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You can format your text by using wiki markup. This consists of normal characters like asterisks, apostrophes or equal signs which have a special function in the wiki, sometimes depending on their position. For example, to format a word in ''italic'', you include it in two pairs of apostrophes like <code><nowiki>''this''</nowiki></code>.

==Text formatting markup==

{| class="wikitable" width="85%"
 |-
  ! Description
  ! width=40% | You type
  ! width=40% | You get
 |-
  ! colspan="3" style="background: #aae6ef" | Character (inline) formatting – ''applies anywhere''
 |-
  | Italic text
  | <pre>''italic''</pre>
  | ''italic''
 |-
  | Bold text
  | <pre>'''bold'''</pre>
  | '''bold'''
 |-
  | Bold and italic
  | <pre>'''''bold & italic'''''</pre>
  | '''''bold & italic'''''
 |-
  | Strike text
  | <pre><strike>strike text</strike></pre>
  | <strike>strike text</strike>
 |-
  | Escape wiki markup
  | <pre>&lt;nowiki&gt;no ''markup''&lt;/nowiki&gt;</pre>
  | <nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki>
 |-
  | Escape wiki markup once
  | <pre>[[Laboratory]]&lt;nowiki/> equipment</pre>
  | [[Laboratory]]<nowiki/> equipment
 |-
  ! colspan="3" style="background: #aae6ef" | Section formatting – ''only at the beginning of the line''
 |-
  | Headings of different levels 
  | <pre>

==Level 2==

===Level 3===

====Level 4====

=====Level 5=====

======Level 6======

</pre>
----
{{note|
* Skip Level 1; it is page name level.
* An article with four or more headings automatically creates a table of contents.
}}
  | <!-- using HTML markup to avoid creating new sections -->
<h2>Level 2</h2>

<h3>Level 3</h3>

<h4>Level 4</h4>

<h5>Level 5</h5>

<h6>Level 6</h6>

 |-
  | Horizontal rule
  | <pre>Text before
----
Text after
</pre>
  | Text before
----
Text after
 |-
  | Bullet list
  | <pre>
* Start each line
* with an asterisk (*).
** More asterisks give deeper
*** and deeper levels.
* Line breaks <br />don't break levels.
*** But jumping levels creates empty space.
Any other start ends the list.
</pre>
  |
* Start each line
* with an asterisk (*).
** More asterisks give deeper
*** and deeper levels.
* Line breaks <br />don't break levels.
*** But jumping levels creates empty space.
Any other start ends the list.
 |-
  | Numbered list
  | <pre>
# Start each line
# with a number sign (#).
## More number signs give deeper
### and deeper
### levels.
# Line breaks <br />don't break levels.
### But jumping levels creates empty space.
# Blank lines

# end the list and start another.
Any other start also
ends the list.
</pre>
  |
# Start each line
# with a number sign (#).
## More number signs give deeper
### and deeper
### levels.
# Line breaks <br />don't break levels.
### But jumping levels creates empty space.
# Blank lines

# end the list and start another.
Any other start also
ends the list.
 |-
  | Definition list
  | <pre>
;item 1
: definition 1
;item 2
: definition 2-1
: definition 2-2
</pre>
----
{{Note|Begin with a semicolon. One item per line; a new line can appear before the colon, but using a space before the colon improves parsing.}}
  | 
;item 1
: definition 1
;item 2
: definition 2-1
: definition 2-2
 |-
  | Indent text
  | <pre>
: Single indent
:: Double indent
::::: Multiple indent
</pre>
----
{{Note|This workaround may harm accessibility.}}
  | 
: Single indent
:: Double indent
::::: Multiple indent
 |-
  | Mixture of different types of list
  | <pre>
# one
# two
#* two point one
#* two point two
# three
#; three item one
#: three def one
# four
#: four def one
#: this looks like a continuation
#: and is often used
#: instead <br />of &lt;nowiki><br />&lt;/nowiki>
# five
## five sub 1
### five sub 1 sub 1
## five sub 2
</pre>
----
{{note|The usage of <code>#:</code> and <code>*:</code> for breaking a line within an item may also harm accessibility.}}
  |
# one
# two
#* two point one
#* two point two
# three
#; three item one
#: three def one
# four
#: four def one
#: this looks like a continuation
#: and is often used
#: instead <br />of <nowiki><br /></nowiki>
# five
## five sub 1
### five sub 1 sub 1
## five sub 2{{anchor|pre}}
 |-
  | Preformatted text
  | <pre>
 Start each line with a space.
 Text is '''preformatted''' and
 ''markups'' '''''can''''' be done.
</pre>
----
{{note|This way of preformatting only applies to section formatting. Character formatting markups are still effective.}}
  |
 Start each line with a space.
 Text is '''preformatted''' and
 ''markups'' '''''can''''' be done.
 |-
  | Preformatted text blocks
  | <pre> <nowiki>&lt;nowiki&gt;Start with a space in the first column,
(before the <nowiki>).

