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Navigating the Editor Toolbar
For most users, the look and feel of the online editor toolbar will be quite familiar and easy to use. To provide you with a quick navigation, each set of icons has been grouped for easy reference.
Group # | Button Icon | Button Name | Description |
Group 1 | Source | This button toggles the view between the editor view and the HTML view. | |
This button will print all content typed into the text editor. | |||
Templates | If you need to choose from preformatted text templates for your content. | ||
Group 2 | Preview | Gives you a full page preview of your plan | |
Cut | Will remove and copy selected content to the clipboard. | ||
Copy | Will copy selected content to the clipboard. | ||
Paste | Paste content copied to the clipboard along with formatting. | ||
Paste as plain text | When you need to paste pre-formatted text into a page but do NOT want to keep the formatting this is how you do it. The paste as text feature strips all formatting. | ||
Paste from Word | If you are insistent on keeping the exact look of something from Word then this is your feature. | ||
Undo | Undo the most recent action. | ||
Redo | Redo the most recent action. | ||
Group 3 | Find | Searches the editor to find a word or phrase | |
Replace | Replaces a word or phrase with a new word or phrase automatically. | ||
Select All | Selects all text within the editor screen. | ||
Spell Checker | Manual spell check. If you want to enable the editor's check spelling as you type feature then click this button. | ||
Group 4 | Bold | Apply bold formatting to the text. | |
Italic | Apply italic formatting to the text. | ||
Underline | Apply underline formatting to the text. | ||
Strikethrough | Apply strikethrough formatting to the text. | ||
Subscript | Subscripts are the small numbers that appear after and somewhat below the variable. | ||
Superscript | Superscripts are the small numbers that appear after and slightly raised above the variable. | ||
Remove Format | Remove the formatting of the selected text. | ||
Group 5 | Text Color | Change the color of text. | |
Background Color | Changes the background of the text. | ||
Group 6 | Checkbox | Creates a small box that can be checked and unchecked by the user. | |
Radio Button | Small buttons that when selected turn black. | ||
Text Field | Allows you to insert a text field. | ||
Textarea | Allows you to add a multi line text field into a form. | ||
Selection Field | Allows you to insert a selection field into a form. | ||
Button | Allows you to insert a button into a form field. | ||
Image Button | Allows you to insert an image button into a form field. | ||
Group 7 | Insert/Remove Numbered List | Lists provide a way to structure text in a clear manner as well as group items that belong together in numbered lists. | |
Insert/Remove Bulleted List | Lists provide a way to structure text in a clear manner as well as group items that belong together in bulleted lists. | ||
Decrease Indent | Indentation allows you to tab text from left to right. | ||
Increase Indent | Indentation allows you to tab text from left to right. | ||
Block Quote | Format a block of text as indented quotation. | ||
Create Div Container | The HTML <div> tag is used for defining a section of your document. | ||
Align Left | Aligns text to the left. | ||
Center | Centers text. | ||
Align Right | Aligns text to the right. | ||
Justify | Justified text is spaced so the left and right sides of the text block both have a straight edge. | ||
Text direction from left to right | Set text direction as from left to right (default value for most Western languages). | ||
Text direction from right to left | Set text direction as from right to left (languages like Arabic, Persian, Hebrew). | ||
Group 8 | Link | Used for linking text to various points within the text, to a web page, email or phone number. | |
Unlink | Used for unlinking text from various points within the text, to a web page, email or phone number. | ||
Anchor | This sets an anchor for a link to land on from another point within the same event text. | ||
Group 9 | Image | This button allows you to link an image to itself or something else. | |
Table | When you click the table button you will get a dialog box that allows you to format a table. | ||
Insert Horizontal Line | Allows you to add a horizontal line to break up sections. | ||
Insert Special Character | Gives you a pop window of special characters to add to your text. | ||
Group 10 |
Styles |
This is where you can select from a list of commonly used text styles. | |
Format | This is where you can select from a list of preformatted text to help create the layout of your content. | ||
Font | This is where you change the font of your text. | ||
Size | This is where you change the size of your text. |