Visual Editor makes life a lot easier.

Wikipedia’s  Visual Editor interface is simple and intuitive to use – it works a lot like a word processor such as MS Word or Pages. This site we’ve created to help get you started will guide you through using the Visual Editor. You should enable it in Preferences before going any further.

Once enabled, you can practice with the Visual Editor mini tutorial.

Activate the Visual Editor in your editing preferences:

The Visual Editor is a user friendly way of editing Wikipedia that works just like a word processor.

1. Login to Wikipedia
2. Click Preferences in the menu at the top right of the screen.
3. Select the Editing tab.
4. In the Editor section, uncheck Temporarily disable the visual editor while it is in beta if it is checked.
   
5. In Editing Mode, choose Show me both editor tabs.
6. Click Save in the bottom right corner of the screen.
7. You’re now ready to follow through the rest of this guide!

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