Wikibooks:WikiProject OpenRewi - Open Legal Science/Writing

On this page you will find technical guidance to start writing in your chapter in Wikibooks. If you have any questions, feel free to contact your editors at any time.

General remarks
You cannot write your text in Microsoft Word (or other word processors) and then copy it to Wikibooks. Instead, you must use one of the three editing options described below.

Visual editor
The easiest way to write, publish and modify your text in Wikibooks is the visual editor. You can select the visual editor by clicking on "Edit" in the top menu bar of your chapter.

Writing using the visual editor is very similar to writing in Microsoft Word. In the top menu bar you can apply simple formatting (e.g. italic, bold or underlined ), select style sheets (e.g. heading, paragraph), insert lists or tables and cite something. These elements are mostly self-explanatory.

By clicking on "Insert" and then on "Template" in the top menu bar you can select our uniform designs for advanced content and examples.

If you want to insert an example, you have to select the "OpenRewi/Example" template instead of the "OpenRewi/Advanced" template in the third step.

Please make sure not to change our design theme (e.g. info boxes) and follow our style guide (especially for headings).

Source editor
You can also edit your chapter using the source editor. You select the source editor by clicking on "Edit source" in the upper menu bar of your chapter.

For the source editor you have to use the so called wiki syntax. Wiki syntax is a simplified markup language of HTML. The syntax is very simple so you can learn it quickly. Detailed instructions for working in the source editor can be found here. You can find an list of the most important wiki syntax commands for OpenRewi in the following cheat sheet. Just copy the code and paste it into your chapter. You just need to adjust the content for your chapter. Our style guide describes in detail what the individual parts are used for.

Atom editor
If you prefer to write your texts offline first (and not immediately in the visual editor, where every intermediate saving also means a publication), we recommend the program Atom. If you want to write your text offline first, you have to use the so called "Wiki-Syntax". This is not difficult and quickly learned (as described in the previous section about the source editor). You can find an overview of the most important commands for OpenRewi in this cheat sheet. Just copy the code and paste it into the Atom editor. You just need to adjust the content for your chapter. Detailed instructions for working in the source editor can be found here.

Embedding interactive exercises
You are welcome to embed links to interactive exercises into your chapter. Among other things, you can create single or multiple choice questions and cloze texts. For this you need to use the H5P framework. How to do this is described below.