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The recommended usage is to use ''no'' space before the template and one space after the template, like this:

The template can also be used with no space after it, but then the code does not wrap in the edit window thus making editing harder. Like this:

Both examples will render one space on each side of the dot, like this:

If it line breaks then the line break will come ''after'' the dot, not before, like this:

:[[Salt]] '''·'''

For long dotted lists each list item can be put on its own line, with no spaces between each item and the template. Like this:

<pre><nowiki>

[[Salt]]{{&middot;}}

[[Curry]]{{&middot;}}

[[Saffron]]</nowiki></pre>

As before it will render one space on each side of the dots, like this:

And if it line breaks then the line break will come ''after'' one of the dots, not before, like this:

:[[Curry]] '''&middot;''' [[Saffron]]

When using the template to separate words in italics (typically lists of artworks in [[Template:navbox|navboxes]]), put it ''within the italics'' to display with proper spacing on both sides. Compare:

<!-- This smaller text size is necessary for the first example to "fail" as intended. -->

<div style="font-size:90%">

</div>

=== Usage issues ===

Putting one or more spaces before the template will cause it to render differently, like these examples:

Then it will render with ''two'' spaces before the dot, and one after, like this:

And if it line breaks it might break ''before'' the dot, like this:

:[[Salt]]

Alternatively an <code>&amp;nbsp;</code> can be added before and after the template to create extra padding around the middot.