=== Elements of syntax that you may wish to copy in a word processor for daily use ===
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*To align a text at the center:
<nowiki><center>your text</center> </nowiki>
*To align a text to the right:
<nowiki><right>your text</right> </nowiki>
*To write a text which shall not be interpreted wuth the wiki syntax:
<nowiki> your text </nowiki>
If you want to *To include a text in Edit mode, but that you don't want to see it in the Read version :
<nowiki><!-- Note : This text is a comment that will not appear --></nowiki>
*To insert a page into categories:
<nowiki>[[Category:First category name]] </nowiki>
<nowiki>[[Category:Second category name]] </nowiki>
*If you want your page to be put in an alphabetical place other than the initials of its title:
<nowiki>[[Category:Category name|Sort key]] </nowiki>
For example:
<nowiki>[[Category:Pulse|Bean, bush]] </nowiki>
(If the page name is Bush bean.)
*If your page is an introductory page, you may want it to come at the beginning of the list. Then type:
<nowiki>[[Category:Category name|*]] </nowiki>
*To insert a template:
<nowiki>{{Template}} </nowiki>
*To create a species page, paste the following page [[New species]] and delete any necessary text (after :).To create a genus page, paste the following page: [[Genustemplate]]
*To create a genus page, paste the following page: [[Genustemplate]] *To create a family page, paste the following page: [[Testfam]]
If you now want to obtain in the wiki something like:
*''[[Zea mays]]''
you have to type: <nowiki>*''[[Zea mays]]''</nowiki>
You can do it automatically in Word. If names are separated by a paragraph end mark, you select all the list, and you ask Word to replace the paragraph end mark by <nowiki>]]''paragraph end mark''[[</nowiki>.