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--- doc:basic_text_formatting [2026/07/27 08:21] – [Using the toolbar] Simon Grant
+++ doc:basic_text_formatting [2026/07/27 09:19] (current) – Simon Grant
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   * B gives **Bold Text**
   * I gives //Italic Text//
-  * don't use U, __as it gives this as in Markdown__
+  * don't use U, __as double underscore gives bold in Markdown__
     * with Markdown enabled, there is no way to get underlined text
     * some sources say try <ins>"ins"</ins> or <u>"u"</u> but as you see they don't work
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 The easiest way to be sure is to contain things you want unchanged inside `<nowiki>` `</nowiki>`tags.
-`<nowiki>''**__I want to see all the formatting characters__**''</nowiki>`\\
+    <nowiki>''**__I want to see all the formatting characters__**''</nowiki>
-comes out as\\
+comes out as
 <nowiki>''**__I want to see all the formatting characters__**''</nowiki>
-On this page, the 'backtick' character ''\`'' is used in all the examples above, to allow showing the markup. But as you see, it does more than simply disable the special characters, as <nowiki><nowiki></nowiki> does: it also makes them monospaced and red text on pink background.
+while using the 'backtick' character ''\`'' at the start and finish of the line of text…
+    `''**__I want to see all the formatting characters__**''`
+comes out as
+`''**__I want to see all the formatting characters__**''`
+The 'backtick' character ''\`'' is used in some examples above, to allow showing the markup. But as you see, it does more than simply disable the special characters, as <nowiki><nowiki></nowiki> does: it also makes them monospaced and red text on pink background.
 If you use the backtick, be very careful to have them balanced. Otherwise you might get a surprise when you look at the result!