The following is a listing of special characters used in PmWiki markup, with references to documentation and examples of usage in context.  The list is organized by the location of characters on a qwerty keyboard:
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 ~
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 tilde, squiggle, wave
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 [[~Author Name]], ~~~ and ~~~~
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 Links
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 `
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 grave, backtick, backquote
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 `WikiWord (neutralize link)
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 Text Formatting Rules
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 !
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 exclamation mark, 
bang, 
not, 
pling, 
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 !Heading
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 Basic Editing Text Formatting Rules
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 (:if !condition:) (logical not)
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 Conditional Markup
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 [[!Category Name]]
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 Categories Links
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 @
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 at sign, 
each
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 @@monospaced@@ and [@display markup@]
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 Basic Editing Text Formatting Rules
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 #
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 crosshatch, 
pound, 
number, 
hash
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 #item (lists)
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 Basic Editing Text Formatting Rules
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 [[#anchor]] and [[#anchor|goto]]
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 Basic Editing Links
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 [[Link|#]] (incremented numeric alias)
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 Links
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 &name; or {  (generate character) 
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 Text Formatting Rules 
Special Characters List
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 %define=name color=#hexdec%
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 Wiki Style Colors
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 $
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 dollar sign
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 $variable
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 Variables
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 {$variable}
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 PageVariables
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 $[translatable phrase]
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 Skin Templates
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 %
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 percent sign
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 %style% %%
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 Basic Editing Wiki Styles
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 %center% Attach:image.gif
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 Images
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 ^
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 circumflex, 
caret
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 ^|[[BreadcrumbTrail]]|^
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 WikiTrails
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 '^super^'script
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 Basic Editing 
Character Markup
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 &
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 ampersand, 
and sign
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 &name; or {  (generate character) 
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 Text Formatting Rules 
Special Characters List
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 (:if expr true && ! false :) (logical and)
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 Conditional Markup
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 *
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 asterisk, 
star
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 *item (lists)
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 Basic Editing Text Formatting Rules
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 (:if group PmWiki* :)
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 Conditional Markup
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 (
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 parenthesis (open or left)
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 [[Page (Name)]]
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 Basic Editing Links
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 (:comment hiddentext:)
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 Comment Markup
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 (:if true:)
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 Conditional Markup
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 (:nogroupheader:) (:nogroupfooter:)
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 Group Headers
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 (:include PageName:)
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 Include Other Pages
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 (:pagelist:) (:searchbox:) (:searchresults:)
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 Page Lists
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 (:table:) (:cell:)
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 Table Directives
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 (:directives:)
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 Markup Master Index Page Directives 
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 )
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 parenthesis (close or right)
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 [[Page (Name)]]
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 Basic Editing Links
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 (:comment hiddentext:)
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 Comment Markup
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 (:if true:)
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 Conditional Markup
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 (:nogroupheader:) (:nogroupfooter:)
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 Group Headers
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 (:include PageName:)
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 Include Other Pages
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 (:pagelist:) (:searchbox:) (:searchresults:)
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 Page Lists
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 (:table:) (:cell:)
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 Table Directives
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 (:directives:)
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 Markup Master Index Page Directives 
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 _
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 underscore, underline
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 '_sub_'script
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 Basic Editing Character Markup
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 +
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 plus
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 [+big+] and {+inserted+}
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 Basic Editing Character Markup
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 [[links|+]]  (display page "title")
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 Links
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 -
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 hyphen, dash, minus, negative
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 ----  (horizontal line)
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 Basic Editing Text Formatting Rules
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 (:pagelist apple -pie:)
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 PageLists
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 [-small-] and {-deleted-}
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 Basic Editing Character Markup
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 =
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 equal
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 (:pagelist group=Main:)
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 PageLists
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 [=unformatted=]
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 Text Formatting Rules
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 {
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 brace, curly bracket, squiggly bracket (open or left) 
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 {$variable}
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 PageVariables
