User:Shaded0/Draft:VisualEditor

VisualEditor gives you the ability to edit without needing to learn wikitext markup, as is required by the default wikitext editor. Unlike that editor, VisualEditor will display the text being edited almost as if it were already saved. This guide gives illustrated, step-by-step instructions on the editor's features, although it may occasionally lag behind the release of new ones. Visual editor can be used on User and Article pages, but not Talk pages.

Also important, if you run into any edit conflicts, please see Help on Edit conflicts.

Enabling Visual Editor
If you are registered on Wikipedia, you can enable VisualEditor by clicking the hyperlink for changing your preferences. You'll need a VisualEditor-supported browser; most are. More information can be found here.

If you are not registered, you can still use VisualEditor by adding   to the end of a Wikipedia page URL. (Registered editors who have not enabled VisualEditor in their preferences - that is, the box for "Temporarily disable the visual editor while it is in beta" option is checked - can do the same.)

Keyboard shortcuts
Many editors are used to entering wikitext directly, especially bold, italics and wikilinks. Keyboard shortcuts allow to quickly insert similar formatting without having to use toolbar items. Here are the common general shortcuts in VisualEditor: