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The main thing you can do is to simply keep it enabled and ''try'' to use it. | The main thing you can do is to simply keep it enabled and ''try'' to use it. | ||
== What if it doesn't work? == | == What if it doesn't work? == | ||
[[File:VEMoreMenu.png|thumb|right| | [[File:VEMoreMenu.png|thumb|right|In most cases, the easiest access to the "normal" or "source" editor is at the bottom of the "more" menu]] | ||
The VE doesn't handle every single editing situation. Yet. | The VE doesn't handle every single editing situation. Yet. | ||
So if you ever get to a point where you can't understand how to make the editor work, there are two things you can do: | So if you ever get to a point where you can't understand how to make the editor work, there are two things you can do: | ||
*Click on "more" and then pull down to "source mode". That will present a window that works similarly to the edit window you're used to. Unfortunately, this version of "source mode" doesn't have auto-suggestion, so it may not be right for every situation — especially if you're not ''quite'' sure of the names of the articles you want to link to. | |||
[[file:ClassicEditor.png|thumb|Sometimes, you might want to disable the VE for '''the entirety of the upcoming edit'''. Choose "classic editor".|left]] | |||
*If you need to get to ''actual'' source mode, simply go do your edit pull-down and choose "classic editor". That will dump you back in "normal" edit mode. (If you have to do this, though, ''please'' go to [[Thread:143084]] and tell us what you were trying to do and why you couldn't do it.) | |||
Although it's possible to turn off the VE in your [[Special:Preferences]], '''we urge you not to'''. You can simply use VE in most situations, and then pull down to "classic editor" if you're doing something that's beyond the VE's current powers. | Although it's possible to turn off the VE in your [[Special:Preferences]], '''we urge you not to'''. You can simply use VE in most situations, and then pull down to "classic editor" if you're doing something that's beyond the VE's current powers. | ||