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 {(function args)}
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 Markup Expressions
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 {+inserted+} and {-deleted-}
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 Basic Editing Character Markup
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 }
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 brace, curly bracket, squiggly bracket (close or right)
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 {$variable}
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 PageVariables
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 {(function args)}
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 Markup Expressions
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 {+inserted+} and {-deleted-}
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 Basic Editing Character Markup
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 |
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 pipe, vertical bar, vertical line 
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 [[Link|Alias]]
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 Basic Editing
Links
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 (:if expr true || false :) (logical or)
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 Conditional Markup
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 || cell ||
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 Tables
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 [
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 bracket, square (open or left)
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 [[PageName]] for links
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 Basic Editing Links
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 [@display markup@] or [=plain text=]
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 Text Formatting Rules
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 [+big+] and [-small-]
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 Basic Editing Character Markup
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 $[translatable phrase]
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 Skin Templates
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 ]
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 bracket, square (close or right)
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 [[PageName]] for links
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 Basic Editing Links
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 [@display markup@] or [=plain text=]
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 Text Formatting Rules
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 [+big+] and [-small-]
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 Basic Editing Character Markup
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 $[translatable phrase]
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 Skin Templates
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 \
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 backslash, bash
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 \ or  \\ (join or break lines)
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 Basic Editing
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 :
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 colon
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 :term:definition  (lists)
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 Basic Editing
Text Formatting Rules
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 [[MapPrefix:Page]]
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 Basic Editing Inter Map
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 Attach:Filename.ext Δ 
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 Images Uploads
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 (:comment hiddentext:)
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 Comment Markup
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 (:if true:)
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 Conditional Markup
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 (:nogroupheader:) (:nogroupfooter:)
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 Group Headers
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 (:include PageName:)
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 Include Other Pages
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 (:pagelist:) (:searchbox:) (:searchresults:)
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 Page Lists
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 (:table:) (:cell:)
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 Table Directives
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 (:directives:)
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 Markup Master Index Page Directives 
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 "
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 double quote, quotation mark
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 http://example/image.jpg"alt text"
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 Images
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 "'variable definition'"  (script)
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 PageVariables
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 ;
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 semi-colon
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 ¢ ¢
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 Text Formatting Rules Special Characters List
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 '
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 apostrophe, single quote, tick
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 ''italics'' '''bold'''
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 Basic Editing Text Formatting Rules
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 <
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 left arrow, open angle bracket, less than
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 -<Hanging indent
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 Basic Editing Text Formatting Rules
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 <<|[[TrailIndex]]|>> (trail navigation)
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 WikiTrails
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 [[<<]]
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 Images
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 >>block style<< 
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 Basic Editing
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 >
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 right arrow, inverted arrow, closed angle bracket, greater than
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 ->indented paragraph
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 Basic Editing
Text Formatting Rules
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 <<|[[TrailIndex]]|>> (trail navigation)
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 WikiTrails
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 >>block style<< 
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 Basic Editing
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 ?
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 question mark
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 ?action=edit (part of URL, not a markup)
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 Available Actions 
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 [[{$FullName}?action=edit]]
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 Edit Variables In Text Area
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 (:if name PmCal.200? :)
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 Conditional Markup
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 ,
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 comma
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 (:pagelist order=group,title:)
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 PageLists
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 .
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 dot, period
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 [[Group.Page]]
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 Basic Editing Wiki Group
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 [[Group.]] trailing dot
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 Wiki Group
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 /
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 slash, forwardslash, stroke, virgule
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 [[Group/Page]]
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 Basic Editing Wiki Group
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 [[Group/]] trailing slash
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 Wiki Group
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 (sp)
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 space, whitespace
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   leading space (no word wrap, monspaced)
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 Text Formatting Rules
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 *Item\\   whitespace indentation (newline aligned with item)
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 Text Formatting Rules
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