Help:Introduction to editing with VisualEditor/6

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Opening the editor
How to activate editing mode

Toolbar basics
The tools at your disposal

Links and wikilinks
Connect pages up to each other

Publishing changes
Make it so

Creating new articles
Building a page from scratch

Summary
Review of what you've learned



Summary

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  • When enabled, VisualEditor is activated by clicking "Edit" at the top of an article
  • The toolbar has functions similar to a standard word processing program
  • Standard formatting for headings is accessed via the Paragraph MediaWiki Vector skin action arrow.png drop-down menu
  • Links to other Wikipedia pages, and to external web pages, are added using the VisualEditor - Toolbar - Linking (small).png button
  • Remember to summarise the edits you made before you save them!
  • Your changes are made to a Wikipedia page when you press Publish changes
  • You can create new pages using the Article wizard, so long as the topic is notable, has reliable sources, and isn't a conflict of interest

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