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{{VisualEditor navbox}} {{shortcutImbox|WP:VE/UG}}text=<div style="display:table;margin:auto; padding: 2em; background: #EBF4FA; box-shadow: 7px 7px 5px #CCC; border-radius: 15px; "br><big>If you would like to try '*''VisualEditor''' without editing a live article, <span class="plainlinks">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Sandbox?veaction=edit here is a page]</span> where you can freely test it. <small>You don't need an account to use VisualEditor on that page.</small><br>An introductory tutorial series is also available [[Help:Intro_to|here]].</big></div><br/>'''[[Wikipedia:VisualEditor|VisualEditor]]''' gives you the ability to edit without needing to learn wikitext markup, as is required by the default [[WPHelp:WIKITEXTWikitext|wikitextWikitext]] editor. Unlike that editor, VisualEditor will display the text being edited [[rich-text editor|almost as if it were already published]]. This guide gives illustrated, step-by-step instructions on the editor's features, although it may occasionally lag behind the release of new ones. &nbsp;  *Be aware that VisualEditor is still in [[Software_release_life_cycle#Beta|development]] and thus has [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:VisualEditor#Limitations|known limitations]] and bugs. For example, particularly for larger pages, VisualEditor can be slower than wikitext, and it is not available on talk/forum/discussion pages, where [[Help:Structured_Discussions|Structured Discussions]] tool is in place. While VisualEditor remains in development, you should [[#Saving changes|review your changes]] to ensure that the edits are those you intended.  We welcome your problem sightings, comments and suggestions at the [[Wikipedia: VisualEditor/Feedback|Feedback page]]. ''(Please note: In late 2017 all '''Save changes''' and '''Save page''' buttons were renamed '''Publish changes''' or '''Publish page'''. Every edit – even to drafts – is now saved in this way, and this should not be confused with [[Wikipedia:Moving a page|putting drafts into the main part of Wikipedia]]. That is a separate process.)''}}
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==Availability==
VisualEditor is available on the following types of pages (namespaces):
*Article ("mainspace")*User*Category*Help*File (but not with files, or other pages, at Wikimedia Commons)PLACEHOLDER
==First step: enabling VE==