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How do I use Advanced Formating?

Answer: 

Creating Bold or Italic Text:

While Initially in Advanced Formatting Mode

  1. Use the Text Format drop-down menu and switch the mode to Advance Formatting
  2. Select (highlight) the text you want to make bold and depress the CTRL and B keys at the same time
  3. Or select (highlight) the text you want to italicize and depress the CTRL and I keys at the same time.

The CTRL (or Ctrl or Control) key is located on the bottom left and bottom right of the keyboard near the Space Bar.

Creating Links to Other Websites (or pages on Neopoet):

While Initially in Advanced Formatting Mode

  1. Switch to the Advanced Formatting mode using the above instructions
  2. Copy the URL you would like to link to. Jess shows you how to Copy and Paste on his blog.
  3. Select (highlight) the text you want to turn into a link, then click the Link Button at the top left of the Poem Body or Comment box.
  4. Paste the URL in the box provided that reads "URL".
  5. Then click "OK".
  6. Sample of Steps #4 and #5

URLs, or web addresses, are found in the white address bar at the top of your web browser. They start with "www." or "http://" 

Creating Numbered or Bulleted Lists:

While Initially in Simple Formatting Mode 

1. Type <ol> to create a numbered ("ordered") list.

2. To create items in your list type <li> before the text you want as your first list item, then type </li> at the end of your first list item.

3. To create another list item just type <li> again after your first list item and remember to finish each list item by typing </li>.

4.  At the end of your numbered list, type </ol> to complete the list.

5. Use the same method, but use <ul> at the beginning for a bulleted ("unordered") list.

6. Enclose each list item in <li> and </li> and then complete the list with </ul>.

7. Finish by switching to advanced formatting mode.

8. Sample in Simple Formatting mode

9. What the above sample looks like once switched to Advanced Formatting mode

(Thanks to our member Beauregard for compiling this answer!)

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