Most text that you type is just word wrapped and appears as you enter it. A number of simple formatting options are available:
Blank lines create new paragraphs.
_text_ gives italics.
*text* gives bold.
--- or more dashes inserts a horizontal separator.
You can create indented paragraphs and list using multiples of 3 spaces or the TAB key as follows. Note that in some browsers Ctrl-I can be used in place of a TAB.
<3 spaces>* gives a list item.
<3 spaces>9 (or any number) gives a numbered list item.
<6 spaces>* gives an indented list.
Note that when you save a page, TAB characters are automatically converted to multiple spaces.
You can create an internal link to another page in this web simply by typing a WikiName. If the linked page does not yet exist then it will be displayed followed by a ?. Click on the ? to define and edit the new page.
If you want to create a link with a name that does not conform to the WikiName format, enclose it in percent signs.
In addition to all this you should find that most HTML tags will work as expected. However, you are not encouraged to make your pages too pretty. Remember, it is the content that matters and the text for your page must remain easy for others to edit.
There are a variety of way to create external links.
http:// is linked automagically.
https:// is linked automagically.
news:// is linked automagically.
ftp:// is linked automagically.
gopher:// is linked automagically.
mailto: is linked automagically.
Links to .jpg, .jpeg and .gif files are treated as images to be displayed within the page itself.
See for more recent explanations the wiki2go text formatting guide
you can see how this is defined by editing the text of this page.
Related pages: WikiWebUse