Help:No formatting

There are a number of ways of suppressing some or all formatting so that what you see on the page is what you type.

What it looks like

What you type

<nowiki> tags

The nowiki tag ignores all wiki ''markup''. Newlines and multiple spaces are removed. Special characters such as → are still interpreted.

<nowiki>
The nowiki tag ignores all wiki ''markup''.
Newlines and   multiple spaces are removed.
Special characters such as &rarr; are still interpreted.
</nowiki>

<pre> tags

The pre tag also ignores all wiki ''markup''.
It doesn't reformat text so newlines
and multiple   spaces are retained.
It still interprets special characters: →
Unlike nowiki text, pre text appears in a shaded box.

<pre>
The pre tag also ignores all wiki ''markup''.
It doesn't reformat text so newlines
and multiple   spaces are retained.
It still interprets special characters: &rarr;
Unlike nowiki text, pre text appears in a shaded box.
</pre>

Leading spaces

You can also preserve formatting using a space at the start of the line.

Putting a space at the beginning of each line
stops the text   from being reformatted. 
It still interprets all wiki markup and
special characters: →

You can also preserve formatting
using a space at the start of the line.

 Putting a space at the beginning of each line
 stops the text   from being reformatted. 
 It still interprets all wiki ''markup'' and
 special characters: &rarr;