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In the left column of the table below, you can see what effects are possible. In the right column, you can see how those effects were achieved. In other words, to make text look like it looks in the left column, type it in the format you see in the right column.
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If you want to try out things without danger of doing any harm, you can do so in the [[Sandbox]].
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[[Category:Help|Editing]]
 
 
== Sections, paragraphs, lists and lines ==
 
<table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
 
<tr>
 
<th>What it looks like</th>
 
<th>What you type</th>
 
</tr>
 
<tr>
 
<td>
 
Start your sections with header lines:
 
 
 
Note: Single equal signs give the highest level heading, like the page title; usually projects have the convention not to use them.
 
 
 
<!-- This is the original
 
= DO NOT USE THIS =
 
== New section ==
 
=== Subsection ===
 
==== Sub-subsection ====
 
-->
 
 
 
<!-- next set
 
<h1> DO NOT USE THIS </h1>
 
<h2> New section </h2>
 
<h3> Subsection </h3>
 
<h4> Sub-subsection </h4>
 
-->
 
 
 
<!-- This code prevents confusion in the section editing feature-->
 
<b><font style="font-size:120%"> New section </font></b>
 
 
 
<b><font style="font-size:110%"> Subsection</font></b>
 
 
 
<b><font style="font-size:100%"> Sub-subsection</font></b>
 
 
 
</td>
 
<td><pre><nowiki>
 
 
 
== New section ==
 
 
 
=== Subsection ===
 
 
 
==== Sub-subsection ====
 
</nowiki></pre>
 
</td>
 
</tr>
 
<tr>
 
<td>
 
Newline:
 
 
 
A single
 
newline
 
has no
 
effect on the
 
layout.
 
 
 
But an empty line
 
starts a new paragraph.
 
 
 
(<nowiki><p></nowiki> disables this paragraphing until <nowiki></p></nowiki> or the end  of the section)
 
 
 
(in Cologne Blue two newlines and a div tag give just one newline; in the order newline, div tag, newline, the result is two newlines)
 
 
 
</td>
 
<td>
 
<pre><nowiki>
 
 
 
A single
 
newline
 
has no
 
effect on the
 
layout.
 
 
 
But an empty line
 
starts a new paragraph.</nowiki></pre>
 
</td>
 
</tr>
 
<tr valign="top"><td>You can break lines<br>
 
without starting a new paragraph.<p>
 
Sufficient as wikitext code is <nowiki><br></nowiki>, the XHTML code <nowiki><br /></nowiki> is not needed, the system produces this code.</p></td>
 
<td><pre><nowiki>You can break lines<br>
 
without starting a new paragraph.</nowiki></pre>
 
</td>
 
</tr>
 
<tr>
 
<td>
 
* Lists are easy to do:
 
** start every line with a star
 
*** more stars means deeper levels
 
*A newline
 
*in a list 
 
marks the end of the list.
 
*Of course
 
*you can
 
*start again.
 
 
 
</td>
 
<td><pre><nowiki>* Lists are easy to do:
 
** start every line with a star
 
*** more stars means deeper levels
 
*A newline
 
*in a list 
 
marks the end of the list.
 
*Of course
 
*you can
 
*start again.
 
 
 
</nowiki></pre>
 
</td>
 
</tr>
 
<tr>
 
<td>
 
# Numbered lists are also good
 
## very organized
 
## easy to follow
 
#A newline
 
#in a list 
 
marks the end of the list.
 
#New numbering starts
 
#with 1.
 
 
 
</td>
 
<td><pre><nowiki># Numbered lists are also good
 
## very organized
 
## easy to follow
 
#A newline
 
#in a list 
 
marks the end of the list.
 
#New numbering starts
 
#with 1.
 
</nowiki></pre>
 
</td>
 
</tr>
 
<tr>
 
<td>
 
* You can even do mixed lists
 
*# and nest them
 
*#* like this<br>or have newlines<br>inside lists
 
</td>
 
<td><pre><nowiki>* You can even do mixed lists
 
*# and nest them
 
*#* like this<br>or have newlines<br>inside lists</nowiki></pre>
 
</td>
 
</tr>
 
<tr>
 
<td>
 
* You can also
 
**break lines<br>inside lists<br>like this
 
</td>
 
<td><pre><nowiki>* You can also
 
**break lines<br>inside lists<br>like this</nowiki></pre>
 
</td>
 
</tr>
 
<tr>
 
<td>
 
; Definition list : list of definitions
 
; item : the item's definition
 
</td>
 
<td><pre><nowiki>; Definition list : list of definitions
 
; item : the item's definition</nowiki></pre>
 
</td>
 
</tr>
 
<tr>
 
<td>
 
:A colon indents a line or paragraph.
 
