Tips on Formatting

How to Italicize a Paragraph
To italicize a paragraph, begin it with < or > as in this example:

On June 29th, 2001, you said:
 
<I would never give a banjo to an orc! And I wish you wouldn't wear that blue frock all the time.

Yeah, but at least it's not a pink bowtie!

The resulting paragraph would look like this:

On June 29th, 2001, you said:
 
<<I would never give a banjo to an orc! And I wish you wouldn't wear that blue frock all the time.

Yeah, but at least it's not a pink bowtie!

Note that the << tag must be at the beginning of the paragraph. If it is preceded by a space or in the middle of a sentence, the text that followed it would not be italicized.

How to Italicize One Word
To italicize a word, put the _ character around it. For example:

I think Barbarians need _new_ loincloths.

Which would look like this:

I think Barbarians need new loincloths.

How to Boldface One Word
To bold a word, put the * character around it. For example:

The question is not when she was tickled, but *how*.

Which would look like this:

The question is not when she was tickled, but how.

How to Insert Email and URL Links
The forum sofware will automagically convert a URL or email address to a link for you. Any text beginning with http:// will turn into the text [click here to follow this link] with a link to the URL, and any text with the @ and appropriate suffix for an email address (such as foo@play.net) will be displayed as one.

How to Insert a Horizontal Line
To add a horizontal line to your post, start a new line with at least four repeating dashes (----). The forums will automatically turn them into a horizontal line. This also works with the tilde (~~~~) and equal sign characters (====).

How to Insert a Table of Data
To display text in table format (rows & columns), begin with the [table] tag on a line by itself. After this tag, each new line of data will be a row. To create columns, seperate text on a line with a | character. When done, close the table with a [/table] tag on a line by itself. Note the example below:

[table]
One | Two | Three | Four | Five
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
Uno | Dos | Tres | Quatro | Cinco
[/table]

The above text will be rendered to look like this:

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