Overview: Working with the rich text editor

Button

Function

Use as follows...

Bold

To apply bold formatting to text:

• Click the bold icon and enter your text

• Or highlight existing text and click the bold icon.

Italic

To apply italic formatting to text:

• Click the italic icon and enter your text

• Or highlight existing text and click the italic icon.

Underline

To apply underline formatting to text:

• Click the underline icon and enter your text

• Or highlight existing text and click the underline icon.

Insert Link

To insert a link:

• Highlight the existing text to which you wish to apply the link.

• Click the insert / edit link icon.

• The Insert / Edit Link dialog box appears.

• Enter the full web address in the Link URL field.

• Select the target from the Target drop-down list field.

• Enter the title the Title field.

• Click Insert.

• The page containing the rich text editor reopens

• The linked text will be indicated with underlined blue text.

Edit Link

To edit a link:

• Click the existing underlined blue linked text.

• Click the insert / edit link icon.T

• he Insert / Edit Link dialog box appears containing the link details.

• Edit the full web address in the Link URL field.

• Select the target from the Target drop-down list field.

• Edit the title the Title field.

• Click Update.

• The page containing the rich text editor reopens

Unlink

To unlink / remove an existing link:

• Click on the existing underlined blue linked text.

• Click the unlink icon.

• The underlined blue formatting disappears and the link is removed.

Strikethrough

To apply strikethrough formatting to text:

• Click the strikethrough icon and enter your text

• Or highlight existing text and click the strikethrough icon.

Align left

To align text to the left:

• Click the align left icon and enter your text

• Or highlight existing text and click the align left icon.

Align right

To align text to the right:

• Click the align right icon and enter your text

• Or highlight existing text and click the align right icon.

Align Center

To align text to the center:

• Click the align center icon and enter your text

• Or highlight existing text and click the align center icon.

Align full

To align text full  / justify:

• Click the align full icon and enter your text

• Or highlight existing text and click the align full icon.

Subscript

To apply subscript formatting to text:

• Click the subscript icon and enter your text

• Or highlight existing text and click the subscript icon.

Superscript

To apply superscript formatting to text:

• Click the superscript icon and enter your text

• Or highlight existing text and click the superscript icon.

Cut

To cut an existing piece of text:

• Highlight the existing text and click the cut icon.

Note: If you are using Chrome or Mozilla Firefox browser, you will have to use the keyboard short Ctrl+X to perform this function instead of the icon provided.

Copy

To copy an existing piece of text:

• Highlight the existing text and click the copy icon.

Note: If you are using Chrome or Mozilla Firefox browser, you will have to use the keyboard short Ctrl+C to perform this function instead of the icon provided.

Paste

To paste a piece of cut / copied text:

Note: If you are using Chrome or Mozilla Firefox browser, you will have to use the keyboard short Ctrl+V to perform this function instead of the icon provided.

• In order to paste text, you must have either cut or copied text (as described above) immediately beforehand.

• Place your cursor at the point where you wish to insert the pasted text.

• Click the paste icon.

Bullets

To apply bullet formatting to text:

• Click the bullet icon and enter your list of items

• Or highlight an existing list of items and click the bullet icon.

Numbers

To apply number formatting to text:

• Click the numbers icon and enter your list of items

• Or highlight an existing list of items and click the numbers icon.

Decrease indent

To decrease an indent to text:

• Click the decrease indent icon as many times as required and enter your text

• Or highlight existing text and click the decrease indent icon as many times as required.

Increase indent

To apply an indent to text:

• Click the increase indent icon as many times as required and enter your text

• Or highlight existing text and click the increase indent icon as many times as required.

Undo (the last action)

• Click as many times as required to systematically undo each step / action just performed.

Redo

(the last action)

• Click as many times as required to systematically redo each step / action previously undone.

Special characters

To insert special characters into text:

• Place your cursor at the point where you wish to insert the special character.

• Click the special character icon.

• The Select Special Character dialog box appears.

• Select the special character you wish to insert.

• The page containing the rich text editor reopens