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A couple of pointers, might be helpful:

• You can use '' (two apostrophes) before and after the text you want to italicize.
• You can use ''' (three apostrophes) before and after the text you want to embolden.
• These two can overlap. So you can use ''''' (five apostrophes) before and after the text you want to italicize and embolden.

Examples:

This is ''italic''.	looks like	This is italic.
This is '''bold'''.	looks like	This is bold.
This is '''''bold-italic''''', or just '''something ''italic'' within something bold''' or ''something '''bold''' within italic'', or ''even '''overlapping ''bold '''italic stuff.	looks like	This is bold-italic, or just something italic within something bold or something bold within italic, or even some overlapping bold italic stuff.

I know the examples suck, but I think they're clear enough.

Hopefully I'll upload something like a starter's guide soon. --Blacxthorne 16:02, 23 April 2008 (GMT)