A manual newline starts a new paragraph.
 
* This is primarily for displayed material, but is also used for discussion on Talk pages.
 
</td>
 
<td><pre><nowiki>: A colon indents a line or paragraph.
 
A manual newline starts a new paragraph.
 
</nowiki></pre>
 
</td>
 
</tr>
 
<tr valign=top>
 
<td>
 
<pre><nowiki>IF a line of plain text starts with a space THEN
 
  it will be formatted exactly
 
    as typed;
 
  in a fixed-width font;
 
  lines won't wrap;
 
ENDIF
 
this is useful for:
 
  * pasting preformatted text;
 
  * algorithm descriptions;
 
  * program source code
 
  * ASCII art;
 
  * chemical structures;</nowiki></pre>
 
 
 
WARNING If you make it wide,
 
you force the whole page to be wide and
 
hence less readable. Never start ordinary lines with spaces.<br>
 
<center>(see also below)</center>
 
</td>
 
<td><pre><nowiki> IF a line of plain text starts with a space THEN
 
  it will be formatted exactly
 
    as typed;
 
  in a fixed-width font;
 
  lines won't wrap;
 
ENDIF
 
this is useful for:
 
  * pasting preformatted text;
 
  * algorithm descriptions;
 
  * program source code
 
  * ASCII art;
 
  * chemical structures;</nowiki></pre></td>
 
</tr>
 
<tr valign="top"><td><center>Centered text.</center>
 
</td>
 
<td><pre><nowiki><center>Centered text.</center></nowiki></pre>
 
</td>
 
</tr>
 
<tr>
 
<td>A horizontal dividing line: above
 
----
 
and below.
 
 
 
(However, in most cases a section header is more useful. The horizontal dividing line should only be used if what follows is logically part of the same section; otherwise that part would be hidden in the TOC.)</td>
 
<td><pre><nowiki>A horizontal dividing line: above
 
----
 
and below. </nowiki></pre>
 
</td>
 
</tr>
 
</table>
 
 
 
Summarizing the effect of a single newline: no effect in general, but it ends a list item or indented part; thus changing some text into a list item, or indenting it, is more cumbersome if it contains newlines, they have to be removed; see also [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Don't_use_line_breaks Don't use line breaks].
 
 
 
 
 
== Links, URLs ==
 
 
 
<table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
 
<tr>
 
<th>What it looks like</th>
 
<th>What you type</th>
 
</tr>
 
<tr valign="top"><td>Sue is reading the [[video policy]].
 
*First letter of target is automatically capitalized.
 
*Internally spaces are automatically represented as underscores (typing an underscore has the same effect as typing a space, but is not recommended).
 
Thus the [[link]] above is to <nowiki>http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_policy</nowiki>, which is the page with the name "Video policy".
 
</td>
 
<td><pre><nowiki>Sue is reading the [[video policy]].</nowiki></pre>
 
</td>
 
</tr>
 
<tr><td>
 
Link to a section on a page, e.g.
 
[[List_of_cities_by_country#Morocco]]; when section linking does not work the link is treated as link to the page, i.e. to the top; this applies for:
 
*links to non-existent sections
 
*links in redirects
 
</td><td>
 
<pre><nowiki>[[List_of_cities_by_country#Morocco]].</nowiki></pre></td>
 
</tr>
 
<tr valign="top"><td>Link target and link label are different: [[User:Larry Sanger|answers]].
 
 
 
(This is called a [[piped link]]).
 
</td>
 
<td><pre><nowiki>Same target, different name:
 
[[User:Larry Sanger|answers]]</nowiki></pre>
 
</td>
 
</tr>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<td>Endings are blended into the link: [[official position]]s, [[gene]]s</td>
 
<td>
 
<pre><nowiki>Endings are blended
 
into the link: [[official position]]s, [[gene]]s</nowiki></pre>
 
</td>
 
</tr>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<td>
 
Automatically hide stuff in parentheses: [[kingdom (biology)|kingdom]].
 
