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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.
Inserts an anchor.
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:
You can use the enhanced text editor to add links to internal or external documents in a wiki. You can also link to anchors on your post page. Links and anchors are editable and removable.
You can add a link to an internal or external web page using the enhanced text editor Insert menu option. This method can be used to link to a location on another page by including the header anchor in the link URL.
Linking to an anchor directs the viewer directly to a location on the current page or on another web page.
You can edit a link using the enhanced text editor Insert/edit link button, or you can right-click the link and select Insert/edit link.
With an anchor, you can link to certain location on the page.
This editor function cleans up invisible formatting when pasting from programs such as Microsoft Word. It does not necessarily preserve table formatting. This is due to a limitation in the editor, not the Telligent platform. (You can use the Table button to create a table.)
The HTML source editor allows you to edit or copy the HTML source code of your content. It is also a useful tool when you run into formatting issues that you cannot resolve using the text editor in the editing window.
You can easily add a table of any size to content and customize its layout to structure data for readability.
In post edit mode, click the Table > Insert table menu option. The Insert/Edit table dialog box appears. Holding down the mouse button, select the table cells to draw the table you desire (number of rows and columns). Click. Your table is added to the page with no content. Enter the appropriate content and save your post to view your table or click Tools > Preview.
Enter post edit mode. Click anywhere in a row above or below where you want to insert a new row. Right-click and select Row. To insert a new row above the current row, select Insert a Row Before from the contextual menu. To insert a new row below the current row, select Insert a Row After from the contextual menu.
Enter post edit mode. Click anywhere in the table row you want to delete. Right-click and select Row. Right-click and select Delete Row from the contextual menu. The row is removed.
Enter post edit mode. Click anywhere in the table column left or right of where you want to insert a column. Right-click and select Column. Right-click and select Insert a column before to insert one to the left. Select Insert a column after to insert one to the right.
Enter post edit mode. Click anywhere in the column you want to delete. Right-click and select Column. Right-click and select Remove Column. The column is removed.
Enter post edit mode. Select the cells you want to merge. Right-click and select Cell > Merge cells. The Merge cells dialog box appears. In Cols, specify the total number of columns (including the one where your cursor is) that you want to combine into one column. In Rows, specify the total number of rows (including the one where your cursor is) that you want to combine into one row. Click Update. Note that if you decide to split the merged cells, the content will remain merged together after the split.
Enter post edit mode. Click in the merged cell. Right-click and select Cell > Split cell. The cell is split back to the way they were previously (such as back to single columns or rows). Content from merged cells remains merged together, and you will need to separate it manually if desired.
Enter post edit mode. Select the cell where you want to add a background color. Right-click and select Cell > Cell properties. The Cell properties dialog box appears. Click Advanced. Click in the Background Color field. You can either enter the color hex code or click the color button to select it on a color selector. Click Ok.
Enter post edit mode. Click in a cell within the table. Right-click and select Delete table.
If your table is too wide for your page, you can make it scrollable (left to right):
Open the wiki page HTML window. Locate the <table> tag. Insert the following tag immediately preceding it:
<div style='overflow: scroll'>
Locate the </table> tag and insert the following tag immediately following it:
</div>
The insert/edit table dialog box has two tabs, which are explained in the following sections.Cell properties
The following table describes the options for the Cell properties dialog box General and Advanced tabs. These properties can be overridden the page's HTML source if required.
The following table describes the options for the Row properties dialog box General and Advanced tabs. These properties can be overridden the page's HTML source if required.
You can import tables from Microsoft Word or Apple Pages into the editor using simple copy and paste commands.
However, the editor import functionality may not support all cell shading or border formatting.