105: Content Tools

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Content Editing

Content editing is used throughout the community. You can choose which kind of editor you want - Plain text or Enhanced - in your Settings > Options tab.

The information below applies to the enhanced editor. This editor includes a toolbar of options and a content area.

Pressing Tab while in a table cell will take you to the next horizontal column cell or row.
Pressing Shift/Tab will create an out-dent in numbered or bulleted lists.
When you create a link in the editor, it is automatically converted to a hyperlink. For example, if you enter "Google", it becomes a live link. The rich text editor utilizes Undo and Redo buttons in the GUI. (But the Ctrl+Z or Ctrl+Y keyboard shortcuts still work.)

Editor option	Description
Format drop-down list	Set style of current line of text.
Font Family drop-down list	Select the text font style.
Font Size drop-down list	Selects the text font size.
	Select a text color.
	Aligns the text left, center, right, or justified.
	Toggles the editor between a full-screen view and normal view.
	Edit the contents via HTML.
	Saves unsaved content in the browser every 30 seconds. If you navigate away from the page or lose your Internet connection, you can click the life preserver icon to restore the content last entered into the editor (within the last 20 minutes).
	Makes the text bold-faced, italicized, underlined, or stuck through.
	Applies background highlighting to the selected text in the color you choose.
	Applies bullets or numbered list formatting to the text.
	Indents or out-dents the current line of text
	Inserts image.
	Inserts/edits media. Also inserts links to other media such as doc files.
	Inserts embeddable content.
	Pastes text from a Microsoft Word document (does not support images at this time).
	Creates or modifies a link on the selected text.
	Inserts a table.
	Inserts an anchor.
	Inserts a horizontal rule line.
	Inserts an emoticon (if emoticons are enabled in Site configuration > Advanced Configuration > Post Settings.)
	Undoes an action.
	Redoes an action.
	Inserts code using the Syntax-Highlighter (if installed).

How do I edit in full-screen mode?

To give yourself more editing room, you can toggle the content window into full-screen mode. This mode supports all editing functions but spell check. You can toggle back and forth easily from one mode to the other without saving the content.

To toggle between regular and full screen mode:

Edit a content page (wiki, forum or blog post).
On the enhanced text editor menu bar, click the toggle full-screen mode button. Notice that the content area consumes all the available browser area.
To return to regular mode, click the toggle full-screen mode button again.

Drag and Drop

Almost any kind of file can be dragged and dropped onto a blog, forum, media, or wiki post. This action works similarly to the Insert Image button or Insert Media button on the enhanced text editor toolbar.

When a file is dragged onto a post:

Drag and dropped files are visible after the post is saved.
Multiple files can be dragged and dropped at the same time.
Very large files (like 100mb) can be drag and dropped.
When an unsupported file type (such as .exe, .rpt, or .csv) is dragged over an error message is displayed and the file isn’t pasted into the editor.

How do I drag and drop a file onto a post?

Navigate to the desired post.
Edit or create (in the post Create/Edit window) the desired post.
In the My Computer window, navigate to the desired image.
Click and hold the mouse button on this image, moving it over the post’s text field. (As stated above, you can also select multiple files.)
Release the mouse button. The file will be dropped onto the post.
Click the Post. The image or icon will appear on the post.