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 ===== How can I make text justify to the left rather than indenting to the right under a heading? =====
-Entering two equal signs - == - on their own line before the text will create an “outdent”. To view the syntax click on edit this page.
+Entering two equal signs - == - on their own line before the text will create an “outdent”.
-<nowiki>=== ===== Heading ===== ===
+<nowiki>
+=== ===== Heading ===== ===
 ==
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 === ===== Heading ===== ===
-Without "outdent"</nowiki>
+Without "outdent"
+</nowiki>
 ===== How do I save a screen shot as a .jpeg or .gif file to add to the wiki? =====
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 \\ If you want to edit the image, you can use a free web-based tool, such as a Pixlr editor ([[http://www.pixlr.com/editor/]]). Then save the image, upload it to the wiki and insert it where you want it.
+===== How do I upload and save images to a wiki page? =====
+  * Within the wiki editor, go to the place in the page where you want to insert an image.
+  * Select the picture frame icon (next to the smiley face) from the edit icon menu
+  * First upload the image you want to insert. Click on "Select files" (it is NOT obvious that this is a link)
+  * Choose the image file you want to insert, then select "Upload". You may see the filename and then "Failed". Stay calm.
+  * Select the file you just uploaded. You'll be given options for size. Select one and then "Insert". This will put the image code and filename in the page, e.g. {{:umlibtxt275.jpg|UMass Amherst Libraries}}
+  * Preview and save the page.
 ===== How do I add internal comments in the source code on wiki pages? =====
 To add internal comments to a wiki page use the following syntax:
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 </nowiki>
+===== What if I don't want the wiki to automatically format text on a page? =====
+You can use a "no wiki" tag if you do not want the wiki to format text with the wiki syntax.  Just place a beginning <nowiki> and an ending </nowiki> tag (a backslash / before "nowiki" designates it as the closing tag) around the section of the page that you do not want formatted.
+===== How do I archive obsolete pages on the wiki? =====
+Click on the page you want to archive
+Click edit this page
+Open a notepad file
+Copy and paste the page name as it appears in double brackets up in the blue bar into your notepad file
+Remove double brackets, underscores, and colons from page name
+Copy and paste all content on page into notepad file
+Click on blue bar where it says UMass Amherst Libraries: Information Resources Management Staff wiki
+Type in archive:page name (for ex. archive:depository transfers monograph student coders packers).  *Make sure you type archive and not archives or it will create a separate name space.
+Click search
+Click create this page
+Copy and paste all page content from notepad file to new wiki page in the archive namespace
+Click preview to make sure the page looks okay
+Click save
+When a page has been transferred to the archive namespace email Meghan or Christine with the page name and we will delete the old page for you.
+===== Wiki software upgrade messages =====
+Details: There are a bunch of Wiki software upgrade messages showing up at the top of our page when we login.  Last time this happened Christine said that Ian cleared them for us.  could they be cleared again?  http://www.library.umass.edu/wikis/acp/doku.php?id=start
+Resolution:
+If you go into the admin menu there should be an 'wiki upgrade' option just click and follow the on screen instructions, if you have a problem or the option isnt there just let me know (addison@umass.edu)
+===== Password protecting a wiki page =====
+Go to page you want to restrict
+Click on admin
+Click on Access Control List Management
+Permissions for @ALL
+Click select
+Check off none
+Click update