<p>Automatically hide namespace: [[Wikipedia:Village pump|Village pump]].</p>
 
<p>The server fills in the part after the | when you save the page. Next time you open the edit box you will see the expanded piped link. A preview interprets the abbreviated form correctly, but does not expand it yet in the edit box. Press Save and again Edit, and you will see the expanded version. The same applies for the following feature.</p>
 
</td>
 
<td>
 
<pre><nowiki>Automatically hide stuff in parentheses:
 
[[kingdom (biology)|]]. </nowiki></pre>
 
<pre><nowiki>Automatically hide namespace:
 
[[Wikipedia:Village pump|]].</nowiki></pre>
 
</td></tr>
 
<tr>
 
<td>When adding a comment to a Talk page,
 
you should sign it. You can do this by
 
adding three tildes for your user name:
 
: [[User:Karl Wick|Karl Wick]]
 
or four for user name plus date/time:
 
: [[User:Karl Wick|Karl Wick]] 08:10 Oct 5, 2002 (UTC)
 
</td>
 
<td><pre><nowiki>When adding a comment to a Talk page,
 
you should sign it. You can do this by
 
adding three tildes for your user name:
 
: ~~~
 
or four for user name plus date/time:
 
: ~~~~</nowiki></pre>
 
</td>
 
</tr>
 
<tr valign="top"><td>[[The weather in London]] is a page that doesn't exist yet.
 
*You can create it by clicking on the link.
 
*To create a new page:
 
*#Create a link to it on some other page.
 
*#Save that page.
 
*#Click on the link you just made. The new page will open for editing.
 
*Have a look at [[MediaWiki User's Guide: Starting a new page|how to start a page]] guide and the naming conventions page for your project.
 
</td>
 
<td><pre><nowiki>[[The weather in London]] is a page
 
that doesn't exist yet.</nowiki></pre>
 
</td>
 
</tr>
 
<tr valign="top"><td>
 
[[MediaWiki User's Guide: Using redirects|Redirect]] one article title to another by putting text like this in its first line.
 
</td>
 
<td><pre><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[United States]]</nowiki></pre>
 
</td>
 
</tr>
 
<tr valign="top"><td>
 
A link to the page on the same subject in another language or, more generally, to a page on another wiki:
 
[[:fr:Wikipédia:Aide]].
 
For more info see [[m:Help:Interwiki linking]].
 
</td>
 
<td><pre><nowiki>[[fr:Wikipédia:Aide]], [[:fr:Wikipédia:Aide]]</nowiki></pre></td>
 
</tr>
 
<tr>
 
<td>"What links here" and "Related changes" can be linked as:<br/>
 
[[Special:Whatlinkshere/Wikipedia:How to edit a page]] and
 
[[Special:Recentchangeslinked/Wikipedia:How to edit a page]]
 
</td>
 
<td><pre><nowiki>
 
[[Special:Whatlinkshere/
 
Wikipedia:How to edit a page]] and
 
[[Special:Recentchangeslinked/
 
Wikipedia:How to edit a page]]</nowiki></pre>
 
</td>
 
</tr>
 
<tr valign="top"><td>External links: [http://www.nupedia.com Nupedia], [http://www.nupedia.com]
 
</td>
 
<td><pre><nowiki>External links:
 
[http://www.nupedia.com Nupedia],
 
[http://www.nupedia.com]</nowiki></pre>
 
</td>
 
</tr>
 
<tr valign="top"><td>Or just give the URL: http://www.nupedia.com.
 
*In the [[en:URL|URL]] all symbols must be among: A-Z a-z 0-9 ._\/~%- &amp;#?!=()@ \x80-\xFF. If a URL contains a different character it should be converted; for example, ^ has to be written ^ (to be looked up in [[en:ASCII|ASCII]]). A blank space can also be converted into an underscore.
 
</td>
 
<td><pre><nowiki>Or just give the URL:
 
http://www.nupedia.com.</nowiki></pre>
 
</td>
 
</tr>
 
<tr>
 
<td>
 
To link to books, you can use [[en:ISBN|ISBN]] links.
 
ISBN 0123456789X See [[Help:ISBN links]]
 
</td>
 
<td>
 
<pre><nowiki>ISBN 0123456789X</nowiki></pre>
 
</td>
 
</tr>
 
<tr>
 
<td>
 
Link to [[w:Request for Comments|Request for Comments]]: RFC 123 (URL specified in [[mediawiki:Rfcurl]])
 
</td>
 
<td>
 
<pre><nowiki>RFC 123</nowiki></pre>
 
</td>
 
</tr>
 
<tr>
 
<td>
 
To include links to non-image uploads such as sounds, use a "media" link.
 
