Wikipedia:Tip of the day/October 21

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The edit toolbar

An often overlooked power-tool is the edit toolbar.

Except for the last two buttons on the bar, the way they are used is to select some text (that is, highlight the text), then click on the desired button. This will format the text selected. Here's what the buttons do:

Image:Bold icon.png - Bold or strong emphasis

Image:Italic icon.png - Italic or emphasis

Image:Button_link.png - Internal link

Image:External link icon.png - External link

Image:Headline icon.png - Section heading

Image:Image icon.png - Insert image

Image:Media icon.png - Insert media

Image:Math icon.png - Mathematical formula

Image:Nowiki icon.png - Ignore wiki formatting

Image:Signature icon.png - Sign talk comments (with time stamp)

Image:H-line icon.png - inserts Horizontal line

Image:Button redirect.png - Set a redirect

The last two you just click. On the others you can also click the button without selecting text first, which will insert some default text. Just retype over the default text with the text you want to appear there.

The edit toolbar is activated by default. It can be deactivated at the Editing tab in my preferences.

Read more: m:Help:Edit toolbar

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