Help:Editing/Characters
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| What it looks like | What you type |
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Emphasize, strongly, very strongly. These are double and triple apostrophes, not double quotes. |
''Emphasize'', '''strongly''', '''''very strongly'''''. |
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You can also write italic and bold if the desired effect is a specific font style rather than emphasis, as in mathematical formulae:
However, the difference between these two methods is not very important for graphical browsers, and many people choose to ignore it. |
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> |
| A typewriter font for technical terms. | A typewriter font for <tt>technical terms</tt>. |
| You can use small text for captions. | You can use <small>small text</small> for captions. |
| You can and underline new material. |
You can <strike>strike out deleted material</strike> and <u>underline new material</u>. |
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Umlauts and accents: (See |
è é ê ë ì í À Á Â Ã Ä Å Æ Ç È É Ê Ë Ì Í Î Ï Ñ Ò Ó Ô Õ Ö Ø Ù Ú Û Ü ß à á â ã ä å æ ç è é ê ë ì í î ï ñ ò ó ô œ õ ö ø ù ú û ü ÿ |
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Punctuation: |
¿ ¡ « » § ¶ † ‡ • — |
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Commercial symbols: |
™ © ® ¢ € ¥ £ ¤ |
| Subscript: x2 Superscript: x2 or x²
ε0 =
8.85 × 10−12
C² / J m.
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Subscript: x<sub>2</sub>
Superscript: x<sup>2</sup> or x²
or in projects with the templates sub and sup:
Subscript: x{{sub|2}}
Superscript: x{{sup|2}}
ε<sub>0</sub> =
8.85 × 10<sup>−12</sup>
C² / J m.
1 hectare = 1 E4 m²
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| Greek characters: α β γ δ ε ζ |
α β γ δ ε ζ η θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ ο π ρ σ ς τ υ φ χ ψ ω Γ Δ Θ Λ Ξ Π Σ Φ Ψ Ω |
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Math characters: |
∫ ∑ ∏ √ − ± ∞ ≈ ∝ ≡ ≠ ≤ ≥ → × · ÷ ∂ ′ ″ ∇ ‰ ° ∴ ℵ ø ∈ ∉ ∩ ∪ ⊂ ⊃ ⊆ ⊇ ¬ ∧ ∨ ∃ ∀ ⇒ ⇔ → ↔ |
x2 ≥ 0 true.
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<i>x</i><sup>2</sup> ≥ 0 true. |
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Complicated formulae: |
<math>\sum_{n=0}^\infty \frac{x^n}{n!}</math>
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For comparison for the following examples: arrow → italics link |
arrow → ''italics'' link |
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Use <nowiki> to suppress interpretation of wiki markup, but interpret character references and remove newlines and multiple spaces: arrow → ''italics'' link |
<nowiki>arrow → ''italics'' link</nowiki> |
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Use <pre> to suppress interpretation of wiki markup and keep newlines and multiple spaces, and get typewriter font, but interpret character references: arrow → ''italics'' link |
<pre>arrow → ''italics'' link</pre> |
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Use leading space on each line to keep newlines and multiple spaces, and get typewriter font: arrow → italics link |
arrow → ''italics'' link |
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Use typewriter font: arrow → italics link |
<tt>arrow →</tt> <tt>''italics''</tt> <tt>link</tt> |
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Show character references: → |
&rarr; |
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