Rich text editor

The rich text editor provides text formatting functions that alter the appearance of published content. The CSS style sheet in a Web site controls the appearance of text at a global level, but the rich text editor can override those controls for specific text elements.

See the following example:

rich text editor panel

Button functions

You can use pull-down menus in the editor to apply specific styles and specify a font and a font size.

You can use the buttons in the editor to perform following functions:

  • cut button Cut text and save it to the clipboard, removing the original.
  • copy button Copy text to the clipboard, leaving the original text in place.
  • paste button Paste text from the clipboard. You can also right-click and select Paste as Plain Text.
  • clear contents button Remove all the contents in the text editor window.
  • boldface button Make selected text bold.
  • italics button Make selected text italic.
  • underline button Make selected text underlined.
  • superscript button Make selected text superscripted.
  • subscript button Make selected text subscripted.
  • clean HTML button Run cleaning utility (see below for more detail)
  • add ordered list button Add an ordered list.
  • add unordered list button Add an unordered list.
  • indent button Indent selected text.
  • outdent button Outdent selected text.
  • search button Find and replace text. The Find/Replace window opens. Type the text that you want to find in the Find field and, if you are replacing that text, type the replacement text in the Replace with field. You can search forward or backward and specify whether you want your search to be case-sensitive or search for parts of words. (This functionality may be limited on Linux systems.)
  • link button Add or create hyperlinks. For more information about hyperlinks, see Add a Reference or Hyperlink.
  • add image button Add an image. The Add Image window opens. Browse for the image that you want to add and click OK.
  • add table button Add a table. The Add Table window opens. Specify the table parameters and click OK.
  • insert custom HTML (JavaScript or Video) Insert custom HTML (JavaScript or video). The Insert Custom HTML window opens. Add your custom JavaScript or video code and click OK.
  • add or edit image map button Add or edit image map. The image map editor opens where you can create a hotspot on an image.

Clean HTML

There are three options when using the Clean HTML toolbar button:
  • Default Clean
  • Clean MS HTML
  • Clean Word 2000 HTML
Click the button to use the first option (Default Clean). Use the drop-down arrow to select the other two options. Use Clean MS HTML for cleaning HTML that has been pasted from Microsoft Word. Use Clean Word 2000 HTML only for cleaning up HTML that has been pasted from Microsoft Word 2000.
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