Questions tagged [formatting]
Formatting is the process by which content is stylized and laid out for improved user experience.
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How can I underline a text on ELL?
How can I underline a text on ELL? I'm trying to underline some words in a question on ELL but I fail to manage it. My browser is Google.
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In the future, can questions and answers support the <iframe> HTML tag?
Stack Exchange supports a little bit of HTML.
For example, we can use <kbd> tags
<kbd>Example</kbd>
Example Example
CAT FACE
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I was wondering if the English Language ...
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Attribution: the good and the bad
Recently, there have been a series of posts when a user's comment has been transformed into an answer or long excerpts have been quoted from various English websites.
First of all, just to be clear, ...
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Is it just me or does this word [𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗹𝘆] look odd to you too?
On my computer the word "𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗹𝘆" in this question looks as though it is boldfaced but in fact it appears to come pre-formatted. Does it look boldfaced to you too? It actually is non-formatted.
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What is the use for code formatting? [duplicate]
So in the tool bar (that’s what I like to call it), the bar that appears when you edit/ask a question or answer: (sorry for my terrible handwriting)
So after thinking about it I can’t see any use for ...
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What is a preformatted text for?
I cannot understand what those brackets above for. When I click it, "enter preformatted text" comes up. What is it for?
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An Editing Manual
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
I noticed (or re-noticed, studies say people's attention span on the internet decreases by . . . Oh I love that GIF, it never gets old) that we have an Editor's Lounge. Nice.
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Guide to formatting ELL answers -- best practices?
Is there a place on ELL or ELL-Meta that conveys best practices on formatting answers, specifically in the context of conveying English language information? For example:
presenting language examples ...
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Formatting Sandbox – Please test stuff here
What the title says.
Use this for testing stuff and gosh I can't believe we didn't have this till now.
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Suggestion: Markup for an incorrect example
Can we have markup for example sentences, as distinct from actual quotes? And markup to distinguish a correct example from an incorrect one? (Strikethrough is a poor substitute.)
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Memorandum of Formatting
Inspired by this question, I would like to find a comprehensive list of formatting elements recommended for use when asking and answering here.
In fact, I would like to have two lists:
For each ...
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Should backticks be used or quotation marks while formatting?
I had a suggested edit on one of my posts, that suggested changing the back-tick formatting to simple quotes. I am unsure of what to do in this case. So I figured it would be wise to ask this here.
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