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== Using links ==

What you always have dreamed of (for your paper notes) - in a wiki it becomes true: fast links!

=== Internal links ===

If you enclose a word in double brackets (like <code><nowiki>[[word]]</nowiki></code>), you get an internal link, hopefully to an already existing page - if not, it appears red, and you just created the opportunity for your co-authors to add the details. If you want a text differing from the link target, you can place it after a pipe symbol: <code><nowiki>[[word|different text]]</nowiki></code>.

For external links, simply place the URL into the text, certain protocols (http, https, mailto) will be automatically transformed into links. For alternate text, use single brackets, start with the URL and after a space enter the title, like so <code><nowiki>[http://acid3.acidtests.org the Acid3 test]</nowiki></code> which renders to ~~[http://acid3.acidtests.org the Acid3 test].~~

=== Linking to sections ===

You may link to sections in the same page by using the section title with the prefix <code>#</code>. MediaWiki automatically converts it into a link with the correct anchor identifier. For example to link to the beginning of this section use <code><nowiki>[[#Using links]]</nowiki></code> (rendered as [[#Using links]]) or with changed text <code><nowiki>[[#Using links|top of this section]]</nowiki></code> (rendered as [[#Using links|top of this section]]).

=== External links ===

For external links, simply place the URL into the text, certain protocols (http, https, mailto) will be automatically transformed into links. For alternate text, use single brackets, start with the URL and after a space enter the title, like so <code><nowiki>[http://acid3.acidtests.org the Acid3 test]</nowiki></code> which renders to [http://acid3.acidtests.org the Acid3 test].

=== Link text ===

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 == Using links ==
 What you always have dreamed of (for your paper notes) - in a wiki it becomes true: fast links!
+=== Internal links ===
 If you enclose a word in double brackets (like <code><nowiki>[[word]]</nowiki></code>), you get an internal link, hopefully to an already existing page - if not, it appears red, and you just created the opportunity for your co-authors to add the details. If you want a text differing from the link target, you can place it after a pipe symbol: <code><nowiki>[[word|different text]]</nowiki></code>.
-For external links, simply place the URL into the text, certain protocols (http, https, mailto) will be automatically transformed into links. For alternate text, use single brackets, start with the URL and after a space enter the title, like so <code><nowiki>[http://acid3.acidtests.org the Acid3 test]</nowiki></code> which renders to [http://acid3.acidtests.org the Acid3 test].
+=== Linking to sections ===
 You may link to sections in the same page by using the section title with the prefix <code>#</code>. MediaWiki automatically converts it into a link with the correct anchor identifier. For example to link to the beginning of this section use <code><nowiki>[[#Using links]]</nowiki></code> (rendered as [[#Using links]]) or with changed text <code><nowiki>[[#Using links|top of this section]]</nowiki></code> (rendered as [[#Using links|top of this section]]).
+=== External links ===
+For external links, simply place the URL into the text, certain protocols (http, https, mailto) will be automatically transformed into links. For alternate text, use single brackets, start with the URL and after a space enter the title, like so <code><nowiki>[http://acid3.acidtests.org the Acid3 test]</nowiki></code> which renders to [http://acid3.acidtests.org the Acid3 test].
 === Link text ===