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	benzil) or from the chiral molecules that it contains (''e.g.'' saccharose). It should have links to entries such as 'optical activity', 'gyrotropic', ''etc.'', and perhaps a historic note on Pasteur's experiment separating the left and right sodium ammonium tartrate crystals and the consequences for our understanding of enantiomers and racemates.		benzil) or from the chiral molecules that it contains (''e.g.'' saccharose). It should have links to entries such as 'optical activity', 'gyrotropic', ''etc.'', and perhaps a historic note on Pasteur's experiment separating the left and right sodium ammonium tartrate crystals and the consequences for our understanding of enantiomers and racemates.

		+	= Translations =
		+
		+	Translations of headwords are extremely valuable. Please follow the following template for ordering and colouring terms according to different languiages:
		+	<pre>
		+	<font color="orange">XXX</font> (''Ar'').
		+	<font color="blue">XXX</font> (''Fr'').
		+	<font color="red">XXX</font> (''Ge'').
		+	<font color="black">XXX</font>(''It'').
		+	<font color="purple">XXX</font>(''Ja'').
		+	<font color="brown">XXX</font>(''Ru'').
		+	<font color="green">XXX</font> (''Sp'').
		+	</pre>

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 <pre>[[Miller indices]]</pre>
-Now '''save''' the index page (the 'R' page that uou have been working on in this example). The new entry will appear as a hyperlink - if it is to a page that does not yet exist, it will show up in red. Now click on this new (red) hyperlink, and you will bring up an edit page where you can begin to enter the text of your new definition.
+Now '''save''' the index page (the 'R' page that you have been working on in this example). The new entry will appear as a hyperlink - if it is to a page that does not yet exist, it will show up in red. Now click on this new (red) hyperlink, and you will bring up an edit page where you can begin to enter the text of your new definition.
 While you are editing the page, you can always click on the <tt>Show preview</tt> button to see what the formatted entry will look like, but remember that your work will not be saved until you click  on the <tt>Save page</tt> button.
 = Intellectual content and overall structure =

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	A brief summary of how to mark up content for formatting and display may be found in the [[Help:Editing\|Editing help]] page.		A brief summary of how to mark up content for formatting and display may be found in the [[Help:Editing\|Editing help]] page.
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		+	[[Category:English documentation]]

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 <tr>
 <td>
-{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"
+{| border="1" cellpadding="5" align="center"
 ! This
 ! is
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 <td>
 <pre>
-{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"
+{| border="1" cellpadding="5" align="center"
 ! This
 ! is

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 <tr>
-<td>
+<td colspan="2">
 == Section headings ==
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 The Wiki software can automatically generate
 a table of contents from them.
+</td>
 === Subsection ===
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 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>
 Here's a link to a page named
 [[reciprocal space]].

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 <tr>
 <td>
-Make an external link just by typing a URL: http://www.iucr.org
+Make an external link just by typing
 Give it a title:
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 </td><td>
 <pre>
-Make an external link just by typing a URL:
+Make an external link just by
 http://www.iucr.org
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 </tr>
-</table>
+<tr>
-<!--
+A few different kinds of formatting will tell the Wiki to
-The Wiki reformats linked dates to match the reader's date preferences. These three dates will show up the same if you choose a format in your Preferences:
+<tr>
+<td>
-    * July 20, 1969
+* <nowiki><</nowiki>nowiki<nowiki>></nowiki> tags
 <nowiki>
-The nowiki tag ignores [[Wiki]] ''markup''.
+The nowiki tag ignores Wiki ''markup''.
-It reformats text by removing newlines    and multiple spaces.
+It reformats text by removing
-It still interprets special characters: &rarr;
+newlines    and multiple spaces.
 </nowiki>
-<pre> tags
+<tr>
+<td>
-The pre tag ignores [[Wiki]] ''markup''.
+*<nowiki><pre></nowiki> tags
 It also doesn't     reformat text.
-It still interprets special characters: →
+It still interprets special
 characters: →
+</pre>
 <pre>
-The pre tag ignores [[Wiki]] ''markup''.
+<nowiki><pre></nowiki>
 It also doesn't     reformat text.
-It still interprets special characters: &rarr;
+It still interprets special
 </pre>
-Leading spaces
+</td>
-Leading spaces are another way to preserve formatting.
+<tr>
+<td>
-Putting a space at the beginning of each line
+* Leading spaces
 Leading spaces are another way to preserve formatting.
-  Putting a space at the beginning of each line
+  Putting a space at the beginning of
-  stops the text   from being reformatted. It still
+ each line stops the text   from
-  interprets [[Wiki]] ''markup'' and special
+ being reformatted. It still interprets
- characters: &rarr;
+ Wiki markup and special characters: →
-What to do inside of lists
+<table>
-. A newline surrounded by nowiki tags in a list do not mark the end of the list.
+</table>
-You can combine pre tags with nowiki tags so
+<!--
 [edit]
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 [edit]
 </table>
 -->

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 Invisible comments that only appear while editing the page.
-<!-- Note to editors: blah blah blah. -->
+<!-- Note to editors: blah blah. -->
 Comments should usually go on the talk page, though.
-However, HTML markup should be used sparingly,
+HTML markup should be used sparingly,
 and only if it is difficult or impossible to
 achieve the desired result otherwise.
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 x<sup>2</sup>, x<sub>2</sub>
-Invisible comments that only appear while
+Invisible comments that only appear
-editing the page.
+while editing the page.
-<!-- Note to editors: blah blah blah. -->
+<!-- Note to editors: blah blah. -->
-Comments should usually go on the talk page,
+Comments should usually go on the
-though.
+talk page,though.
-However, HTML markup should be used sparingly,
+HTML markup should be used sparingly,
-and only if it is difficult or impossible to
+and only if it is difficult or
-achieve the desired result otherwise.
+impossible to achieve the desired
 </pre>
 </td>
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 === Subsection ===
-Using more equals signs creates a subsection.
+More equals signs creates a subsection.
 ==== A smaller subsection ====
-Don't skip levels, like from two to four equals
+Don't skip levels, ''e.g.'' from two to four equals
 signs. Start with two equals signs; don't use
 single equals signs.
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 == Section headings ==
-Headings organize your writing into sections.
+Headings organize your writing into
-The Wiki software can automatically generate
+sections. The Wiki software can
-a table of contents from them.
+automatically generate a table of
 === Subsection ===
-Using more equals signs creates a subsection.
+More equals signs creates a subsection.
 ==== A smaller subsection ====
-Don't skip levels, like from two to four equals
+Don't skip levels, (''e.g.''  from
-signs. Start with two equals signs; don't use
+two to four equals signs. Start with
-single equals signs.
+two equals signs; don't use single
 </pre>
 </td>
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 You can make horizontal lines
 to separate text.
----
+----
 But you should usually use sections instead,
 so that they go in the table of contents.
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 to separate text.
 ----
-But you should usually use sections instead,
+But you should usually use
-so that they go in the table of contents.
+sections instead, so that they
 </pre>
 </td>
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-If multiple sections have the same title, add
+If multiple sections have the same
-a number. [[#Example section 3]] goes to the
+title, add a number.
 third section named "Example section".
 </pre>
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 Make a link point to a different place
 with a 'piped link'. Put the link target first,
-then the pipe character "|", then the link text.
+then the pipe character "|", then the
 * [[Main_Page|front page]]