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Frequently Used Tools

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Text Formatting

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WYSIWYG Interface - Quick Icon Guide

Refer to the image below for a visual representation of the WYSIWYG interface, which provides a quick icon guide to help you identify and utilize the available editing tools.

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WYSIWYG Menu Options

Edit

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  • Undo: Select to revert the last action taken, allowing you to correct mistakes or changes made unintentionally.

  • Redo: Select to reinstate the previously undone action, effectively reversing an "Undo" command.

  • Cut: Click to remove the selected content from the document and temporarily store it on the clipboard for later use.

  • Copy: Click to create a duplicate of the selected content and store it on the clipboard without removing the original text.

  • Paste: Click to insert the content stored on the clipboard into the document at the current cursor location.

  • Paste as text: Select to insert the content from the clipboard as plain text, stripping any formatting, styles or special characters.

  • Select all: Select to highlight the entire content of the document, enabling you to apply formatting or actions to the whole text at once.

Format

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  • Bold/Italic/Underline: Click to apply emphasis to your text by making it bold, italicized or underlined.

  • Strikethrough: Click to cross out text to show that it's no longer relevant or has been edited.

  • Subscript

  • Superscript

  • Font Color

  • Background Color

Paragraph Styling

  • Undo/Redo: Click to undo or redo your last action.

  • Font/Image Alignment: Click to align your text/image either to the left, center, or right.

  • Formats: Create headings (h1 - h6) and paragraph blocks. Highlight the word or words you wish to format and click to apply.

  • Bullet and Numbered Lists: Select multiple lines of text and click to create lists. Unordered lists create a bullet list, and ordered lists will automatically number each item in the list.

  • Insert/Edit Link: Click to insert a link to another page, either internal or external. Highlight the word or words you wish to hyperlink and click to apply.

  • Remove Link: The remove link function will remove a link. Place your cursor within the linked text and click to remove.

  • Insert/Edit Image: Click to add an image to your page. Place your cursor where you would like to insert the image before clicking on function.

  • Insert/Edit Media: Click to add a video (YouTube or Vimeo) to your page.

  • Source Code: Select to display text slightly below the baseline, typically used for chemical formulas or mathematical expressions.

  • Superscript: Click to elevate text slightly above the baseline, often used for footnotes or mathematical exponents.

  • Font Color: Select to change the color of your text to enhance readability or add visual interest.

  • Background Color: Choose the background color behind your text to highlight specific sections or create visual contrast.

Format Submenu:

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  • Headings: Select to structure content with various heading levels (H1 to H6) for improved readability.

  • Inline: Click to apply "code" style to distinguish short code snippets or technical terms.

  • Blocks: Choose to organize content using predefined text blocks like paragraphs, blockquotes or code blocks.

Insert

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  • Link: Click to insert an internal or external link.

  • Anchor: Select to link to a location within your document.

  • Image: Click to insert an image.

  • Media: Click to add a video (YouTube or Vimeo) to your page.

  • Special character: Click to insert an alphanumeric character.

  • Horizontal line: Click to insert a horizontal line across the width of the text frame.

  • Date/time: Click to insert the date/time in one of four format options.

Table

Info

This menu option is only used when a table is created on the page.

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  • Table: Insert a table with your choice of columns and rows.

  • Table properties: Click to change specific settings for the table.

  • Delete table: To delete the table, select it and click Delete table.

  • Cell: Select to change specific settings for the cell or to merge cells.

  • Row: Select to insert, delete and copy rows as well as change row properties.

  • Column: Select to insert, delete and copy columns as well as change row properties.

View

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  • Visual aids: Toggle on and off; allows objects such as gridlines for tables to be seen in the editing window.

  • Show blocks: Toggle on and off; shows separation of objects on your page.

Tools

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  • Spellcheck: Click to check your page for spelling errors.

  • Source code: Allows advanced users, who have been granted access, to edit the HTML source.

  • Fullscreen: Click to expand the editing window to fullscreen.

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