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A less common alternative is placing the table of contents on the right, using the template {}. If you look at the wikitext for Figure 13-13, you see the {} template at the top of the edit box. No text should ever be in the lead section above this template. Figure 13-13. This article has the table of contents on the right.
This page lists ways to create several kinds of compact tables of contents (TOC). Please note that a normal compact TOC will not work when put on Category pages; this page contains a separate section instructing you how to put a compact TOC on Category pages.
The easiest way to insert a new table is to use the editing toolbar that appears when you edit a page (see image above). Clicking the button will open a dialog where you define what you want in your new table. Once you've chosen the number of rows and columns, the wiki markup text for the table is inserted into the article.
To create a list in Wikipedia, you add special characters to the text of the list items. The special characters tell the software how to format the list onscreen. The combination of text and formatting characters is called wikitext. In Figure 14-2, you can see the underlying wikitext that creates the bulleted list in Figure 14-1. Figure 14-2.
If the template has a separate documentation page (usually called "Template:template name/doc"), add [[Category:Wikipedia table of contents templates]] to the <includeonly> section at the bottom of that page. Otherwise, add <noinclude>[[Category:Wikipedia table of contents templates]]</noinclude>
The default Vector skin has a selection in the tools menu at the top-right for 'Printable version'. This printable version is often misunderstood, as it is not exactly a print preview. It does not show page numbers, headers and footers applied by your browser. For a proper print preview, use the one supplied by your browser.
{} forces the auto-generated "Table of Contents" for an article to appear floated to the left side of the page (as seen left), in order to improve article layout. Usage Insert {{TOC left}} at the point in the article where you want the top of the Table of Contents box to appear.
Put the legend immediately before the table so that readers, especially those using screen readers, will be aware of the meanings before encountering them in the table itself. The same or similar legend may be repeated for multiple tables within the same article, especially if the tables are in different sections, as any given section may be ...