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Indenting can help improve the layout of a discussion, making it much easier to read. You should always indent your reply one level deeper than the person you are replying to. The best way to indent is to place a colon (:) at the beginning of a line. The more colons you use, the further indented the text will be:


 * This is aligned all the way to the left.
 *  : This is indented slightly.
 *  :: This is indented more.

(The colons will not show up on the page itself, just while editing.)

To create a list, use an asterisk (*) after the last colon (:) to create a bullet point (•) for that line.


 *  :* First list item</tt>
 *  :* Second list item</tt>
 *  ::* Sub-list item under second</tt>
 *  :* Third list item</tt>

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