7 Components: the Function Pages - Developers

5 Formatting
In addition to standard emphasis in the form of “bold” and “italics”
cited above, you can utilize a series of further options in MediaWiki,
even if the possibilities of formatting with wikis are clearly not
comparable to those of conventional word processing programs such
as Word. In addition, there is no WYSIWYG (“What You See Is
What You Get”); that is, the formatting is set, as is the case in
HTML or LaTeX, in the form of tags, i.e. ASCII characters in editing
mode, and is only visible after saving it.
The formatting codes can be divided into two major types. The
first are tags that are very similar to HTML codes and work in the
same way. That is to say, you place the text to be formatted between
an initial and a final symbol, such as Text, which displays
the word “Text” in bold. On the other hand, one can also set
wiki-specific markers that precede the text or surround it. It does not
matter which type of symbols you use; the only difference is that the
wiki-specific tags cannot be used for text spanning more than one
line, whereas HTML tags can.
5.1
Formatting Characters
As mentioned, two apostrophes before and after the text to be formatted
italicizes the text, and three apostrophes around the text allow
it to appear in bold. If you want your text to be both bold and
italicized, you simply use five apostrophes.
'''''coordinate''''' our work.
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With regard to font and size, the selection is not all too great. In addition
to the standard font Verdana, you can make your text Courier
by setting it between , which imitates a typewriter font and
looks fitting especially for technical explanations.
Bold + italics
5.1 Formatting Characters �
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