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TextFormattingFAQ 19 - 27 Mar 2005 - Main.TWikiContributor
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Text Formatting FAQ

The most frequently asked questions about text formatting are answered. Also, TextFormattingRules contains the complete TWiki shorthand system on one quick reference page.


TextFormattingFAQ 18 - 27 Mar 2005 - Main.TWikiContributor
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Text Formatting FAQ

The most frequently asked questions about text formatting are answered. Also, TextFormattingRules contains the complete TWiki shorthand system on one quick reference page.

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 The pre tag is standard HTML; verbatim is a special TWiki tag that forces text to fixed font mode, and also prevents other tags and TWiki shortcuts from being expanded.
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NOTE: VARIABLES are still Set within verbatim tags (this is a historical peculiarity)
 

How do I create tables?

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 1. Use Wiki rule with "|" vertical bars
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    cell A1 cell B1 cell C1
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Can I include images on a page?

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Yes. The easiest way is to attach a GIF, JPG or PNG file to a topic and then to place it with: %ATTACHURL%/myImage.gif. This works only for the page that the image is attached to.
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Yes. The easiest way is to attach a GIF, JPG or PNG file to a topic and then to place it with: %ATTACHURL%/myImage.gif. This works only for the topic where the image is attached to.
 
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To place an image on any page, ther are two ways of including inline images.
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To place an image on any topic, there are two ways of including inline images.
 1. Using URL ending in .gif, .jpg, .jpeg, .png

This is a simple and automatic way of including inline images. Simply write the URL of the image file, this will create the inline image for you. NOTE: The images must be accessible as a URL.

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  • You enter: TWiki http://old.law.columbia.edu/twiki/pub/TWiki/TWikiLogos/twikilogo88x31.gif logo.
    Result: TWiki twikilogo88x31.gif logo.
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  • You enter: %PUBURL%/TWiki/TWikiLogos/T-logo-80x15.gif logo.
    Result: T-logo-80x15.gif logo.
  You can upload images directly to your server with FTP access. You can also attach image files to a topic - you could even create a dedicated image topic, like ImageLibrary - and then link to the images directly:
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Display with http://old.law.columbia.edu/twiki/pub/Someweb/SomeTopic/pic.gif
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Display with %PUBURL%/Someweb/SomeTopic/pic.gif
 2. Using <img> tag
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This is a manual process where you have more control over the rendering of the image. Use the <img> tag of HTML to include GIF, JPG and PNG files. Note: The display of the topic is faster if you include the WIDTH and HEIGHT parameters that have the actual image size. http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/wilbur/special/img.html has more on inline images.
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This is a manual process where you have more control over the rendering of the image. Use the <img> tag of HTML to include GIF, JPG and PNG files. Note: The rendering of the topic is faster if you include the width and height parameters that have the actual image size. http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/wilbur/special/img.html has more on inline images.
 
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  • You enter: TWiki <img src="http://old.law.columbia.edu/twiki/pub/TWiki/TWikiLogos/twikilogo88x31.gif" width="88" height="31" border="0" alt="logo" /> logo.
    Result:
    TWiki logo logo.
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  • You enter: <img src="%PUBURLPATH%/TWiki/TWikiLogos/T-logo-80x15.gif" width="80" height="15" border="0" alt="logo" /> logo.
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    logo logo.
 

Can I write colored text?

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TextFormattingFAQ 17 - 15 Aug 2004 - Main.PeterThoeny
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Text Formatting FAQ

 The most frequently asked questions about text formatting are answered. Also, TextFormattingRules contains the complete TWiki shorthand system on one quick reference page.

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How do I make a separator?

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 A question mark after a word is a link to a topic that doesn't yet exist - click it to create the new page. This is a TWiki feature - typing a MeaningfulTitle? in a comment is an invitation for someone else to add a new branch to the topic.
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To prevent auto-linking - say you want to enter a word like JavaScript (the proper spelling!) - prefix the WikiStyleWord? with the special TWiki HTML tag <nop>:
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To prevent auto-linking - say you want to enter a word like JavaScript (the proper spelling!) - prefix the WikiStyleWord? with an exclamation point:
 
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How can I write fixed font text?

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 The code is the hexadecimal RGB color code, which is simply Red, Green and Blue values in hex notation (base 16, 0-F). For pure red, the RGB components are 255-0-0 - full red (255), no green or blue. That's FF-0-0 in hex, or "#ff0000" for Web page purposes. StandardColors lists basic colors.