<br/>[[media:Sg_mrob.ogg|Sound]]
 
</td>
 
<td>
 
<pre>
 
<nowiki>
 
[[media:Sg_mrob.ogg|Sound]]
 
</nowiki></pre>
 
</td>
 
</tr>
 
<tr valign=top>
 
<td>Use links for dates, so everyone can set their own display order. Use [[Special:Preferences]] to change your own date display setting.
 
</td>
 
<td><pre><nowiki>[[July 20]], [[1969]] , [[20 July]] [[1969]]
 
and [[1969]]-[[07-20]]
 
</nowiki></pre>will all appear as [[20 July]] [[1969]] if you set your date display preference to 1 January 2001.
 
</td>
 
</tr>
 
</table>
 
 
 
== Images ==
 
 
 
<table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
 
<tr>
 
<th>What it looks like</th>
 
<th>What you type</th>
 
</tr>
 
<tr valign="top"><td>A picture: [[Image:Wiki.png|Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia]]
 
* For many projects, only images that have been uploaded to the same project or [[commons:|the Commons]] can be used. To upload images, use the [[Special:Upload|upload page]]. You can find the uploaded image on the [[Special:Imagelist|image list]]
 
</td>
 
<td><pre><nowiki>
 
A picture: [[Image:Wiki.png]]</nowiki></pre>
 
or, with alternative text (''strongly'' encouraged) <!-- actually required in HTML4 -->
 
<pre><nowiki>[[Image:Wiki.png|Wikipedia
 
- The Free Encyclopedia]] </nowiki>
 
</pre>
 
[[en:Web browser|Web browser]]s render alternative text when not displaying an image -- for example, when the image isn't loaded, or in a text-only browser, or when spoken aloud. See [[en:Wikipedia:Alternative text for images|Alternative text for images]] for help on choosing alternative text.  See [[en:Wikipedia:Extended_image_syntax|Extended image syntax]] for more options.
 
</td>
 
</tr>
 
<tr>
 
<td>
 
Clicking on an uploaded image displays a description page, which you can also link directly to: [[:Image:Wiki.png]]
 
</td>
 
<td><pre><nowiki>
 
[[:Image:Wiki.png]]
 
</nowiki></pre>
 
</td>
 
</tr>
 
 
 
<tr>
 
<td>
 
To include links to images shown as links instead of drawn on the page, use a "media" link.
 
<br/>[[media:Tornado.jpg|Image of a Tornado]]
 
</td>
 
<td>
 
<pre>
 
<nowiki>
 
[[media:Tornado.jpg|Image of a Tornado]]
 
</nowiki></pre>
 
</td>
 
</tr>
 
 
 
</table>
 
 
 
== Character formatting ==
 
 
 
<table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
 
<tr>
 
<th>What it looks like</th>
 
<th>What you type</th>
 
</tr>
 
<tr valign="top"><td>
 
''Emphasize'', '''strongly''', '''''very strongly'''''.
 
*These are double and triple apostrophes, not double quotes.
 
</td>
 
<td>
 
<pre><nowiki>''Emphasize'', '''strongly''',
 
'''''very strongly'''''.</nowiki></pre>
 
</td>
 
</tr>
 
<tr valign="top"><td>
 
You can also write <i>italic</i> and <b>bold</b>
 
if the desired effect is a specific font style
 
rather than emphasis, as in mathematical formulas:
 
:<b>F</b> = <i>m</i><b>a</b>
 
*However, the difference between these two methods is not very important for graphical browsers, and many people choose to ignore it.
 
</td>
 
<td>
 
<pre><nowiki>You can also write <i>italic</i>
 
and <b>bold</b> if the desired effect is a
 
specific font style rather than emphasis, as
 
in mathematical formulas:
 
:<b>F</b> = <i>m</i><b>a</b></nowiki></pre><!-- that's not a mathematical formula, though -- sure it is, just because it's being applied to physics doesn't make it stop being mathematics -->
 
</td>
 
</tr>
 
<tr valign=top>
 
<td>A typewriter font for <tt>technical terms</tt>.
 
</td>
 
<td><pre><nowiki>A typewriter font for
 
<tt>technical terms</tt>.</nowiki></pre>
 
</td><!-- tt is really 'teletype', not 'technical term' -->
 
</tr>
 
<tr valign=top>
 
<td>You can use <small>small text</small> for captions.
 
</td>
 
<td><pre><nowiki>You can use <small>small text</small>
 
for captions.</nowiki></pre>
 
</td>
 
</tr>
 
<tr valign="top"><td>You can <strike>strike out deleted material</strike>
 
and <u>underline new material</u>.
 
