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@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 # Help on formatting text
 
 # Help on formatting text
 

-Text on this wiki is written in a form very close to how you might write
-text for an email message.
+Text on this wiki is, by default, written in a form very close to how you
+might write text for an email message. This style of text formatting is
+called [[MarkDown]], and it works like this:

 
 Leave blank lines between paragraphs.
 
 
 Leave blank lines between paragraphs.
 


@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ To quote someone, prefix the quote with ">":
 > To be or not to be,
 > that is the question.
 
 > To be or not to be,
 > that is the question.
 

-To write a code block, indent each line with a tab or 8 spaces:
+To write a code block, indent each line with a tab or 4 spaces:

 
        10 PRINT "Hello, world!"
        20 GOTO 10
 
        10 PRINT "Hello, world!"
        20 GOTO 10


@@ -57,7 +58,3 @@ stuff.
 
 Also, if the smiley plugin is enabled in your wiki, you can insert
 [[smileys]] and some other useful symbols.
 
 Also, if the smiley plugin is enabled in your wiki, you can insert
 [[smileys]] and some other useful symbols.

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-
-This style of text formatting is called [[MarkDown]].