Visual Editor - Mediawiki

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Opening the visual editor

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  1. First make sure you're logged in using your evergreen.edu username and password
  2. To edit a page using the visual editor, click on the "Edit" icon at the top of the page.

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  • Note: It can take a few seconds for the page to open for editing, and longer if the page is very long.
  • Clicking on the page options icon "..." is where you can access the "Edit source" tab will open the classic wikitext source editor

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Getting started: the visual editor's toolbar

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The visual editor's toolbar appears at the top of the screen when you begin editing. It includes some familiar icons:

Saving changes

Editing links

Editing images and other media files

Editing images

Uploading images

Editing media galleries

Editing lists

Editing tables

Editing categories

Editing page settings

Switching between the visual and wikitext editors

Keyboard shortcuts