WYSIWYG Editor Buttons
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Print - Prints the content of the WYSIWYG Editor
Find/Replace- Opens a dialog box which can find text within your content and (optionally) replace it with different text.
Paste from Word- Preserves the formatting (bold, italics, headers, lists, etc. of content pasted from a word document.
- Not tested
Undo- Undoes the previous action
- This button undoes typing, copying and pasting. It will not, however remove an inserted table or image.
Redo- Redoes an action previously undone
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Insert Table - Opens a dialog box which will allow you to insert a table into a page. See the section on tables for more information.
Table/Row/Cell Properties- Adjusts properties of the selected table, row or cell. Adjust the respective properties by selecting the appropriate table in the pop-up window. See the section on tables for more information.
Insert Row- Inserts a row into the selected table
Delete Row- Removes a row from a table
Insert Column- Inserts a column into the selected table
Delete Column- Deletes a column from the selected table
Merge Cells- Merges two cells into one.
Unmerge cells- creates two cells from one.
Insert/Edit an image- Inserts an image. See the section on images for more information.
- Be sure to add a descriptive title to the image so it is accessible to web browsers which do not display images.
- This icon sets an image height by default; leave the width and height fields blank in order to not set a width or height.
Horizontal Rule- Adds horizontal bar (<hr />) into the page.
Hyperlink- Adds link to a page. See the section on links for more information.
- In order to editing an existing hyperlink you must select the exact text of that link. This is sometimes impossible due to hidden mark-up on the page (it is not an error). Simply re-enter the hyperlink.
Document- Links to a document within your repository. See the section on links for more information.
- Automatically sets the link to open in a new window.
Anchor- Creates a bookmark or named anchor (<a name="name"></a>). See the section on links for more information.
- This button replaces any selected text with a bookmark.
Special Character- Inserts a special charater into the page.
- Warning: Some characters may be modified or lost when switching between Design and html Code views.
Format menu- Change the format (paragraph, section header, preformatted or address) of a selection
- Note: this is for semantic (readable) mark-up. Header formats should be not be used simply to increase text size.
Class menu- Add a site-specific style to the selection
Italics/Bold/Underline- Gives emphasis, strong emphasis, or underline to text on a page.
- Avoid underlines whenever possible.
Align Left/Center/Right/Justify- Sets a paragraph's alignment.
Numbering- Creates an ordered list.
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Bullets - Creates an unordered list.
Increase/Decrease Indent- Indicates a block quote or a nested list.
- Indents of text denote long quotes: they should not be used for layout.
