*Inline Elements [#v2f727fb]
In the following table you can see how to use the inline text elements of PukiWiki

|''Format example''|''Formatting code''|''Comment''|h
|''Emphasised text''|''Emphasised text''|Put the text between two single quotes.|
|'''Italic text'''|'''Italic text'''|Put the text between three single quotes.|
|Text with&br;a break|Text with &br; a break||
|&size(24){Text in font size 24};| &size(24){Text in font size 24};||
|&color(purple){Purple text};| &color(purple){Purple text};||
|&color(#123456){Colored text};| &color(#123456){Colored text};||
|&color(red,yellow){Red text with yellow backbround};| &color(red,yellow){Red text with yellow background};||
|%%Strikethrough text%%| %%Strikethrough text%%||
|((This is the footnote's text))|((This is the footnote's text))|This inserts a footnote with the given text at the bottom of the page.|
|&ref(http://www.example.com);|&ref(http://www.example.com);|This inserts a reference.|
|&aname(Anchor);|&aname(Anchor);|This inserts an invisible anchor for hyperlinking.|
|&counter;|&counter;|This inserts a counter. What does it count, in fact?|
|&online;|&online;|What does this do, in fact?|
|&version;|&version;|I guess this inserts the current version number of PukiWiki itself?|
|WikiName|WikiName|This create a link to another pages on the same Pukiwiki site.|
|[[BracketName]]|[[BracketName]]|This creates a link to another page on a same Pukiwiki site.|
|[[External link:http://www.example.com]]|[[External link:http://www.example.com]]|This creates links to pages on other web sites.|
|[[InterWikiLink:page name]]|[[InterWikiLink:page name]]|This creates a link to another Wiki, right?|
|Paragraph| ~Paragraph||
|Inline text&br;Inline text| Inline text&br;Inline text|&br; is replaced with a line break.|
|Inline text~&br;#plug-in| Inline text~&br;#plug-in|The ~, followed by a line break works as an escape character that disables the # character, which normally activates a plugin.|




&br;

*Block Elements [#veaf1193]
~In what follows, examples for the block elements will be given.
First, you will see the example as it should be entered into PukiWiki,and
next is the result you'll get. 

**Preformatted text [#v6d2a929]
  Preformatted text. There is a space in front of this text.

 Preformatted text. There is a space in front of this text. 
&br;

**Headings [#n6275890]
 *Heading level 1
 **Heading level 2
 ***Heading level 3
There are no examples of how the heading looks like here, 
because they would disturb the structure of this document.
But take a look at the headings above and below to see how 
it might look. 
&br; 
**Paragraphs and the tilde as and escape character [#a6ab3c0e]
 ~Paragraph
 ~*This will not be displayed as a heading
~Paragraph
~*This will not be displayed as a heading
 Line break escape example~
 #comment (disables first letter formatting rule, which is used to activate plug-ins.)
Line break escape example~
#comment (disables first letter formatting rule, which is used to activate plug-ins.)
&br;
**Quotes [#q0849799]
 >Quote Level 1
 >>Quote Level 2
 >>>Quote Level 3
>Quote Level 1
>>Quote Level 2
>>>Quote Level 3
&br;
**Unordered lists [#kbd4d759]
 -Unordered list level 1
 --Unordered list level 2
 ---Unordered list level 3
-Unordered list level 1
--Unordered list level 2
---Unordered list level 3
&br;
**Ordered lists [#z291b8c3]
 +Ordered list level 1
 ++Ordered list level 2
 +++Ordered list level 3
+Ordered list level 1
++Ordered list level 2
+++Ordered list level 3
&br;
**Definition lists [#z93a6096]
 :Definition|Description
:Definition|Description
&br;
**Comments [#l279ee0b]
 A comment is hidden here: 
 //Comment
A comment is hidden here: 
//Comment
&br;
**Horizontal Rule [#s0439a0c]
 ----
----
**Table [#jecf0233]
*** Simple [#v90083b4]
 |aaa|bbb|ccc|
 |111|222|333|
|aaa|bbb|ccc|
|111|222|333|
*** Advanced [#n6c24e02]
 |RIGHT:100|CENTER:|SIZE(20)|c -------------- format definition line
 |~Header|Header2|Header3|h ----------------- header line
 |CENTER:lowspan|COLOR(red):bbb|ccc|
 |~|222|COLOR(#ff0000):BGCOLOR(yellow):333|
 |footer|>|CENTER:colspan|f ----------------- footer line

|RIGHT:100|CENTER:|SIZE(20)|c
|~Header|Header2|Header3|h
|CENTER:lowspan|COLOR(red):bbb|ccc|
|~|222|COLOR(#ff0000):BGCOLOR(yellow):333|
|footer|>|CENTER:colspan|f


