Help:Rich text editor

Thank you to everyone on this wiki for being part of the beta program for Wikia's new rich text editor.

For this first beta, only the most basic formatting elements can be done using the new toolbar. Over the next few weeks/months we will be building in ability to do more complicated formatting using this new editor. Eventually you should be able to do "almost" anything without knowing any wiki markup

What does this editor do?

 * The editor allows you to use a "word-processor" type toolbar to format an article in the following ways without any wikimarkup
 * Basic formatting, including bold, italic, and strikethough
 * Lists, with numbers or with bullet points
 * Tables
 * Links, including both interwiki and external links.
 * When in the default mode, the article will appear in the edit box just as it will on the saved page, like an instant preview.
 * Users can switch to "source" mode to view and edit the article using wikimarkup. To get to this mode look for the "source" button on the left of the toolbar

what does this editor not do?

 * The editor is active for articles, userpages, and image description pages. All other pages (including all talk pages) will use the old editor for now.
 * You can view but not edit templates, images, or parser functions. These elements will still appear in wikitext in edit mode but will marked by a grey background and disabled for editing. To  add or edit these elements you must switch to "source" mode by clicking the toggle at the far left of the toolbar.
 * In a few specific cases (see list below), the new editor cannot be turned on at all. In these cases, the old editor will be used. This will happen if:
 * There are html comments in the text
 * There are triple curly brackets within an article (these are usually only on template pages)
 * There are links within templates
 * There are external links within images comments
 * The special word  has been used.

How do I turn off the new editor

 * To disable this editor for yourself, go to Special:Preferences and select the "editing" tab. The option to "Disable Rich Text Editing" is there.
 * To disable the new editor for a single article you can use the special word

Feedback
We are very excited about the potential for this feature to make it easier for people to edit, but we need your feedback! Please let us know your thoughts, ideas and experiences with this editor on the talk page.

And thanks once again for being part of this beta!