There is no set template for laying out a how-to. Instead, we provide the community with a set of simple editing tags so members can format their how-tos in whichever way they find appealing.

A quick-reference guide follows:

Basic Text Transforms
	Tag	Editing Sample	Result
Bold Text	**	**Sample Text**	Sample Text
Italic Text	//	//Sample Text//	Sample Text
Centered Text	@@	@@Sample Text@@	Sample Text
Underlined Text	__	__Sample Text__	Sample Text
Stike Text	++	++Sample Text++	Sample Text
Monospace Text	##	##Sample Text##	Sample Text
Headings
	Tag	Editing Sample	Result
Largest Header	======	======Sample Text======	Sample Text
Large Header	=====	=====Sample Text=====	Sample Text
Medium Header	====	====Sample Text====	Sample Text
Small Header	===	===Sample Text===	Sample Text
Smallest Header	==	==Sample Text==	Sample Text
Lists, Linebreaks, and Indents
	Tag	Editing Sample	Result
Forced Line Break	---	Sample---Text	Sample Text
Indented Text	~, ~~, ...	Sample ~Text	Sample Text
Bulleted List	~-)	~-)Sample ~-)Text	Sample Text
Numbered List	~1)	~1)Sample ~1)Text	Sample Text
Lowercase List	~a)	~a)Sample ~a)Text	Sample Text
Uppercase List	~A)	~A)Sample ~A)Text	Sample Text
Lower Roman List	~i)	~i)Sample ~i)Text	Sample Text
Upper Roman List	~I)	~I)Sample ~I)Text	Sample Text
Nested Lists (any kind)	~-), ~~-), ...	~-)Sample ~~-)Text	Sample Text
Visuals
	Tag	Editing Sample	Result
Horizontal Line	----	----
Left Floatbox	<<	<<Sample<<Text	Sample Text
Right Floatbox	>>	>>Sample>>Text	Sample Text
Combining Floatboxes		<<Sam<<>>ple>>Text	Sam ple Text
Floatbox Clearer	::c::	<<Sam<<>>ple>>::c::Text	Sam ple Text
Links
	Tag	Editing Sample	Result
Page within community	[[...]]	[[Vane AFM to Hot Wire MAF]]	[Vane AFM to Hot Wire MAF]
Page in another community	[[community: make model: ...]]	[[community: Mazda RX-7: Vane AFM to Hot Wire MAF]]	[Mazda RX-7: Vane AFM to Hot Wire MAF]
Member Link	[[member: ...]]	[[member: stevej88na]]	[stevej88na]
External Link	[[http://...]]	[[http://www.google.com]]	[»http://www.google.com»]
Email Link	[[mailto:...]]	[[mailto:feedback@globalvicinity.com]]	[»mailto:feedback@globalvicinity.com»]
Images
	Tag	Editing Sample	Result
Images	[[Image:...]]	[[Image:787B]]