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# '''Italics''': Follow the same steps above, but click button #2 to create text in italics.
# '''Italics''': Follow the same steps above, but click button #2 to create text in italics.
# '''Internal Link''': One page in a wiki often naturally leads to another page on the same wiki. For example, here is a link to the [[Clicklaw Wikibooks Style Guide]], which is also useful because it tells you when bold and italics are used. To make an internal link click button #3. You will see <tt><nowiki>[[Link title]]</nowiki></tt>. Replace <tt>Link title</tt> with the exact name of the page, leaving the square brackets intact, i.e. <tt>Clicklaw Wikibooks Style Guide</tt>, and you're done. Don't forget to hit "Save page."
# '''Internal Link''': One page in a wiki often naturally leads to another page on the same wiki. For example, here is a link to the [[Clicklaw Wikibooks Style Guide]], which is also useful because it tells you when bold and italics are used. To make an internal link click button #3. You will see <tt><nowiki>[[Link title]]</nowiki></tt>. Replace <tt>Link title</tt> with the exact name of the page, leaving the square brackets intact, i.e. <tt>Clicklaw Wikibooks Style Guide</tt>, and you're done. Don't forget to hit "Save page."
# '''External Link''': Examples of external links include any link to a case on CanLII, any other website outside of wiki.clicklaw.bc.ca, or even a PDF or DOC file from somewhere online. The simplest way to insert an external link is to click button #4. You will see <tt><nowiki>[http://www.example.com link title]</nowiki></tt>. Obviously, replace <tt>www.example.com</tt> and insert the URL you want to send readers to. You also need to either delete the words <tt>link title</tt> entirely, or better yet replace them with the words you want your link to read as. For example, to link to the online help guide for the BC Court of Appeal I would click button #4, then replace <tt>www.example.com</tt> with <tt>www.courtofappealbc.ca</tt>. I could then delete <tt>link title</tt> and save the page, which would show this [http://www.courtofappealbc.ca], or I could
# '''External Link''': Examples of external links include any link to another website, or even a PDF or DOC file from somewhere online. Cases on CanLII, for instance, will be referenced by an external link. The simplest way to insert an external link is to just type the full URL, including the <tt>http://</tt> prefix. Typing "<tt>For more information on the Court of Appeal process, visit <nowiki>http://www.courtofappealbc.ca</nowiki></tt>" into the edit screen and hitting "Save page" will show up as this: "For more information on the Court of Appeal process, visit the Court of Appeal BC Online Help Guide at http://www.courtofappealbc.ca". But most of the time, you will want the link to appear as the name of the resource itself underlined. Click button #4 and you will see <tt><nowiki>[http://www.example.com link title]</nowiki></tt>. Replace <tt>www.example.com</tt> and insert the URL you want to send readers to, <tt>www.courtofappealbc.ca</tt>. Now replace <tt>link title</tt> with the words you want your link to read as, for example <tt>Court of Appeal BC Online Help Guide</tt>. The proper external link should appear in the edit screen as "<tt>For more information on the Court of Appeal process, visit the <nowiki>[http://www.courtofappealbc.ca Court of Appeal BC Online Help Guide]</nowiki></tt>". Save the page. This text should appear as "For more information on the Court of Appeal process, visit the [http://www.courtofappealbc.ca Court of Appeal BC Online Help Guide]".


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