Editing a page
Note
Here you'll learn how to work with the new Wiki editor. For more information about markup in the old editor, see Markup guide (old editor).
You can change any Wiki page you have edit permissions to. Here is how:
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Open the page you need and click Edit in the top-right corner.
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Make changes to the text on the page.
You can use text formatting and add images, tables, embedded objects, and other elements.
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Click Publish.
After saving the page, a copy of it is placed in the history of changes. In the history, you can always view previous versions of the page, compare them with each other, or restore any of them.
If you edit the page but don't publish your changes, they'll be saved as a draft. You can find all drafts and saved versions in the page's version history.
For more information, see Viewing the history of page changes.
Learn more
To learn more about the Wiki editor features and supported formatting elements and blocks, see the following sections:
- Formatting text
- Block formatting
- Links
- Static table
- Dynamic table
- Embedded object (iframe)
- Images
- Files
- Diagrams
- Adding content from another page
- Importing a page from a file
- Table of contents and cluster structure
- Block with HTML markup
- Comments
Editor modes
Yandex Wiki supports two text editing modes: visual editor and markup mode. By default, a page has the visual editor enabled.
To change the editor mode, click in the top right corner and select Visual editor (wysiwyg) or Markdown markup.
In the visual editor, you can format text like you normally do in Microsoft Word or Google Docs.
You can also add formatting elements using your keyboard or through the quick access menu: type / and select an item from the list.
In markup mode, formatting elements are shown as special characters. Wiki supports YFM markup, an extended version of Markdown featuring additional formatting elements.
Markup mode divides the editing page into two panes: the left pane is for editing text and markup, while the right pane displays a preview of how the page will look after you save it. To do this, click and enable Split mode.
To preview the page with split mode disabled, click in the top right corner.
Quick access menu
In the visual editor, you can use the quick access menu to add formatting elements and blocks:
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On a new line or after a space, type
/. A list of available formatting elements and blocks opens. -
To search through the list, start typing the name of an item.
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Use your mouse or keyboard to select an item in the list.
Adding formatting elements using the keyboard
In the visual editor, you can type special characters to add certain formatting elements:
In the visual editor, you can apply line formatting markup to individual words without spaces:
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Add a space before the markup characters.
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Add markup characters at the beginning and end of the word that you want to format.
Examples:
- Bold text:
**Bold** - Italic:
_Italic_ - Underlined text:
++Underlined++ - Strikethrough text:
~~Strikethrough~~ - Monospaced text:
##Monospaced## - Yellow highlight:
==Highlighted== - Superscript:
^Superscript^ - Subscript:
~Subscript~
- Bold text:
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Make sure to add a space after the closing character.
For more information, see Line formatting
On a new line, type from one to six # characters followed by a space. For example: ###
For more information, see Headings
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To create a numbered list, start a new line with any digit followed by a period and a space. For example:
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To add a bulleted list, start a new line with
-or*followed by a space. For example:- -
To add a checklist, start a new line with
[]followed by a space. For example:[] -
To create a nested list item (increase the left indent), position the cursor in the line of the list item and press Tab.
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To move a nested list item to a higher level (decrease the left indent), place the cursor in the line with the list item and press Shift + Tab.
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To add a paragraph without a number or bullet between list items, place the cursor at the beginning of the item and press Backspace (on Windows) or ⌫ (on macOS).
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To finish the list and start typing plain text, place the cursor in a new empty list item and press Enter.
For more information, see Lists
Start a new line with > followed by a space. For example: >
For more information, see Quote
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To format a code snippet within a line of text, add a backtick
`at the beginning and end of the snippet, then add a space after the closing character. For example:`s = input()` -
To add a code block, start a new line and type three backticks
```.
For more information, see Code formatting
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To format a formula in text, type
$, enter the marked up formula in KaTeX format, and close it with$and a space. For example:$x^2$ -
To add a formula block, start a new line with
$$followed by a space. For example:$$
For more information, see Formulas
On a new line, type triple hyphen (---), triple underscore ___, or triple asterisk (***).
For more information, see Separator
Type : and select an emoji from the list.
For more information, see Emoji
Type @ and start typing the name, then select the user from the list.
For more information, see Users