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=== Adding a picture to a page ===
=== Adding a picture to a page ===
* You have two choices:
* You have two choices:
*#Upload the image from the top level menu and name it or [https://rv10.org/index.php?title=Special:Upload click here]. Then in a second step, edit a page and refer to the named image (see step 2., just choose your image instead of uploading it).
*#Upload the image from the top level menu and name it or [https://rv10.org/index.php?title=Special:Upload click here]. Then in a second step, edit a page and refer to the named image (see step 2, just choose your image instead of uploading it).
*#Edit a page in "Edit" mode (not "Edit source"), then place the cursor where you want to insert the image.
*#Edit a page in "Edit" mode (not "Edit source"), then place the cursor where you want to insert the image.<br>Unfortunately, on some pages, "edit" doesn't work, you will get an error message. "Edit source" is then the only option. See the format rules in the next paragraph.
*#*Choose Insert -> "Images and media"
*#*Choose Insert -> "Images and media"
*#*Choose the "Upload" tab on the top
*#*Choose the "Upload" tab on the top (or select an image that was uploaded beforehand, skip the next upload steps then).
*#*Click "Select a File"
*#*Click "Select a File"
*#*Check "This is my own work"
*#*Check "This is my own work"
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*#*Click "Insert"
*#*Click "Insert"


* If you want the image to stay with the paragraph above it, go into "Edit source" mode and find where the image has been inserted. Then separate the image reference with <nowiki><br></nowiki> from the last line, for example:  xxxx last line of paragraph.<nowiki><br></nowiki><nowiki>[[File:yyy.jpg|300x300px]]</nowiki>
* If you want the image to stay with the paragraph above it, go into "Edit source" mode and find where the image has been inserted. Then separate the image reference with <nowiki><br></nowiki> from the last line, for example:  xxxx last line of paragraph.<nowiki><br></nowiki><nowiki>[[File:yyy.jpg|300x300px]]</nowiki> (the vertical line character "|" separates the name of the file to the left from the size to the right)


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===Adding a document to a page===
===Adding a document to a page===
* Upload the file from the top level menu on the left: "Upload file" or [[Special:Upload|click here]].
* Upload the file from the top level menu on the left: "Upload file" or [[Special:Upload|click here]].
* Edit the page in "Edit source" mode and enter the link for example for the file xxx.pdf as <nowiki>[[:File:xxx.pdf|xxx.pdf]]</nowiki> (the vertical line character "|" separates the name of the file on the left from the link text to the right of it).
* Edit the page in "Edit source" mode and enter the link for example for the file xxx.pdf as <nowiki>[[:File:xxx.pdf|xxx.pdf]]</nowiki> (the vertical line character "|" separates the name of the file on the left from the link text to the right of it). Note: the File tag has a leading and a trailing colon, ":File:".


===Creating a new page===
===Creating a new page===
* New pages are created by inserting a link to the new page before it exists. After saving the page with the new link, the page will show the new link in red.  Clicking on that link will create the page (the Wiki will open an editor for the new page. You can switch between "Edit" and "Edit source" as you like).
* New pages are created by inserting a link to the new page before it exists. After saving the page with the new link, the page will show the new link in red.  Clicking on that link will create the page (the Wiki will open an editor for the new page. You can switch between "Edit" and "Edit source" as you like).
* Links to pages are enclosed in double square brackets, e.g. <nowiki>[[New Page]]</nowiki>
* Links to pages are enclosed in double square brackets, e.g. <nowiki>[[New Page]]</nowiki>
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