**CSV Table [#pece650e]
 ,aaa,bbb,ccc
 ,111,222,333
,aaa,bbb,ccc
,111,222,333

//**Plug-ins
// #contents 
// (This is the table of contents plugin) 
//
//#contents 
//(This is the table of contents plugin)
// The above does not work?

*Special entities : [#nb14c38a]
// These expressions do not work with the default settings. 
// See pukiwiki.ini.php and default.ini.php.
//|FormattingSandbox|&page;|This one doesn't seem to work?|
//|2003-10-28|&date;|This one doesn't seem to work?|
//|03:33:43|&time;|This one doesn't seem to work?|
//|2003-10-28 (火) 03:33:43|&now;|This one doesn't seem to work?|
//|2003-10-15|date ?| This one is replaced when  editing is finished.|
//|12:35:09|time ?| This one is replaced when  editing is finished.|
//|2003-10-15 (水) 12:35:09|now ?| This one is replaced when  editing is finished.|

|''Special entity''|''Code''|''Comments''|h
|&heart;|&heart;||
|©|©||
|®|®||
|™|™||
|²|²||
|³|³||
| | |You may not be able to see it,&br;but there is a non-breaking space in the first column. &br; It prevents a line from being broken at that point.|
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|You can define any unicode character up to #32000 using this code. Please note that you need a font that supports the character, or you will not be able to see it.|
|世|世|You can use characters from all over the world!|
|♂|♂|It is a man's world.|
|☿|♀|But it would be nothing without a woman.|
|∞|∞|We could go on like this forever...|
|Ω|Ω|But here it must end.|

&br;

*Nesting Elements [#vd8a37d7]
**Paragraph Element-Emphasize Element [#n053ef8b]
 ~This is the paragraph, which is the parent element that contains emphasized text. 
 ''This is the emphasized text, that is the child element of the paragraph element.''
 
~This is the paragraph, which is the parent element that contains emphasized text. 
''This is the emphasized text, that is the child element of the paragraph element.''

**Quotation Element-List Element [#a8c9880d]
 Level[0]
 >Quotation Level[1]AAA
 ~Quotation Level[1]BBB
 >>Quotation Level[2]AAA
 ~Quotation Level[2]BBB
 >>>Quotation Level[3]
 -Child Element-List Level[1]
 |TABLE|ELEMENT|NEXT|to|the Inline|element|in a list|
 --Child Element-List Level[2]
 &br;Line Break in a Element
 ---Child Element-List Level[3]
 --Child Element-List Level[2]
 ---Child Element-List Level[3]
 <<Quotation Level[1]
 >>Quotation Level[2]
 <<Get out of the Quotation Level2 Element
 >>>Quotation Level[3]AAA
 >>>Quotation Level[3]BBB
 -Child Element-List Level[1]
 --Child Element-List Level[2]
 ---Child Element-List Level[3]

Level[0]
>Quotation Level[1]AAA
~Quotation Level[1]BBB
>>Quotation Level[2]AAA
~Quotation Level[2]BBB
>>>Quotation Level[3]
-Child Element-List Level[1]
|TABLE|ELEMENT|NEXT|to|the Inline|element|in a list|
--Child Element-List Level[2]
&br;Line Break in a Element
---Child Element-List Level[3]
--Child Element-List Level[2]
---Child Element-List Level[3]
<<Quotation Level[1]
>>Quotation Level[2]
<<Get out of the Quotation Level2 Element
>>>Quotation Level[3]AAA
>>>Quotation Level[3]BBB
-Child Element-List Level[1]
--Child Element-List Level[2]
---Child Element-List Level[3]

This section needs to be brushed up.