heading="}%
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* %MAKETEXT{"*italic* put word/phrase in underscores: =_<nop>your words_="}%
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* %MAKETEXT{"*site links* use topic name: =[_1]= or =[<nop>[[_1]][Our homepage]]=" args="%HOMETOPIC%"}%
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* %MAKETEXT{"*external links* =http://yahoo.com= or =~[<nop>~[http://yahoo.com/~]~[link to Yahoo~]~]="}%
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* %MAKETEXT{"*monospaced* put word/phrase in equal signs: =<nop>=your words=="}%
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* %MAKETEXT{"*paragraphs* separate with blank line"}%
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* <a target="TextFormattingRules" class="foswikiPopUp" href="%SCRIPTURLPATH{"view"}%/%SYSTEMWEB%/TextFormattingRules">%MAKETEXT{"More formatting help"}%</a> %MAKETEXT{"and"}% <a target="GoodStyle" class="foswikiPopUp" href="%SCRIPTURLPATH{"view"}%/%SYSTEMWEB%/GoodStyle">%MAKETEXT{"hints on good style"}%</a>