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--- doc:editing_saving_reverting [2026/03/31 13:57] – [Editing, saving and reverting] Simon Grant
+++ doc:editing_saving_reverting [2026/04/04 18:25] (current) – [Correcting or reverting mistakes] Simon Grant
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 {{!icon-menu-for-browsing.png   }}
-On the right of each page, in normal view, there is a small menu of icons.
+On the right of each page, in normal view, there is a small menu of icons (shown on the left here for reassurance!).
 If you are allowed to edit the page, there is a pencil-like icon at the top {{pencil-icon.png|(This is just an illustration, don't click this!)}}.
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 ===== Editing just one section of a longer page =====
-If the page you are on has several headings on it, you will see two or more buttons like this {{!section-edit-button.png|(This is just an illlustration, don't click this!)}} to the right and below each section that can be edited.
+If the page you are on has several headings on it, you will see two or more buttons like this {{!section-edit-button.png|This is an illustration: don't click this!}} to the right and **below** each section that can be edited.((For Wikipedia editors this may be confusing, because in MediaWiki the similar button is //above// the section it refers to.))
-Hovering over that button will pop up the title of the section, as well as showing faint grey lines to the left and right of the whole section that will be selected.
+Hovering over that button will pop up the title of the section, as well as showing faint grey borders to the left and right of the whole section that will be selected.
-If you find it easier, you can use this to edit just the section, including the heading for that section, without the rest of the page.
+If you find it easier, you can use this to edit just the section, including the heading for that section, without risking disturbing the rest of the page.
 The main edit button will still always work for the whole page.
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 Unfortunately, the edit window doesn't have an 'undo' function. For that reason, the best way of editing is to save
-frequently, and if you have made a mistake you can cancel your edit and you will only lose the changes you have made since the last 'Save'.
+frequently, and if you have made a mistake you can cancel your edit and you will only lose the changes you have made since the last 'Save'. However, Control-Z works to undo last edits on some systems, like mine.
-Reverting means going back to a previous version. DokuWiki stores the previous versions of the page, and you can see all of these by clicking on the 'Old revisions' icon,{{old-revisions-icon.png}} just below the edit pencil. Click on one of these, and you will see what the page looked like at some time in the past. If you are sure you want (as it says on the old revisions page) to revert to an old revision, select it from below, click {{pencil-icon.png}} and save it.
+Reverting means going back to a previous version. DokuWiki stores the previous versions of the page, and you can see all of these by clicking on the 'Old revisions' icon,{{old-revisions-icon.png|This is an illustration: don't click here!}} just below the edit pencil. Click on one of these, and you will see what the page looked like at some time in the past. If you are sure (as it says on the old revisions page) you want to revert to an old revision, select it from below, click {{pencil-icon.png|This is an illustration: don't click here!}} and save it.