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Here you find the Basics of ConTeXt '''[[#Document_structure|document structure]]''' and '''[[#Text_formatting|text formatting]]''' (because paragraphs, emphasis, verbatims, quotes... , etc also contributes contribute to the structure of your documents).
If it can helphelps, there is a [[Dictionary]] of typographical terms. There is are also an a few reference about references to the [[History of TeX]] (2007, ); it would benefit from an update).
= Document structure =
; Basic Text Formatting
:* [[Font Switching]], to change font styles (bold, italic, capitalizing, underline, etc.)
:* [[Right_and_left|Alignment]]
:* [[Indentation]]
:* [[Columns]]
:* [[Framed]]
:* [[Verse]]
:* [[Initials]] (dropped caps, dropcaps):** placement with {{cmd|placeinitial}}:** customization with {{cmd|setupinitial}}
:* [[Symbols]]
:* [[Delimiter|Delimiters and breaks]] to forced linebreak(delimiting text, specifying line breaks and page breaks)
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; Structured Text
; [[Unexpected behavior]]: If ConTeXt appears to behave in a counterintuitive way, chances are that it’s actually your intuitions that lack calibration.
; [[Visual Debugging]]: can facilitate tweaking text formatting; [[Sample documents]] : a page is used to centralizedas a central location for these, but there is also a [[:Category:Sample_documents|dedicated category]] (the two should mostly match).
; Advanced Document structure
:* [[Hiding Content]]
; Advanced Text formatting
:* [[Hyphenation]]
:* [[composing characters]]
:* [[Faking characters]]
:* [[Compound words]]
{{todo|try to follow the structure of part 1 to help orientation.}}
[[Category:Basics]]