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TextFormattingFAQ 16 - 17 Mar 2004 - Main.PeterThoeny
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Text Formatting FAQ

The most frequently asked questions about text formatting are answered. Also, TextFormattingRules contains the complete TWiki shorthand system on one quick reference page.

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 If you need more colors you can use HTML, like <font color="#ff0000"> red text </font>. You can also use the up-to-date style attribute - ex: style="color:#ff0000" - placed in most HTML tags. span is an all-purpose choice: <span style="color:#ff0000">CoLoR</span>. Only old (like 3.x IE & NS) browsers have a problem with style.
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The code is the hexadecimal RGB color code, which is simply Red, Green and Blue values in hex notation (base 16, 0-F). For pure red, the RGB components are 255-0-0 - full red (255), no green or blue. That's FF-0-0 in hex, or "#ff000" for Web page purposes. StandardColors lists basic colors.
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The code is the hexadecimal RGB color code, which is simply Red, Green and Blue values in hex notation (base 16, 0-F). For pure red, the RGB components are 255-0-0 - full red (255), no green or blue. That's FF-0-0 in hex, or "#ff0000" for Web page purposes. StandardColors lists basic colors.
 
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TextFormattingFAQ 15 - 22 Aug 2003 - Main.PeterThoeny
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Text Formatting FAQ

The most frequently asked questions about text formatting are answered. Also, TextFormattingRules contains the complete TWiki shorthand system on one quick reference page.

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  Result: Proportional text, fixed font, proportional again.


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Text I enter gets wrapped around. How can I keep the formatting as it is?

TWiki interprets text as HTML, so you can use the preformatted HTML option to keep the new line of text as is. Enclose the text in <pre> </pre>, or in TWiki's own <verbatim> </verbatim> tag:

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 3. Use preformatted text with <verbatim> tags
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Can I include images on a page?


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 The most frequently asked questions about text formatting are answered. Also, TextFormattingRules contains the complete TWiki shorthand system on one quick reference page.

TextFormattingFAQ 13 - 28 Jun 2002 - Main.PeterThoeny
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 Text Formatting FAQ

The most frequently asked questions about text formatting are answered. Also, TextFormattingRules contains the complete TWiki shorthand system on one quick reference page.

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 This is a simple and automatic way of including inline images. Simply write the URL of the image file, this will create the inline image for you. NOTE: The images must be accessible as a URL.
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  • You enter: TWiki http://old.law.columbia.edu/twiki/pub/TWiki/TWikiLogos/twikilogo88x31.gif logo.
    Result: TWiki twikilogo88x31.gif logo.
  You can upload images directly to your server with FTP access. You can also attach image files to a topic - you could even create a dedicated image topic, like ImageLibrary - and then link to the images directly:
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 This is a manual process where you have more control over the rendering of the image. Use the <img> tag of HTML to include GIF, JPG and PNG files. Note: The display of the topic is faster if you include the WIDTH and HEIGHT parameters that have the actual image size. http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/wilbur/special/img.html has more on inline images.
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  • You enter: TWiki <img src="http://old.law.columbia.edu/twiki/pub/wikiHome.gif" width="46" height="50" border="0" alt="logo" /> logo.
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    TWiki logo logo.
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  • You enter: TWiki <img src="http://old.law.columbia.edu/twiki/pub/TWiki/TWikiLogos/twikilogo88x31.gif" width="88" height="31" border="0" alt="logo" /> logo.
    Result:
    TWiki logo logo.
 

Can I write colored text?


TextFormattingFAQ 12 - 22 Feb 2002 - Main.PeterThoeny
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 Text Formatting FAQ

The most frequently asked questions about text formatting are answered. Also, TextFormattingRules contains the complete TWiki shorthand system on one quick reference page.

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Can I write colored text?

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Sure. The quickest way is to go <font color="colorCode">colorize</font> - font is an HTML tag that works in any browser, although it's been phased out in the latest HTML specs.
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TWikiPreferences defines some commonly used colors: %YELLOW%, %RED%, %PINK%, %PURPLE%, %TEAL%, %NAVY%, %BLUE%, %AQUA%, %LIME%, %GREEN%, %OLIVE%, %MAROON%, %BLACK%, %GRAY%, %SILVER% and %ENDCOLOR%.
 