Then your block format will be
    maintained.
 
This is good for copying in code blocks:

def function():
    """documentation string"""

    if True:
        print True
    else:
        print False&lt;/nowiki&gt;</nowiki>
</pre>
  |
 &nbsp;<nowiki>Start with a space in the first column,
(before the <nowiki>).

Then your block format will be
    maintained.

This is good for copying in code blocks:

def function():
    """documentation string"""

    if True:
        print True
    else:
        print False</nowiki>
 |-
|}

==Paragraphs and line breaks==

MediaWiki ignores single line breaks. To start a new paragraph, leave an empty line: 

{| class="wikitable" width="85%"
 |-
  ! width=40% | You type
  ! width=40% | You get
 |-
  | <pre>
A single newline
generally has no effect on the layout.
These can be used to separate
sentences within a paragraph.
Some editors find that this aids editing
and improves the ''diff'' function
(used internally to compare
different versions of a page).

But an empty line
starts a new paragraph.

When used in a list, a newline ''does'' affect the layout (see above).
</pre>
  |
A single newline
generally has no effect on the layout.
These can be used to separate
sentences within a paragraph.
Some editors find that this aids editing
and improves the ''diff'' function
(used internally to compare
different versions of a page).

But an empty line
starts a new paragraph.

When used in a list, a newline ''does'' 
affect the layout (see above).
 |-
|}

If necessary, you can force a line break within a paragraph with the HTML tag <code>&lt;br /></code>:

{| class="wikitable" width="85%"
 |-
  ! width=40% | You type
  ! width=40% | You get
 |-
  | <pre>
You can break lines<br />
without a new paragraph.<br />
Please use this sparingly.
</pre>
  |
You can break lines<br />
without a new paragraph.<br />
Please use this sparingly.
 |-
|}

==HTML tags==

Some HTML tags are allowed in MediaWiki, for example <code>&lt;code></code>, <code>&lt;div></code>, <code><nowiki><span></nowiki></code> and <code><nowiki><font></nowiki></code>. These apply anywhere you insert them.

{| class="wikitable" width="85%"
 |-
  ! Description
  ! width=40% | You type
  ! width=40% | You get
 |-
  | Inserted <br />(Displays as underline in most browsers)
  | <pre>
<ins>Inserted</ins>

or

<u>Underline</u>
</pre>
  |
<ins>Inserted</ins>

or

<u>Underline</u>
 |-
  | Deleted <br />(Displays as strikethrough in most browsers)
  | <pre>
<s>Struck out</s>

