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How can I type plain text without auto formatting changing it?

Bill OLeary
Contributor
June 2, 2018

I am trying to type the following 2 lines of text  into a confluence table cell in paragraph mode:

 

If it will finds _A it will be replaced  with _A, _C and _E

and if it finds _B it will be replaced with _B,_D and _F 

 

When I type the _C on the first line, it removes the _ and Italicizes the text in front of it...

same for the _B on the second line. 

how can I stop that from happening? (Its very frustrating!)

I know I can use a code block, but the overhead of the code_block is too big in the table.

It seems like i can use double quotes, to surround the text but the quotes show up and are misleading in what I am trying to explain.

Is there something I can do to tell it to use the text I type verbatim without detecting style codes?

 

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Ignacio Pulgar
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June 2, 2018

Have yoy tried typing a backlash character \ just before the underscore?

ie: \_A

The backlash is usually the escape character, meaning that the next especial character should be displayed "as is", instead of producing its associated effect.

Bill OLeary
Contributor
June 2, 2018

Thanks for the idea....

it does not work as an escape character... it just displays \_A \_B

Bill OLeary
Contributor
June 2, 2018

looks like a single quote at the beginning of the line helps, but it unfortunatley it still shows up.

so I can type 

'If it finds _A it will be replaced in by _A, _C and then _E

which isn't too bad.

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