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https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=How-to&veaction=edit&vesection=1

Using my profile as a practice page.

A how-to is an informal, often short, description of how to accomplish a specific task. A how-to is usually meant to help non-experts, may leave out details that are only important to experts, and may also be greatly simplified from an overall discussion of the topic.

One of the earliest how-to books was published in 1569 by Thomas Wight and entitled, A booke ohrijf the arte and maner, how to plant and graffe all sortes of trees: With divers other new practise, by one of the Abbey of Saint Vincent in Fraunce by Leonard Mascall.

Modern examples
In the modern era How-to can range from brief directions that aid in performing a task with which one is unfamiliar to full-length books, generally intended to assist or inspire life-changing methods and attitudes. They occur in the "self-help" genre, business books, and the hobby industry.

Perhaps the best known full-length book in the genre is How to Win Friends and Influence People, written by Dale Carnegie in 1936.

A similar concept can be seen in many of the [topic] For Dummies series of tutorials and also in many other introductory surveys entitled with the suffix "101" (based on academic numberings of entry-level courses).

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TABLES

Example
This is an example of a small sortable table.

Tables with complex headers
Tables with more complex headers than before now sort correctly. For example:

Tables with complex datarows
Tables can have cells spanning multiple rows, using. (See Help:rowspan).

The number of rows must be indicated with each use of rowspan. Before any sorting can be done, the rowspan setup must be correct. An incorrect rowspan organisation breaks sorting option, leaving incorrect data.

See examples below.

When sorted all the rows are filled. Tables without rowspan are much easier to maintain by less experienced editors, and by editors who are stopping by only once to edit the table.

Correct rowspan numbers, with sorting in working order:

Note that, after sorting, the rowspanning cells are cut into rows and their content is repeated (the year "2014" in the example).

Incorrect rowspan numbers breaking sorting, and causing mix-ups in rows and columns:

=NUTRIENT=

MEN
What the body needs.

Adults 19 years and older

WOMEN
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IU
The IU is an International Unit, usually used to measure fat soluble vitamins including Vitamin A, D and E. The conversion of IU to mg varies depending on the nutrient.

VITAMIN A One milligram of beta carotene = 1667IU of Vitamin A activity. 15mg of beta carotene = 25,000IU of Vitamin A activity. VITAMIN E One milligram of Vitamin E = approx 1.21 to 1.49IU (depending on the carrier). 400IU of d-alpha tocopherol = 268mg. VITAMIN D One microgram of Vitamin D = 40IU. 400IU of Vitamin D = 10ug.

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Mg, Mcg, ug, IU the measuring of vitamins and minerals can be confusing. Here we help you through the vitamin measurement maze.

GRAM A gram is a metric measurement of weight. An old imperial measure of weight is the ounce and one ounce = 28.4 grams.

MILLIGRAM One milligram is one thousandth of a gram and one thousand micrograms. A milligram is generally abbreviated as mg.

MICROGRAM One microgram is one millionth of a gram and one thousandth of a milligram. It is usually abbreviated as mcg or ug. Mcg and ug are the same.

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Resourced:
Vitamin A https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/VitaminA-Consumer/

Vitamin B http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/vitamins-minerals/Pages/Vitamin-B.aspx

Vitamin C http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/expert-answers/vitamin-c/faq-20058030

Vitamin D http://www.mayoclinic.org/vitamin-d-and-ms/expert-answers/faq-20058258

IUs to MG http://www.viridian-nutrition.com/postview.aspx?bid=1&bpid=827&cid=26

USDA https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/search/list?qlookup=09200&format=Full