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You can also use the up-to-date style attribute - ex: style="color:#ff0000" - placed in most HTML tags. span is an all-purpose choice: "<span style="color:#ff0000">CoLoR</span>. Only old (like 3.x IE & NS) browsers have a problem with style.
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  • You enter: %RED% red text %ENDCOLOR% and %GREEN% green text %ENDCOLOR%

    Result: red text and green text

 
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"colorCode" is the hexadecimal RGB color code, which is simply Red, Green and Blue values in hex notation (base 16, 0-F). For pure red, the RGB components are 255-0-0 - full red (255), no green or blue. That's FF-0-0 in hex, or "#ff000=" for Web page purposes. For a basic color selection (you can StandardColor names instead of hex code in the =font tag only):
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Note: %<color>% text must end with %ENDCOLOR% . If you want to switch from one color to another one you first need to end the active color with %ENDCOLOR%, e.g. write %RED% some text %ENDCOLOR% %GREEN% more text %ENDCOLOR%.
 
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Black: "#000000" Green: "#008000" Silver: "#c0c0c0" Lime: "#00ff00"
Gray: "#808080" Olive: "#808000" White: "#ffffff" Yellow: "#ffff00"
Maroon: "#800000" Navy: "#000080" Red: "#ff0000" Blue: "#0000ff"
Purple: "#800080" Teal: "#008080" Fuchsia: "#ff00ff" Aqua: "#00ffff"
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If you need more colors you can use HTML, like <font color="#ff0000"> red text </font>. You can also use the up-to-date style attribute - ex: style="color:#ff0000" - placed in most HTML tags. span is an all-purpose choice: <span style="color:#ff0000">CoLoR</span>. Only old (like 3.x IE & NS) browsers have a problem with style.
 
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  • You enter: <font color="#ff0000"> Red color </font> draws attention.

    Result: Red color draws attention.

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The code is the hexadecimal RGB color code, which is simply Red, Green and Blue values in hex notation (base 16, 0-F). For pure red, the RGB components are 255-0-0 - full red (255), no green or blue. That's FF-0-0 in hex, or "#ff000" for Web page purposes. StandardColors lists basic colors.
 
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TextFormattingFAQ 11 - 22 Feb 2002 - Main.PeterThoeny
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 Text Formatting FAQ

The most frequently asked questions about text formatting are answered. Also, TextFormattingRules contains the complete TWiki shorthand system on one quick reference page.


TextFormattingFAQ 10 - 15 Sep 2001 - Main.MikeMannix
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 Text Formatting FAQ

The most frequently asked questions about text formatting are answered. Also, TextFormattingRules contains the complete TWiki shorthand system on one quick reference page.

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How do I make a separator?

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You can make a horizontal separator by entering three dashes at the beginning of a line: ---.
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Create a separator - a horizontal rule - by entering three dashes at the beginning of a blank line: ---. You can enter more than three if you like, for a more visible separator in edit mode:
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How do I create a heading?

You can create six sizes of headings - <h1>...<h6> in HTML - by typing, from the beginning of a line, three dashes (-), from one to six plus signs (+), a space, and your heading text. The FAQ questions on this page are created with: ---+++ Have a question?.

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Text enclosed in angle brackets like <filename> is not displayed. How can I show it as it is?

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TWiki interprets text as HTML. The '<' and '>' characters are used to define HTML commands. Text contained in angle brackets is interpreted by the browser if it's a valid HTML instruction, or ignored if it isn't - either way, the brackets and its contents are not displayed.
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TWiki interprets text as HTML, and the '<' and '>' characters define where HTML commands start and end. Text inside angle brackets is treated as HTML, and ignored if it doesn't actually do anything - either way, the brackets and its contents are not displayed.
 If you want to display angle brackets, enter them as HTML codes instead of typing them in directly:
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Text I enter gets wrapped around. How can I keep the formatting as it is?

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TWiki interprets text as HTML, so you can use the preformatted HTML text option to keep the new line of text as is. Enclose the text in <pre> </pre>, or in TWiki's own <verbatim> </verbatim> tags:
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TWiki interprets text as HTML, so you can use the preformatted HTML option to keep the new line of text as is. Enclose the text in <pre> </pre>, or in TWiki's own <verbatim> </verbatim> tag:
 
This text will keep its format as it is:
<verbatim>

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 </verbatim>
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The pre tag is standard HTML; verbatim is a special TWiki tag that also forces text to fixed font mode, and also prevents other tags and TWiki shortcuts from being expanded.
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The pre tag is standard HTML; verbatim is a special TWiki tag that forces text to fixed font mode, and also prevents other tags and TWiki shortcuts from being expanded.
 

