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-This wiki is a "MediaWiki" - like [http://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia]. MediaWikis use a simple form of markup to enrich plain text. This is a cheat sheet; the [[Help:Editing|standard editing help page]] is far too complicated. Markup is on the left, an example of the result is on the right.
+This wiki is a "MediaWiki" - like [http://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia], and also like the Mozilla intranet. MediaWikis use a simple form of markup to enrich plain text. This is a cheat sheet; the [[Help:Editing|standard editing help page]] is... comprehensive. Lots of trees, hard to see the wood. Bookmark it, then whenever you need it, type "Help Me" into your Awesomebar.
+Type things from the left into the page editing box of your page, and the result will be what you see on the right.
 <div style="width: 50%; float:right; border-left: 2px black solid; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em;">
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 <div style="clear: both">
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-If you have info already in HTML, much of it will Just Work. Paste it in, press "Show preview" and see.
+Lastly, if you have text already marked up with HTML, much of it will Just Work. Paste it in to the Edit box, press "Show preview", and see how it looks. You can mix HTML and MediaWiki markup.
 </div>