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How to edit Mozilla Support articles.

Keeping Knowledge Base articles up to date and error-free are crucial tasks for knowledge base editors. Here's how to edit an article: __TOC__ = Open the Editing page = Sign in to Mozilla Support, find an article you wish to edit and click on Editing Tools to expand the list of tools. [[Image:Editing toolbar]] Choose one of these methods to open the article's ''Editing'' page: *To base your edit on the currently approved article revision, click {button Edit Article} under Editing Tools. ;[[Image:Editing toolbar 2]] *To base your edit on a previous revision or on a pending, unreviewed revision, click {button Show History} under Editing Tools and click the pencil icon next to the revision you wish to edit. ;[[Image:ShowHistory-Edit]] = Edit Content = To edit the content of an article: # Make your changes in the '''Content:''' text box of the ''Editing'' page. #;[[Image:Textbox2]] #Click {button Preview Content} or {button Preview Changes}, if you wish, then # Click {button Submit for Review}. # In the ''Submit Your Changes'' dialog box that appears, describe your changes and click {button Submit}.<br> [[Image:Submit article]] # Wait for a reviewer to approve your changes. = Edit Description (reviewers only) = If you have permission to review articles, the ''Editing'' page will include an unexpanded ''Edit Description'' section above Edit Content. ;[[Image:EditingPage-Description]] Click on Edit Description to expand the section. ;[[Image:Description]] This is where you can * Change an article's title, slug, category, topics, ''Relevant to:'' product and related documents * Archive or un-archive an article (''Obsolete:'' checkbox) * Add or remove a ''Needs change:'' entry or comment ;[[Image:Editing-SaveDescription]] After making your changes, click {button Save description}; otherwise, your changes will not be saved. After saving your Description edits, you can then make any needed edits to the article content. = More information = *For help writing articles, see [[Write articles for the Knowledge Base]]. *To learn how to create a new article, see [[Create a new Knowledge Base article]]. * For reviewer guidelines, see [[Article review guidelines]].