{"id":118,"date":"2017-12-20T01:50:28","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T01:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wiki-basics\/?p=118"},"modified":"2017-12-27T16:48:34","modified_gmt":"2017-12-27T16:48:34","slug":"mastering-the-visual-editor-headings-bold-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wiki-basics\/mastering-the-visual-editor-headings-bold-links\/","title":{"rendered":"Mastering the Visual Editor – Headings, bold, links"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now that you have created your userpage, we can explore how the Visual Editor dropdown menus work, moving from left to right.<\/p>\n

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The Visual Editor interface<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Adding headings<\/h2>\n
    \n
  1. Click Edit<\/strong> to enter the Visual Editor.<\/li>\n
  2. Look at the area of the screen indicated in the purple box <\/span><\/strong>above. Note the first menu options on the far left are Undo<\/strong> and Redo<\/strong> arrows.<\/li>\n
  3. Type your username (as indicated in the green box<\/strong><\/span> above).<\/li>\n
  4. Select the text you have just written.<\/li>\n
  5. Select the Paragraph > Heading<\/strong> option from the dropdown menu. This will turn your username into a Heading.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Adding bold and italics<\/h2>\n
      \n
    1. Press the Return key and type an example sentence e.g. “I am learning how to edit Wikipedia<\/strong>“.<\/li>\n
    2. Select one of the words in the example sentence e.g. learning<\/strong><\/li>\n
    3. Click the Style<\/strong> dropdown menu (indicated by A<\/strong><\/em><\/span>) and change the highlighted word to bold<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
    4. Do the same again to change the highlighted word to italics<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      Bold and italics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

      Adding links<\/h2>\n

      Links to other Wikipedia pages are the backbone of Wikipedia; enabling other readers to journey down the rabbit hole about a subject to aid their understanding. Please note:<\/strong> you need only link a page the first time it is mentioned in an article and not every single time.<\/p>\n

        \n
      1. Type a phrase that will have a page on Wikipedia as an example sentence. e.g. “I am learning how to edit Wikipedia”.<\/li>\n
      2. Select the word you are going to link e.g. Wikipedia<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
      3. Click the Link<\/strong> menu (indicated by a chain link symbol).<\/li>\n
      4. Click on the appropriate link. It should turn blue<\/strong><\/span>.<\/li>\n
      5. Repeat with a new example sentence e.g. I live in Edinburgh<\/strong><\/span>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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        Links<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

        Now that you have practised adding headings, bold and links let’s save the page. You should get in the habit of saving your Wikipedia edits regularly.<\/p>\n

          \n
        1. Click the blue Save page<\/strong> button in the top right of the screen.<\/li>\n
        2. Type a short edit summary of “Added headings, bold & links”<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
        3. Click the blue Save page<\/strong> button once more to confirm.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          NB: You may be asked to enter a Captcha code to confirm any saved edits. This is just a precautionary measure for the first day or two of a new account.<\/p>\n

          Video guides<\/h2>\n
            \n
          1. Adding headings<\/a>.<\/li>\n
          2. Adding bold and italics<\/a>.<\/li>\n
          3. Adding links<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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