Editing Project:Observatory Users Manual (section)

===== Mac: Software requirements =====
The first time you do this, you will need to set up some software. Get the Pandoc app and set up the Quick Action workflow:
 
# Install Pandoc, a file converter app, by going to https://pandoc.org/installing.html and clicking the big blue button “Download the Latest Installer.” Select the latest Mac file—it will end in “macOS.pkg.” (As of 1/8/25, available at [https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/releases/download/3.6.1/pandoc-3.6.1-x86_64-macOS.pkg pandoc-3.6.1-x86_64-macOS.pkg].) Go through the installation prompts and finish installing it.
# '''Install a Quick Action workflow''' to your computer to easily convert Article files into MediaWiki format in Finder with control+click and Pandoc:
## Download the customized Observatory workflow at this link: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TgIQdf8LP_mciyaEER2a6ao1vi1EwBDE/view?usp=sharing PandocConvertMediawiki.workflow.zip].
### Download all files at [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TgIQdf8LP_mciyaEER2a6ao1vi1EwBDE/view?usp=sharing PandocConvertMediawiki.workflow.zip] (including subfolders).
### Unzip the file you downloaded.
### In Finder, open the unzipped .workflow file with the Automator app. Here’s how:
#### In Finder, find the file '''PandocConvertMediawiki.workflow''' that you just unzipped.
#### Double-click '''PandocConvertMediawiki.workflow'''.
#### Click “Install” on the dialog that has appeared.
#### Once installed, the “'''PandocConvertMediawiki'''” action will appear under the “Quick Actions” item of the context menu.
# '''Convert the Article file into MediaWiki format:''' These steps convert your Article body from Google Docs to a local Word Document or Open Office file to a TextEdit file containing the code of your Article formatted in MediaWiki language.
## In Google Docs, click “File”→“Download”→“Microsoft Word” to Save your Article as a local file (.docx or .doc). (OpenDocument format .odt is also acceptable if you use Open Office software.)
## In Finder, find your Article file and hover over it.
## Do not open the file—'''don’t double-click''' on it. Instead, press '''control+click''' (on a Mac keyboard; or right-click on a mouse) on the file to open a pop-up menu.
## At the bottom of the pop-up menu, hover over the option “Quick Actions” and then click on the “'''PandocConvertMediawiki'''” action.
## Your Article file will be converted to your new Article file in MediaWiki format at the top of your folder in Finder.