or

<del>Deleted</del>

</pre>
  |
<s>Struck out</s>

or

<del>Deleted</del>
 |-
  | Fixed width text
  | <pre>
<code>Source code</code>

or

<tt>Fixed width text</tt>
</pre>
  |
<code>Source code</code>

or

<tt>Fixed width text</tt>
 |-
  | Superscripts and subscripts
  | <pre>
X<sup>2</sup>, H<sub>2</sub>O
</pre>
  | 
X<sup>2</sup>, H<sub>2</sub>O
 |-
  | Line breaks
  | <pre>
You can break lines<br />
without a new paragraph.<br />
Please use this sparingly.
</pre>
  |
You can break lines<br />
without a new paragraph.<br />
Please use this sparingly.
 |-
  | Blockquotes
  | <pre>
Text before
<blockquote>Blockquote</blockquote>
Text after
</pre>
  |
Text before
<blockquote>Blockquote</blockquote>
Text after
 |-
  | Completely preformatted text
  | <pre>
<pre> Text is '''preformatted''' and 
''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done&lt;/pre>
</pre>
----
{{note|For marking up of preformatted text, check the "Preformatted text" entry at the end of the previous table.}} 
  |
<pre> Text is '''preformatted''' and 
''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done</pre>
 |-
  | '''Customized''' preformatted text
  | <pre>
<pre style="color: red">
Text is '''preformatted''' 
with a style and 
''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done
&lt;/pre>
</pre>
----
{{note|A CSS style can be named within the <code>style</code> property.}}
  |
<pre style="color: red">
Text is '''preformatted''' 
with a style and 
''markups'' '''''cannot''''' be done
</pre>
|}

continued:
{| class="wikitable" width="85%"
 |-
  ! Description
  ! width=40% | You type
  ! width=40% | You get
 |-
  | '''Customized''' preformatted text with text wrap according to available width
  | <pre>
<pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; 
white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; 
white-space: -pre-wrap; 
white-space: -o-pre-wrap; 
word-wrap: break-word;">
This long sentence is used to demonstrate text wrapping. This additional sentence makes the text even longer.
&lt;/pre>
</pre>
  |
<pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; 
white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; 
white-space: -pre-wrap; 
white-space: -o-pre-wrap; 
word-wrap: break-word;">
This long sentence is used to demonstrate text wrapping. This additional sentence makes the text even longer.
</pre>
 |-
  | Preformatted text with text wrap according to available width
  | <pre>
<code>
This long sentence is used to demonstrate text wrapping. This additional sentence makes the text even longer.
</code>
</pre>
  | <code>
This long sentence is used to demonstrate text wrapping. This additional sentence makes the text even longer.
</code>
 |-
  | Leading spaces to preserve formatting
  | <pre>
 Putting a space at the
 beginning of each
 line stops the text   
 from being
 reformatted.  It still 
 interprets [[Help:MediaWiki basics/Introduction to MediaWiki and wikis|wiki]]
 ''markup'' and special
 characters: &rarr;
</pre>
  |
 Putting a space at the
 beginning of each
 line stops the text   
 from being
 reformatted.  It still 
 interprets [[Help:MediaWiki basics/Introduction to MediaWiki and wikis|wiki]]
 ''markup'' and special
 characters: &amp;rarr;
 |-
|}

==Links==

{| class="wikitable" width="85%"
 |-
  ! Description
  ! width=40% | You type
  ! width=40% | You get
 |-
  | Internal links
  | <pre>
Here's a link to a page named [[Cell counter]].
You can even say [[cell counter]]s
and the link will show up correctly.

You can put formatting around a link.
Example: ''[[Laboratory informatics]]''.

The ''first letter'' of articles is automatically
capitalized, so [[laboratory informatics]] goes to the same place
as [[Laboratory informatics]]. Capitalization matters after the
first letter.

You can link to a page section by its title:
[[Laboratory information management system#Technology]]

You can make the text appearing on an internal link different from the article title:
[[Laboratory information management system#Technology|technology of LIMS]]

If you wish to link to a category, add a colon in front:
[[:Category:LIMSwiki help documentation]]
</pre>
  |
Here's a link to a page named [[Cell counter]].
You can even say [[cell counter]]s
and the link will show up correctly.

You can put formatting around a link.
Example: ''[[Laboratory informatics]]''.

The ''first letter'' of articles is automatically
capitalized, so [[laboratory informatics]] goes to the same place
as [[Laboratory informatics]]. Capitalization matters after the
first letter.

