Writing Tips

From Web 2.0 That Works: Marzano & Web 2.0

(Special thanks to John Pederson for sharing this resource.)

1 Formating text
2 Sections (Topic Headers)
3 Outline for a Basic Table
4 Google
- 4.1 Search
- 4.2 Applications

Formating text

	What you type	What you see
Type two returns at the end of each paragraph and do not indent paragraphs by using spaces or tabs.	Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.	Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.
To force line breaks, use the HTML or XHTML line break tag (<br> or <br />).	Lorem ipsum dolor.<br>Sit amet.<br>Consectetur adipisicing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor.<br />Incididunt ut labore<br />Et dolore magna aliqua.	Lorem ipsum dolor. Sit amet. Consectetur adipisicing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor. Incididunt ut labore Et dolore magna aliqua.

	What you type	What you see
Italics - Type two apostrophes, not quote marks, before the text and two after the text.	''italic''	italic
Bold - Type three apostrophes, not quote marks, before the text and three after the text.	'''bold'''	bold
Bold italic - Type five apostrophes, not quote marks, before the text and five after the text.	'''''bold italic'''''	bold italic
Indent paragraph - Type a colon (:) at the beginning of the paragraph.	:Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. :Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.	Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.
Bulleted paragraphs or lists - Type an asterisk (*) at the beginning of the paragraph. Do not type two returns between lines when making bulleted paragraphs.	* Bullet item one. * Bullet item two * Bullet item three	Bullet item one. Bullet item two Bullet item three
Numbered list - Type the number sign (#) at the beginning of the paragraph. Do not type two returns between lines when making numbered lists.	# Item one. # Item two. # Item three.	Item one. Item two. Item three.

Sections (Topic Headers)

What you type	What you see
== New section ==	New section
=== Subsection ===	Subsection
==== Sub-subsection ====	Sub-subsection

When there are more than three section headers on a page a table of contents automatically appears on the page.

Outline for a Basic Table

{| border="1" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;"
|-
| align="left" valign="top" width="200px" | '''Column A'''
| align="left" valign="top" width="200px" | '''Column B'''
| align="left" valign="top" width="200px" | '''Column C'''
| align="left" valign="top" width="200px" | '''Column D'''
|-
| align="left" valign="top" | 
| align="left" valign="top" | 
| align="left" valign="top" | 
|-
| align="left" valign="top" | 
| align="left" valign="top" | 
| align="left" valign="top" | 
|-
| align="left" valign="top" | 
| align="left" valign="top" |
| align="left" valign="top" |
|}

Column A	Column B	Column C	Column D

You type this.

You get this.

[http://www.google.com Google]

Google

http://www.google.com

http://www.google.com

#Google
#Yahoo
#Alta Vista

Google
Yahoo
Alta Vista

*Google
*Yahoo
*Alta Vista

Google
Yahoo
Alta Vista

==Google==
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===Search===
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===Applications===
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