Using the Text Editor

The text editor allows you to control your content without knowing how to program in the language of web pages. It's much like a document editor you may have on your PC.

The text editor is pre-programed with the 'styles' of your website. This means that the content you create will always be consistent across your entire website and removes the need for you to manually adjust text size, colour and font.

This is what the text editor looks like:

Important: If you're copying content from a document editor such as Microsoft Word, paste your content into a Plain Text program such as Notepad first, then copy from notepad and paste into the text editor. This process strips out the formatting information from the document editor which is not compatable with the Text Editor. (Notepad is available from the Accessories menu in Windows)

This table explains what each button does:

Button	Name and explanation
	Bold. This button marks highlighted text as bold, like this
	Italic. This button marks highlighted text as italic, like this
	Underline. This button marks highlighted text as underlined, like this
	Strikethrough. This button marks hightlighted text as strikethrough, like this
	Align left. This button aligns the highlighted text to the left, making each line start at the same point
	Align center. This button aligns the highlighted text in the center
	Align right. This button aligns the highlighted text to the right, making each line finish at the same point
	Align full. This button aligns the highlighted text as full, otherwise known as Justified, which stretches the text so each line starts and finishes at the same point
	This drop-down box sets the style of the selected content using the pre-set styles of your website
	This drop-down box set the format of the selected text including setting the heading numbers
	Unordered list. This button creates bullet points for each line of the highlighted text
	Ordered list. This button creates numbered point for each line of the highlighted text
	Outdent. This button decreases an indent (see the button below)
	Indent. This button inserts an indent, which creates a space to the left of the text
	Undo. This button reverts the previous step allowing you to go backwards if you make a mistake
	Redo. This button repeats a step that has just been 'undone' using the Undo button
	Insert/Edit link. This button inserts a new hyperlink to another page or another website for the highlighted text, or edits an existing link
	Unlink. This button removes an existing link in the highlighted text
	Insert/Edit Anchor. This button inserts an anchor at the current insertion point, allowing you to create links to a point in a particular page
	Insert/Edit Image. This button inserts a new image within the content, or edits an existing and highlighted image
	Cleanup messy code. This button removes redundant HTML code and corrects coding errors that may have been pasted or created through editing the content
	Help. This button provides information on the Text Editor software including links to the website of the software developers
	HTML. This button opens a popup window to display the underlying code - the HTML - of the content in the text editor for advanced (manual) editing
	Preview. This button provides a preview of how your content will appear on your website
	Find. This button allows you to find specific text within your content
	Find & Replace. This button finds and replaces all instances of specified text
	Insert date. This button inserts a date field within your content
	Insert time. This button inserts a time field within your content
	Emotions. This button inserts small icon images representing emotions within your content
	Insert new layer. This button inserts a new layer on the Z axis - advanced editing
	Move forward. This button moves the selection forward on the Z axis - advanced editing
	Move backward. This button moves the selection backward on the Z axis - advanced editing
	Toggle absolute positioning. This button turns on or off the absolute positioning of a new layer
	Insert horizontal rule. This button inserts a simple horizontal line in the content - full page width
	Remove formatting. This button removes formatting code from selected text
	Toggle guidelines/Invisible elements. This button shows or hides non-printing elements such as the outlines of tables
	Subscript. This button makes the selected text smaller and low on the line
	Superscript. This button makes the selected text smaller and high on the line
	Insert custom character. This button inserts a special character that may not be available on your keyboard
	Horizontal rule. This button inserts a horizontal line accross the content allowing you to specify the width and height
	Insert/edit Flash movie. This button allows you to insert a Flash movie within your content
	Inserts a new table. This button will insert a new table and allow you to specify the size and properties
	Table row properties. This button will open a popup window to edit the properties of the currently selected row
	Table cell properties. This button will open a popup window to edit the properties of the currently selected cell
	Insert row before. This button will insert a new row above the currently selected row
	Insert row after. This button will insert a new row beneath the currently selected row
	Delete row. This button will remove the currently selected row of a table
	Insert column before. This button will insert a new column in the table to the left of the currently selected column
	Insert column after. This button will insert a new column in the table to the right of the currently selected column
	Delete column. This button will removed the selected column of a table
	Split table cells. This button will split a single cell of a table into multiple cells
	Merge table cells. This button will merge highlighted cells of a table into a single cell
	Toggle fullscreen mode. This button allows you to expand the Text Editor to fill the screen, or revert back to normal size
	Edit CSS style. This allows you to edit a style, though use with caution as it will impact all pages on your website that use the style you edit
	Visual control characters on/off. This controls the visibility of non-printing characters such as carriage returns
	Insert / edit embedded media. Use this button to insert media such as video and other advanced content. Do not use it to insert images. See above for the Insert Image button.
	Insert non-breaking space character. On the web, multiple and consecutive spaces are ignored. Use this button to insert more than one consecutive space, though this is almost never the best solution - using tables is a trouble-free way of aligning text and images.

When using the text editor you may wish to insert images. See the Article Index for the page on Managing Images.

If you require further assistance with using the text editor, please contact us directly.