File Functions
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Save |
Click on the "Save" button to save the current file on the staging server. Remember, it will not be live on the production server until it is published by an authorized approver.
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Save As... |
Click on the "Save As" button to save the current file with a new file name.
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Revert the editor to its original state |
Click on the "Revert" button to undo all changes.
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Cut, Copy, Paste, Find Functions
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Cut |
To cut a portion of the document, highlight the desired portion and click on the "Cut" button (keyboard shortcut - CTRL+X).
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Copy |
To copy a portion of the document, highlight the desired portion and click on the "Copy" button (keyboard shortcut - CTRL+C).
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Paste from Word |
To paste text from Microsoft Word, or from any other source (such as another web page in a browser), click on the "Paste from Word" button. This will open a new window where you can paste then insert your text.
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Find |
Click on the "Find" button to search for text on the current page.
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Find/Replace |
Click on the "Find/Replace" button to search for text on the current page then replace that text with other text.
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Undo Redo Functions
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Undo |
Click on the "Undo" button to undo changes you have done one-by-one.
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Redo |
Click on the "Redo" button to redo changes you have undone and want back in place.
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Spell Check Function
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Spellchecker |
To check spelling, click on the spell checker button or right click on the mouse and scroll down to "Check spelling".
You will be taken to the first incorrectly spelled word. You can then choose to:
- Change the incorrectly spelled word with the suggested words provided
- Ignore the incorrectly spelled word (i.e. not make any changes to it). |
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Formatting Function
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Remove Formatting |
To remove all formatting, highlight the text to be updated and click on the "Remove Formatting" button. This will return the text back to the default settings.
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Basic Font Properties
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Bold |
Turns selected text into bold text.
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Italic |
Turns selected text into italicized text.
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Underline |
Turns selected text into underlined text. Please note that underlined text usually means that a word or phrase is a link to another web page. In this case however, the underline formatting does not create a link (to create a link, see the "Insert/Edit Link" Button below).
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Strikethrough |
Turns selected text into strikethrough text.
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Styles |
This button sets the style any selected text. The styles available are set by the system administrator. Use Title, Subtitle, and Caption for special text formatting. Use Float Left and Float Right for images.
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List and Indent Functions
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Unordered list |
Turns the selected text into an bulleted list. Example:
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Ordered list |
Turns the selected text into a numbered list. Example:
- The first subject is...
- Next I'd like to point out that...
- Finally we can see that...
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Outdent |
To decrease the indent of a paragraph, click on the "Outdent" button. Each consecutive click will move text further to the left.
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Indent |
To increase the indent of a paragraph, click on the "Indent" button. Each consecutive click will move text further to the right.
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Script Functions
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Superscript |
Turns selected text into superscript text.
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Subscript |
Turns selected text into subscript text.
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Alignment Functions
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Align left |
Moves all selected text to the left.
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Align center |
Centers all selected text.
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Align right |
Moves all selected text to the right.
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Link Tools
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Insert/edit link |
To create a hyperlink, select the text or image for the link, then click on the "Insert/edit link" button. If applicable, the pop-up window will contain existing link information. You can use the link manager to navigate to the page to which you want to link. The full URL of the page to be linked can be typed in the URL text box. A target window information (optional) and an anchor name (if linking to an anchor - optional) can also be supplied.
When finished, click on the "Insert Link" button to insert the hyperLink you just created, or click on "Remove Link" to remove an existing link. Clicking on "Cancel" will close the window and return to the editor.
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Create or modify a mailto link |
To create a mailto link, select the text or image for the link, then click on the "Insert/edit mailto" button. If applicable, the pop-up window will contain existing mailto information. You can use the mailto manager to enter the e-mail address and subject of the e-mail to be sent.
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Unlink |
Select in the hyperlink and click on the "Unlink" button to remove a hyperlink
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Insert/edit anchor |
To create an anchor, select the text or image for the anchor, then click on the "Insert/edit anchor" button. A pop-up window will contain existing anchor information. Enter the name of the anchor and click on the "Insert" button.
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Insert Images/Media
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Insert/edit image |
Insert or Edit an image.
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Misc. Graphics Tools
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Horizontal rule |
To insert a Horizontal rule, click on the "Horizontal rule" button. When clicked, a popup with appear that will allow you to choose both width and height of the horizontal rule.
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Insert line break |
To insert a line break, click on the "Line break" button. This is the same as entering <br />.
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Insert custom character |
To insert a special character, click on the "Insert Special Character" button.
A pop-up window will appear with a list of special characters. Click on the button of the character to insert into your web page. If you know the HTML and numeric equivalent, you can also enter that into the pop-up.
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Cleanup messy code |
The "Cleanup messy code" button removed extraneous tags as well as adds appropriate ending tags where necessary. This helps with cross-browser functionality as well as good general practice.
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Toggle guidelines/invisible elements |
The "Toggle guidelines/invisible elements" button adds/removes the outlines of tables and other elements and for visual purposes only.
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Edit HTML Source |
The "Edit HTML Source" button take you to the HTML Source Editor so that you can edit the HTML source code.
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Table Tools
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Inserts a new table |
To insert a table, select the desired location, then click on the "Insert Table" button.
A new window will pop-up with the following fields: Rows - number of rows in table; Columns - number of columns in table; Width - width of table; BgColor - background color of table; Cell Padding - padding around cells; Cell Spacing - spacing between cells and Border - border around cells.
Fill in table details, then click on the "OK" button to insert table, or click on "Cancel" to go back to the editor.
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Table row properties |
Here you can edit the alignment, background color and several other properties.
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Table cell properties |
Here you can edit the alignment, background color and several other properties.
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Insert row before |
To insert a row before another row, click inside the row cell you want the new row to preceed, then click on the "Insert row before" button.
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Insert row after |
To insert a row after another row, click inside the row cell you want the new row to follow, then click on the "Insert row after" button.
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Delete row |
To delete a row, click inside the row you would like to remove, then click on the "Delete row" button.
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Insert column before
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To insert a column before another column, click inside the column cell you want the new column to preceed, then click on the "Insert column before" button.
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Insert column after
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To insert a column after another column, click inside the column cell you want the new column to follow, then click on the "Insert column after" button.
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Remove column
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To delete a column, click inside the column you would like to remove, then click on the "Delete column" button.
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Split merged table cells
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To split cells that have previously been merged, select the cell then click on the "Split merged table cellsquot; button.
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Merge table cells
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To merge cells, highlight the cells you would like to be merged, then click on the "Merge table cells" button.
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