You can link to a page section by its title:
[[Laboratory information management system#Technology]]

You can make the text appearing on an internal link different from the article title:
[[Laboratory information management system#Technology|technology of LIMS]]

If you wish to link to a category, add a colon in front:
[[:Category:LIMSwiki help documentation]]
 |-
  | External links
  | <pre>
You can make an external link just by typing a URL:
http://clinfowiki.org

You can give it a title:
[http://clinfowiki.org ClinfoWiki.org]

Or leave the title blank:
[http://clinfowiki.org]

Linking to an e-mail address works the same way:
mailto:someone@example.com or 
[mailto:someone@example.com someone]
</pre>
  |
You can make an external link just by typing a URL:
http://clinfowiki.org

You can give it a title:
[http://clinfowiki.org ClinfoWiki.org]

Or leave the title blank:
[http://clinfowiki.org]

Linking to an e-mail address works the same way:
mailto:someone@example.com or 
[mailto:someone@example.com someone]
 |-
|}

==Other formatting and tools==

{| class="wikitable" width="85%"
 |-
  ! Description
  ! width=40% | You type
  ! width=40% | You get
 |-
  | Mathematical formulas
  | <pre>
<math>\sum_{n=0}^\infty \frac{x^n}{n!}</math>
</pre>
  | <math>\sum_{n=0}^\infty \frac{x^n}{n!}</math>
 |-
  | Comment
  | <pre>
<!-- This is a comment -->
Comments are only visible 
in the edit zone.
</pre>
  |
<!-- This is a comment -->
Comments are only visible 
in the edit zone.
 |-
  | Signing talk page comments
  | <pre>
You should "sign" your comments 
on talk pages: <br>
- Three tildes gives your
signature: ~~~ <br>
- Four tildes give your 
signature plus date/time: ~~~~ <br>
- Five tildes gives the 
date/time alone: ~~~~~
</pre>
  | 
You should "sign" your comments 
on talk pages: <br>
- Three tildes gives your
signature: [[User:Shawndouglas|Shawn Douglas]] <br>
- Four tildes give your 
signature plus date/time: [[User:Shawndouglas|Shawn Douglas]] 13:45, 23 October 2013 (EDT) <br>
- Five tildes gives the 
date/time alone: 13:45, 23 October 2013 (EDT) <br>
 |-
  | Page redirects
  | <pre>
#REDIRECT [[Laboratory informatics]]
</pre>
----
{{Note|You use redirects most often on pages with incorrect or outdated page titles. You simply copy or remove the existing content, paste this code in, and change the internal link text to the title of the article you wish to automatically redirect users to.}}
  | #REDIRECT [[Laboratory informatics]]
 |-
|}

==Inserting media and tables==

For more on these topics: [[Help:MediaWiki basics/Intermediate training]]

==Inserting templates, citations, and category tags==

For more on these topics: [[Help:MediaWiki basics/Advanced training]]

==Inserting symbols==

Symbols and other special characters not available on your keyboard can be inserted through a special sequence of characters. Those sequences are called HTML entities. For example, the following sequence (entity) '''&amp;rarr;''' when inserted will be shown as <ins>right arrow</ins> HTML symbol &rarr; and '''&amp;mdash;''' when inserted will be shown as an <ins>em dash</ins> HTML symbol &mdash;. 
----
{{note|Hover over any character to find out the symbol that it produces.  Some symbols not available in the current font will appear as empty squares.}} 