How do I create tables?

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 See "Text enclosed..."


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Can I include images and pictures?

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Can I include images on a page?

 
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Yes, this is possible. The easiest way of including images is to attach a GIF, JPG or PNG file to a topic and then to include it with text %ATTACHURL%/myImage.gif . FileAttachment has more.
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Yes. The easiest way is to attach a GIF, JPG or PNG file to a topic and then to place it with: %ATTACHURL%/myImage.gif. This works only for the page that the image is attached to.
 
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There are actually two ways of including inline images.
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To place an image on any page, ther are two ways of including inline images.
 1. Using URL ending in .gif, .jpg, .jpeg, .png
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This is a simple and automatic way of including inline images. Simply write the URL of the image file, this will create the inline image for you. Note: The images must be accessible as a URL.
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This is a simple and automatic way of including inline images. Simply write the URL of the image file, this will create the inline image for you. NOTE: The images must be accessible as a URL.
 
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    Result: TWiki wikiHome.gif logo.
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You can upload images directly to your server with FTP access. You can also attach image files to a topic - you could even create a dedicated image topic, like ImageLibrary - and then link to the images directly:
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    Display with http://old.law.columbia.edu/twiki/pub/Someweb/SomeTopic/pic.gif
 2. Using <img> tag
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This is a manual process where you have more control over the rendering of the image. Use the <img> tag of HTML to include GIF, JPG and PNG files. Note: The display of the topic is faster if you include the WIDTH and HEIGHT parameters that have the actual image size. http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/wilbur/special/img.html has more on inline images.
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This is a manual process where you have more control over the rendering of the image. Use the <img> tag of HTML to include GIF, JPG and PNG files. Note: The display of the topic is faster if you include the WIDTH and HEIGHT parameters that have the actual image size. http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/wilbur/special/img.html has more on inline images.
 
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    TWiki logo.
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  • You enter: TWiki <img src="http://old.law.columbia.edu/twiki/pub/wikiHome.gif" width="46" height="50" border="0" alt="logo" /> logo.
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    TWiki logo logo.
 

Can I write colored text?

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You can also use a style attribute: style="color:#ff0000", placed in most HTML tags - span is an all-purpose choice: "<span style="color:#ff0000">.
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You can also use the up-to-date style attribute - ex: style="color:#ff0000" - placed in most HTML tags. span is an all-purpose choice: "<span style="color:#ff0000">CoLoR</span>. Only old (like 3.x IE & NS) browsers have a problem with style.
 "colorCode" is the hexadecimal RGB color code, which is simply Red, Green and Blue values in hex notation (base 16, 0-F). For pure red, the RGB components are 255-0-0 - full red (255), no green or blue. That's FF-0-0 in hex, or "#ff000=" for Web page purposes. For a basic color selection (you can StandardColor names instead of hex code in the =font tag only):

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 Text Formatting FAQ
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The most frequently asked questions about text formatting are answered. Also, TextFormattingRules contains the complete TWiki shorthand system on one quick reference page.
 
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How do I make a separator?

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How do I create a heading?

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 TWiki interprets text as HTML. The '<' and '>' characters are used to define HTML commands. Text contained in angle brackets is interpreted by the browser if it's a valid HTML instruction, or ignored if it isn't - either way, the brackets and its contents are not displayed.

If you want to display angle brackets, enter them as HTML codes instead of typing them in directly:

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Some words (like WinAPI? ) have an unwanted question mark at the end. How can I prevent that?

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Some words appear highlighted, with a "?" link at the end. How can I prevent that?

 
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A question mark after a word is a link to a topic that doesn't yet exist - click it to create the new page. This is a TWiki feature - typing a MeaningfulTitle? in a comment is an invitation for someone else to add a new branch to the topic.
 
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To prevent auto-linking - say you want to enter a word like JavaScript (the proper spelling!) - prefix the WikiStyleWord? with the special TWiki HTML tag <nop>:
 
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How can I write fixed font text?

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    Result: Proportional text, fixed font, proportional again.