</td>
 
<td><pre><nowiki>You can <strike>strike out deleted material</strike>
 
and <u>underline new material</u>.</nowiki></pre>
 
</td>
 
</tr>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<td>
 
'''Umlauts and accents:''' (See [[MediaWiki User's Guide: Creating special characters]])<br/>
 
è é ê ë ì í<br/>
 
<br/>
 
&Agrave; &Aacute; &Acirc; &Atilde; &Auml; &Aring; <br/>
 
&AElig; &Ccedil; &Egrave; &Eacute; &Ecirc; &Euml; <br/>
 
&Igrave; &Iacute;
 
&Icirc; &Iuml; &Ntilde; &Ograve; <br/>
 
&Oacute; &Ocirc; &Otilde;
 
&Ouml; &Oslash; &Ugrave; <br/>
 
&Uacute; &Ucirc; &Uuml; &szlig;
 
&agrave; &aacute; <br/>
 
&acirc; &atilde; &auml; &aring; &aelig;
 
&ccedil; <br/>
 
&egrave; &eacute; &ecirc; &euml; &igrave; &iacute;<br/>
 
&icirc; &iuml; &ntilde; &ograve; &oacute; &ocirc; <br/>
 
&oelig; &otilde;
 
&ouml; &oslash; &ugrave; &uacute; <br/>
 
&ucirc; &uuml; &yuml;
 
</td>
 
<td><pre><nowiki>
 
 
 
è é ê ë ì í
 
 
 
&amp;Agrave; &amp;Aacute; &amp;Acirc; &amp;Atilde; &amp;Auml; &amp;Aring;
 
&amp;AElig; &amp;Ccedil; &amp;Egrave; &amp;Eacute; &amp;Ecirc; &amp;Euml;
 
&amp;Igrave; &amp;Iacute; &amp;Icirc; &amp;Iuml; &amp;Ntilde; &amp;Ograve;
 
&amp;Oacute; &amp;Ocirc; &amp;Otilde; &amp;Ouml; &amp;Oslash; &amp;Ugrave;
 
&amp;Uacute; &amp;Ucirc; &amp;Uuml; &amp;szlig; &amp;agrave; &amp;aacute;
 
&amp;acirc; &amp;atilde; &amp;auml; &amp;aring; &amp;aelig; &amp;ccedil;
 
&amp;egrave; &amp;eacute; &amp;ecirc; &amp;euml; &amp;igrave; &amp;iacute;
 
&amp;icirc; &amp;iuml; &amp;ntilde; &amp;ograve; &amp;oacute; &amp;ocirc;
 
&amp;oelig; &amp;otilde; &amp;ouml; &amp;oslash; &amp;ugrave; &amp;uacute;
 
&amp;ucirc; &amp;uuml; &amp;yuml;</nowiki></pre></td>
 
</tr>
 
<tr valign=top>
 
<td>
 
'''Punctuation:'''<br/>
 
&iquest; &iexcl; &laquo; &raquo; &sect; &para;<br/>
 
&dagger; &Dagger; &bull; - &ndash; &mdash;
 
</td>
 
<td><pre><nowiki>
 
&amp;iquest; &amp;iexcl; &amp;laquo; &amp;raquo; &amp;sect; &amp;para;
 
&amp;dagger; &amp;Dagger; &amp;bull; - &amp;ndash; &amp;mdash;</nowiki></pre></td>
 
</tr>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<td>
 
'''Commercial symbols:'''<br/>
 
&trade; &copy; &reg; &cent; &euro; &yen; <br/>
 
&pound; &curren;</td>
 
<td><pre><nowiki>
 
&amp;trade; &amp;copy; &amp;reg; &amp;cent; &amp;euro; &amp;yen;
 
&amp;pound; &amp;curren;
 
</nowiki></pre></td>
 
</tr>
 
<tr valign="top" id="subscript"><td>Subscript: x<sub>2</sub><br/>
 
Superscript: x<sup>2</sup> or x&sup2;
 
 
 
*The latter method of superscript can't be used in the most general context, but is preferred when possible (as with units of measurement) because most browsers have an easier time formatting lines with it.
 
&epsilon;<sub>0</sub> =
 
8.85 &times; 10<sup>&minus;12</sup>
 
C&sup2; / J m.
 