{| class="wikitable" align="center" width="100%"
 |-
  ! colspan=32 | HTML symbol entities
 |- align=center
  | '''<span title="&amp;Aacute;">&Aacute;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;aacute;">&aacute;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;Acirc;">&Acirc;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;acirc;">&acirc;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;acute;">&acute;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;AElig;">&AElig;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;aelig;">&aelig;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;Agrave;">&Agrave;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;agrave;">&agrave;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;alefsym;">&alefsym;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;Alpha;">&Alpha;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;alpha;">&alpha;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;amp;">&amp;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;and;">&and;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;ang;">&ang;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;Aring;">&Aring;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;aring;">&aring;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;asymp;">&asymp;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;Atilde;">&Atilde;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;atilde;">&atilde;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;Auml;">&Auml;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;auml;">&auml;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;bdquo;">&bdquo;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;Beta;">&Beta;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;beta;">&beta;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;brvbar;">&brvbar;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;bull;">&bull;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;cap;">&cap;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;Ccedil;">&Ccedil;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;ccedil;">&ccedil;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;cedil;">&cedil;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;cent;">&cent;</span>
 |- align=center
  | '''<span title="&amp;Chi;">&Chi;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;chi;">&chi;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;circ;">&circ;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;clubs;">&clubs;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;cong;">&cong;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;copy;">&copy;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;crarr;">&crarr;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;cup;">&cup;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;curren;">&curren;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;dagger;">&dagger;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;Dagger;">&Dagger;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;darr;">&darr;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;dArr;">&dArr;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;deg;">&deg;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;Delta;">&Delta;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;delta;">&delta;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;diams;">&diams;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;divide;">&divide;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;Eacute;">&Eacute;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;eacute;">&eacute;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;Ecirc;">&Ecirc;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;ecirc;">&ecirc;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;Egrave;">&Egrave;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;egrave;">&egrave;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;empty;">&empty;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;emsp;">&emsp;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;ensp;">&ensp;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;Epsilon;">&Epsilon;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;epsilon;">&epsilon;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;equiv;">&equiv;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;Eta;">&Eta;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;eta;">&eta;</span>
 |- align=center
  | '''<span title="&amp;ETH;">&ETH;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;eth;">&eth;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;Euml;">&Euml;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;euml;">&euml;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;euro;">&euro;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;exist;">&exist;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;fnof;">&fnof;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;forall;">&forall;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;frac12;">&frac12;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;frac14;">&frac14;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;frac34;">&frac34;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;frasl;">&frasl;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;Gamma;">&Gamma;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;gamma;">&gamma;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;ge;">&ge;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;gt;">&gt;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;harr;">&harr;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;hArr;">&hArr;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;hearts;">&hearts;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;hellip;">&hellip;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;Iacute;">&Iacute;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;iacute;">&iacute;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;Icirc;">&Icirc;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;icirc;">&icirc;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;iexcl;">&iexcl;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;Igrave;">&Igrave;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;igrave;">&igrave;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;image;">&image;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;infin;">&infin;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;int;">&int;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;Iota;">&Iota;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;iota;">&iota;</span>
 |- align=center
  | '''<span title="&amp;iquest;">&iquest;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;isin;">&isin;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;Iuml;">&Iuml;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;iuml;">&iuml;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;Kappa;">&Kappa;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;kappa;">&kappa;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;Lambda;">&Lambda;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;lambda;">&lambda;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;lang;">&lang;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;laquo;">&laquo;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;larr;">&larr;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;lArr;">&lArr;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;lceil;">&lceil;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;ldquo;">&ldquo;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;le;">&le;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;lfloor;">&lfloor;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;lowast;">&lowast;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;loz;">&loz;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;lrm;">&lrm;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;lsaquo;">&lsaquo;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;lsquo;">&lsquo;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;lt;">&lt;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;macr;">&macr;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;mdash;">&mdash;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;micro;">&micro;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;middot;">&middot;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;minus;">&minus;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;Mu;">&Mu;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;mu;">&mu;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;nabla;">&nabla;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;nbsp;">&nbsp;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;ndash;">&ndash;</span>
 |- align=center
  | '''<span title="&amp;ne;">&ne;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;ni;">&ni;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;not;">&not;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;notin;">&notin;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;nsub;">&nsub;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;Ntilde;">&Ntilde;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;ntilde;">&ntilde;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;Nu;">&Nu;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;nu;">&nu;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;Oacute;">&Oacute;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;oacute;">&oacute;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;Ocirc;">&Ocirc;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;ocirc;">&ocirc;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;OElig;">&OElig;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;oelig;">&oelig;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;Ograve;">&Ograve;</span>
  | '''<span title="&amp;ograve;">&ograve;</span>
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 |- align=center
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 |- align=center
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 |- align=center
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|}

{| class="wikitable" width="85%"
 |-
  ! Description
  ! width=40% | You type
  ! width=40% | You get
 |-
  | Copyright symbol
  | <tt><pre>
&amp;copy;
</pre></tt>
  |
:::'''&copy;'''
 |-
  | Greek delta letter symbol
  | <tt><pre>
&amp;delta;
</pre></tt>
  |
:::'''&delta;'''
 |-
  | Euro currency symbol
  | <tt><pre>
&amp;euro;
</pre></tt>
  |
:::'''&euro;'''
|}

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