 

Text I enter gets wrapped around. How can I keep the formatting as it is?

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TWiki interprets text as HTML. It is possible to use preformatted text to workaround this. Use the preformatted HTML tags to keep the new line of text as it is. Do so by enclosing text in either <pre> </pre> or <verbatim> </verbatim> tags:
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TWiki interprets text as HTML, so you can use the preformatted HTML text option to keep the new line of text as is. Enclose the text in <pre> </pre>, or in TWiki's own <verbatim> </verbatim> tags:
 
This text will keep its format as it is:
<verbatim>

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  1. Use HTML tables with <table>, <tr>, <td> tags.
  2. Use preformatted text with <verbatim> tags.
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1. Use Wiki rule with "|" vertical bars
 
  • Example text:
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cell A1 cell B1 cell C1
cell A2 cell B2 cell C2
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2. Use HTML tables with <table>, <tr>, <td> tags
 
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This is a manual process using HTML commands.

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<table border="1">

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 </table>
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It is displayed as a table like this:
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Can I include images and pictures?

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 There are actually two ways of including inline images.
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1. Using URL ending in .gif, .jpg, .jpeg, .png
 This is a simple and automatic way of including inline images. Simply write the URL of the image file, this will create the inline image for you. Note: The images must be accessible as a URL.
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    Result: TWiki wikiHome.gif logo.
 
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2. Using <img> tag
 This is a manual process where you have more control over the rendering of the image. Use the <img> tag of HTML to include GIF, JPG and PNG files. Note: The display of the topic is faster if you include the WIDTH and HEIGHT parameters that have the actual image size. http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/wilbur/special/img.html has more on inline images.
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    TWiki logo.
 

Can I write colored text?

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"colorCode" is the hexadecimal RGB color code. The color is composed by specifying the red, green and blue components of the color in hexadecimal notation. For example, to specify white, the red, green and blue components are 255, 255, 255, so you would use ="#ffffff=". You can use StandardColors or common color codes:
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How do I create a heading?

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  • You can insert a nested table of contents, generated from headings, by placing %TOC% wherever you like on a page (see TWikiVariables for more %TOC% options).


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How do I create a title or a heading?

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  • You can insert a nested table of contents, generated from headings, by placing %TOC% wherever you like on a page (see TWikiVariables for more %TOC% options).
 

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How do I create tables?

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Text Formatting FAQ

This topic has answers to frequently asked questions about text formatting. TextFormattingRules has more on formatting rules in general. It also has links to HTML documentation.

  • Q: How do I make a separator?
  • Q: How do I create a title or a heading?
  • Q: Text enclosed in angle brackets like <filename> is not displayed. How can I show it as it is?
  • Q: Some words (like WinAPI? ) have an unwanted question mark at the end. How can I prevent that?
  • Q: How can I write fixed font text?
  • Q: Text I enter gets wrapped around. How can I keep the formatting as it is?
  • Q: How do I create tables?
  • Q: Can I include images and pictures?
  • Q: Can I write colored text?


Q: How do I make a separator?

You can make a horizontal separator by writing 4 or more dashes at the beginning of a line.


Q: How do I create a title or a heading?

The most simple way is to enclose it in '*' Asterisk characters or '_' Underscore charcters.

This is an example header enclosed in Asterisk characters

This is an example header enclosed in Underscore characters

You could use also HTML tags for headings, e.g. <H4>This is an HTML heading</H4> will show up as:

This is an HTML heading


Q: Text enclosed in angle brackets like <filename> is not displayed. How can I show it as it is?

TWiki interprets text as HTML. The '<' and '>' characters are used to define HTML commands. Any valid text within angle brackets gets interpreted by the browser as an HTML command. Invalid text is ignored, that's why it doesn't show up.

There are two work arounds if you want to display angle brackets:

  • Do an escape sequence in HTML:
    • Write &lt; instead of <
    • Write &gt; instead of >
    • Example: Write (a &gt; 0) instead of (a > 0)
  • Replace angle brackets with curly brackets.
    • Example: Write {is-writable} instead of <is-writable>


Q: Some words (like WinAPI? ) have an unwanted question mark at the end. How can I prevent that?

A question mark after a word is a link to a not yet existing topic. For example, WinAPI? is a valid WikiTopic? name in WikiNotation, but the actual topic WinAPI does not exist.

