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--- doc:basic_text_formatting [2026/07/27 08:28] – [What if I want to use these characters?] Simon Grant
+++ doc:basic_text_formatting [2026/07/27 09:19] (current) – Simon Grant
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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>
-while using the 'backtick' character ''\`''
+while using the 'backtick' character ''\`'' at the start and finish of the line of text…
-<nowiki>`''**__I want to see all the formatting characters__**''`</nowiki>
+    `''**__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 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.
+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!