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Below the edit box is a "Show preview" button. Pressing this will show you what the article will look like without actually implementing your edits (i.e. publishing your changes online.) It is strongly recommended that you use this before hitting "Publish changes", which will cause your edits to be published onto the page and made visible immediately to everybody.

The edit options box looks like this:

Edit summary (Briefly describe your changes)

This is a minor edit Watch this page

By publishing changes, you agree to the Terms of Use, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the CC BY-SA 4.0 License and the GFDL. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license.

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Editing

Use preview during editing to check what the page will look like once they've been saved (i.e. published online) and to check that you haven't made any errors. It also prevents the need for multiple 'publish changes'. Publishing the same article several times in quick succession makes it harder for people to check what changed, and clogs up the page history. When making major edits, consider copying the content into your clipboard. The Wikipedia servers sometimes have hiccups, and you could lose your work.

Tip: When you preview, you will also see a preview of the edit summary, so, e.g., links can be checked.

Live preview

You can get a live preview, also known as Quick-preview or AJAX preview, whereby only the preview area will reload, as opposed to the entire page. You can enable this option in your Preferences, by selecting the option Show preview without reloading the page in the Editing section.

There are also several user scripts that provide similar or additional functionality, such as:

wikEd, a large JavaScript based editor with lots of features.
User:Js/ajaxPreview, adds a preview button above the edit textarea.

Other advantages

Using Show preview prevents your login timing out, which would mean your edits would not be attributed to your username. Clicking preview regularly will restart the timer, so you remain logged in. Also, if you are no longer logged in, showing a preview will make you aware of this so you can log in and publish your work after that. You can check this by seeing if your username appears in the upper-right corner when you press preview. If you are not logged in, open Special:UserLogin in a separate window (right-click "Log in" and hit "Open link in new window" or similar). Log in, then go back to your editing and hit "preview" again to make sure all is well. Note that this will clear the minor edit and watch checkboxes, so make sure they're set appropriately again before you finally publish the page.

Templates

Typically, the noinclude-part of a template page contains examples including or substituting the template. Changes in the working of the template (i.e. changes outside the noinclude-part) are not yet effective in these examples in preview and, in the case of substitution, in "show changes".

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+{{pp-semi-indef|small=yes}}
-{{Shortcut|WP:PREVIEW}}
+{{Redirect|WP:PREVIEW|spoilers|WP:PREVIEWS|the navigation pop-ups when hovering over hyperlinks|:mw:Page previews}}
-Below the edit box is a '''Show preview''' button. Pressing this will show you what the article will look like without actually saving it. It is strongly recommended that you use this before saving.
+{{Information page|H:PREVIEW}}
-[[File:Mediawiki-button-preview.png|thumb|center|760x760px|The "show preview" button is right next to the "save page" button and below the [[Help:Edit summary|edit summary]] field.]]
+Below the edit box is a "Show preview" button. Pressing this will show you what the article will look like without actually implementing your edits (i.e. publishing your changes online.) It is strongly recommended that you use this before hitting "Publish changes", which will cause your edits to be published onto the page and made visible immediately to everybody.
-'''Eziagu is a town located in Orumba
-south local government area of Anambra state,south
+The edit options box looks like this:
-eastern Nigeria. Eziagu is made up of the following
-villages:Amuhia, Omumuoji, Amoba, Umueleke,
+{{EditOptions| align = center | width = 35em| boldsave=yes}}
-Obeagu , Amokwe and Obululo. The people of Eziagu
-are peace loving and law abiding citizens. Eziagu
+== Editing ==
-people are well educated and can be found anywhere
+Use preview during editing to check what the page will look like once they've been saved (i.e. published online) and to check that you haven't made any errors. It also prevents the need for multiple 'publish changes'. Publishing the same article several times in quick succession makes it harder for people to check what changed, and clogs up the [[Help:Page history|page history]]. When making major edits, consider copying the content into your [[clipboard (software)|clipboard]]. The Wikipedia servers sometimes have hiccups, and you could lose your work.
-in the world. Eziaguans have good fertile agricultural
-land,we produce yam, cassava, maize, cocoayam,
+'''Tip:''' When you preview, you will also see a preview of the edit summary, so, e.g., links can be checked.
-plantain, pepper, and vegetables like tomatoes in
-commercial quantity.The people of Eziagu also
+{{anchor|Quick preview/AJAX preview}}
-engage in palm oil producing and livestock farming in
+[[File:Mediawiki-button-preview.png| center|Upright=1.5]]
-large quantity. Eziagu has a market known as (Orie
-market). There is two secondary schools in Eziagu:
-Demonstration secondary school and High Achiever
-secondary school, and three primary schools in
-Eziagu. The people are mostly farmers and traders .
-The people of Eziagu are predominantly
-christians,the town share boundaries with Umunze.
-Ogbunka, Ezira, Isulo and Nawfija. Eziagu is a home of
-torism and have many personalities.
-'''
 ==Live preview==
-You can get a live preview, also known as Quick-preview or AJAX preview, whereby only the preview area will reload, as opposed to the entire page. You can enable this option in your [[Special:Preferences|Preferences]], by selecting the option ''Use live preview'' in the [[Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing|''Editing'' section]].
+You can get a live preview, also known as Quick-preview or AJAX preview, whereby only the preview area will reload, as opposed to the entire page. You can enable this option in your [[Special:Preferences|Preferences]], by selecting the option ''{{int:tog-uselivepreview}}'' in the [[Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing|''Editing'' section]].
 There are also several user scripts that provide similar or additional functionality, such as:
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 == Other advantages ==
-Using ''Show preview'' prevents your login timing out, which would mean your edits would not be attributed to your user name. Clicking preview regularly will restart the timer, so you remain logged in. Also, if you are no longer logged in, showing a preview will make you aware of this so you can log in and save your work after that. You can check this by seeing if your user name appears in the upper-right corner when you press preview. If you are not logged in, open [[Special:Userlogin]] in a separate window (right-click "Log in" and hit "Open link in new window" or similar). Log in, then go back to your editing and hit "preview" again to make sure all is well. Note that this will clear the minor edit and watch checkboxes, so make sure they're set appropriately again before you finally save the page.
+Using ''Show preview'' prevents your login timing out, which would mean your edits would not be attributed to your username. Clicking preview regularly will restart the timer, so you remain logged in. Also, if you are no longer logged in, showing a preview will make you aware of this so you can log in and publish your work after that. You can check this by seeing if your username appears in the upper-right corner when you press preview. If you are not logged in, open [[Special:UserLogin]] in a separate window (right-click "Log in" and hit "Open link in new window" or similar). Log in, then go back to your editing and hit "preview" again to make sure all is well. Note that this will clear the minor edit and watch checkboxes, so make sure they're set appropriately again before you finally publish the page.
 == Templates ==
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