If you do not intend to create a topic for a valid TWiki topic name, you can prevent it being linked by putting an HTML tag in front of it. I usually use <NOP>. This is a non existing HTML tag, so a browser just ignores it.

  • Example text:
    WinAPI as it is, <NOP>WinAPI with preceeding NOP.
  • Example output:
    WinAPI? as it is, WinAPI with preceeding NOP.


Q: How can I write fixed font text?

Enclose text in <CODE> and </CODE> HTML tags.

  • Example text:
    Proportional text, <CODE> fixed font text, </CODE> proportional again.
  • Example output:
    Proportional text, fixed font text, proportional again.

Alternatively you could also use preformatted text, see next question for details.


Q: Text I enter gets wrapped around. How can I keep the formatting as it is?

TWiki interprets text as HTML. It is possible to use preformatted text to work around this. Use the preformatted HTML tags to keep the new line of text as it is. Do so by enclosing the text with <PRE> and </PRE> tags, e.g.

This text will keep its format as it is:
<PRE>
  Unit	  Price	Qty  Cost
  -------  ------  ---  ------
  aaa		 12.00	 3	36.00
</PRE>

It is recommended to use preformatting for tables and source code.


Q: How do I create tables?

There are two possibilities:

  1. Use preformatted text with <PRE> tags.
  2. Use HTML tables with <TABLE>, <TR>, <TD> tags.

_1. Use preformatted text with <PRE> tags_

See Q: Text I enter gets wrapped around. How can I keep the formatting as it is?

_2. Use HTML tables with <TABLE>, <TR>, <TD> tags_

This is a manual process using HTML commands. Here is an example. If you enter this:

<TABLE BORDER=1>
  <TR>
	 <TH> Head A  </TH> <TH> Head B  </TH>
  </TR><TR>
	 <TD> Cell A2 </TD> <TD> Cell B2 </TD>
  </TR><TR>
	 <TD> Cell A3 </TD> <TD> Cell B3 </TD>
  </TR>
</TABLE>

It is displayed as a table like this:

Head A Head B
Cell A2 Cell B2
Cell A3 Cell B3

You can copy the example from <TABLE> to </TABLE> and change it to your needs.

More information about HTML tables can be found at http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/wilbur/table/table.html


Q: Can I include images and pictures?

Yes, this is possible. The easiest way of including images is to attach a GIF or JPG file to a topic and then to include it with text %ATTACHURL%/myImage.gif . FileAttachment has more.

There are actually two ways of including inline images.

_1. Using URL ending in .gif, .jpg, .jpeg_

This is a simple and automatic way of including inline images. Simply write the URL of the image file, this will create the inline image for you. Note: The images must be accessible as a URL.

  • Example text:
    TWiki http://old.law.columbia.edu/twiki/pub/wikiHome.gif logo.
  • Example output:
    TWiki wikiHome.gif logo.

_2. Using <IMG> tag_

This is a manual process where you have more control over the rendering of the image. Use the <IMG> tag of HTML to include JPEG and GIF files. Note: The display of the topic is faster if you include the WIDTH and HEIGHT parameters that have the actual image size. http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/wilbur/special/img.html has more on inline images.

  • Example text:
    TWiki <IMG SRC="../../../pub/wikiHome.gif" WIDTH=46 HEIGHT=50> logo.
  • Example output:
    TWiki logo.


Q: Can I write colored text?

Place text you would like to specify a color inside <FONT COLOR="colorCode"> and </FONT> tags.

"colorCode" is the hexadecimal RGB color code. The color is composed by specifying the red, green and blue components of the color in hexadecimal notation. For example, to specify white, the red, green and blue components are 255, 255, 255, so you would use "#FFFFFF". Common color codes are:

Black: "#000000" Green: "#008000" Silver: "#C0C0C0" Lime: "#00FF00"
Gray: "#808080" Olive: "#808000" White: "#FFFFFF" Yellow: "#FFFF00"
Maroon: "#800000" Navy: "#000080" Red: "#FF0000" Blue: "#0000FF"
Purple: "#800080" Teal: "#008080" Fuchsia: "#FF00FF" Aqua: "#00FFFF"

  • Example text:
    <FONT COLOR="#FF0000"> Red color </FONT> draws attention.
  • Example output:
    Red color draws attention.


-- PeterThoeny? - 26 Oct 1998


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