<br/>
 
<br/>
 
1 [[hectare]] = [[1 E4 m²]]
 
</td>
 
<td><pre><nowiki>Subscript: x<sub>2</sub>
 
Superscript: x<sup>2</sup> or x&amp;sup2;
 
 
 
or in projects with the templates sub and sup:
 
 
 
Subscript: x{{sub|2}}
 
Superscript: x{{sup|2}}
 
 
 
&amp;epsilon;<sub>0</sub> =
 
8.85 &amp;times; 10<sup>&amp;minus;12</sup>
 
C&amp;sup2; / J m.
 
 
 
1 [[hectare]] = [[1 E4 m²]]
 
</nowiki></pre></td>
 
</tr>
 
<tr valign="top"><td>'''Greek characters:''' <br/>
 
&alpha; &beta; &gamma; &delta; &epsilon; &zeta; <br/>
 
&eta; &theta; &iota; &kappa; &lambda; &mu; &nu; <br/>
 
&xi; &omicron; &pi; &rho;  &sigma; &sigmaf; <br/>
 
&tau; &upsilon; &phi; &chi; &psi; &omega;<br/>
 
&Gamma; &Delta; &Theta; &Lambda; &Xi; &Pi; <br/>
 
&Sigma; &Phi; &Psi; &Omega;
 
</td>
 
<td><pre><nowiki>
 
&amp;alpha; &amp;beta; &amp;gamma; &amp;delta; &amp;epsilon; &amp;zeta;
 
&amp;eta; &amp;theta; &amp;iota; &amp;kappa; &amp;lambda; &amp;mu; &amp;nu;
 
&amp;xi; &amp;omicron; &amp;pi; &amp;rho;  &amp;sigma; &amp;sigmaf;
 
&amp;tau; &amp;upsilon; &amp;phi; &amp;chi; &amp;psi; &amp;omega;
 
&amp;Gamma; &amp;Delta; &amp;Theta; &amp;Lambda; &amp;Xi; &amp;Pi;
 
&amp;Sigma; &amp;Phi; &amp;Psi; &amp;Omega;
 
</nowiki></pre></td>
 
</tr>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<td>
 
'''Math characters:''' <br/>
 
&int; &sum; &prod; &radic; &minus; &plusmn; &infin;<br/>
 
&asymp; &prop; &equiv; &ne; &le; &ge;<br/>
 
&times; &middot; &divide; &part; &prime; &Prime;<br/>
 
&nabla; &permil; &deg; &there4; &alefsym; &oslash;<br/>
 
&isin; &notin; &cap; &cup; &sub; &sup; &sube; &supe;<br/>
 
&not; &and; &or; &exist; &forall; &rArr; &hArr;<br/>
 
&rarr; &harr; &uarr;<br/>
 
</td>
 
<td valign="middle"><pre><nowiki>
 
&amp;int; &amp;sum; &amp;prod; &amp;radic; &amp;minus; &amp;plusmn; &amp;infin;
 
&amp;asymp; &amp;prop; &amp;equiv; &amp;ne; &amp;le; &amp;ge;
 
&amp;times; &amp;middot; &amp;divide; &amp;part; &amp;prime; &amp;Prime;
 
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arrow      &rarr;
 
 
 
''italics''
 
[[link]]
 
</td>
 
<td valign="bottom">
 
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[[link]]</nowiki></pre>
 
</td>
 
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<nowiki>arrow      &rarr;
 
 
 
''italics''
 
[[link]]
 
</nowiki>
 
</td>
 
<td valign="bottom">
 
<pre><nowiki><nowiki>arrow      &amp;rarr;
 
 
 
''italics''
 
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</td>
 
</tr>
 
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<pre>arrow      &rarr;
 
 
 
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[[link]]
 
</pre>
 
</td>
 
<td valign="bottom">
 
<pre><nowiki><pre>arrow      &amp;rarr;
 
 
 
''italics''
 
[[link]]</pre></nowiki></pre>
 
</td>
 
</tr>
 
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''italics''
 
[[link]]
 
</pre>
 
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<td valign="bottom">
 
<pre> <nowiki>arrow      &amp;rarr;
 
 
 
''italics''
 
[[link]]</nowiki></pre>
 
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<tt>arrow      &rarr;</tt>
 
 
 
<tt>''italics''</tt>
 
<tt>[[link]]</tt>
 
 
 
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<pre><nowiki><tt>arrow      &amp;rarr;</tt>
 
 
 
<tt>''italics''</tt>
 
<tt>[[link]]</nowiki></tt></pre>
 
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