You can format the text of your article, review, web page or photo description by using the Rich Text editor. Formatting options include:
Bold, Italic, Underline, Strikethrough
The buttons
The first few buttons on the top of the Rich Text Editor are:
Bold
Changes text formatting to bold.
Italics
Changes text formatting to italics.
Underline
Changes text formatting to underlined.
Strikethrough
Changes text formatting to strikethrough.
To format text using the Rich Text Editor menu bar:
| 1. | Navigate to the page where you plan to format text for an article, review, web page or photo description: |
| 2. | Select the text to which you want to add formatting, for example the word "bold" in the graphic below: |
| 3. | Click the appropriate button on the menu bar. For example, if you want the word to be bolded, click : |
| 4. | Apply italic, underline and strikethrough formating as required to other text. You can apply multiple text formatting to selected text - for example, if you select the text you want to format, and click and , the text is both bolded and italicized, as shown in the example below: |
| 5. | To format text as you type, click the button on the Rich Text Editor menu for the formatting you want, and continue typing. The text you type will be formatted accordingly. Click the button again to stop formatting the text. |
The button
Text Color
Changes the color of the selected text.
This button is slightly different from the , , and buttons. If you click this button, a color palette appears:
To apply color to your text
Select the text for which you want to change the color, click the text color button and then click the color on the palette that you want to apply.
The buttons
These buttons control the positioning of text:
Align Left
Left-aligns the current paragraph.
Align Center
Center-aligns the current paragraph.
Align Right
Right-aligns the current paragraph.
Decrease Indent
Removes indents from the current paragraph.
Increase Indent
Indents the current paragraph.
To align text
Place your cursor on any line or paragraph you want to align and then click the alignment button of your choice.
The button
Horizontal Rule
Inserts a horizontal rule at the cursor's current line.
To insert a horizontal rule in the body of your text
| 1. | Enter an entry as you normally would. |
| 2. | Place your cursor at the point where you would like a horizontal rule, and click the button. The horizontal line is inserted at the cursor location: |
| 3. | If you want to continue entering text after the horizontal rule you inserted, press ENTER on your keyboard to go to the next line. Continue typing your text. The body of your text will be similar to the example shown below: |
The menus
Font Face
Changes the font typeface.
Font Size
Changes the size of the font.
Font Block
Changes the paragraph type.
To change the font face, size or block
| 1. | Select the text for which you want to change the font. |
| 2. | Click the beside the Font Face, Font Size or Font Block menu and from the drop-down list, select an option. For example, you might select the Arial font for your text from the Font Face Menu , and then select x-small from the Font Size menu . The result will be similar to the example shown in the graphic below: |
To change the paragraph style, select text and click beside the Font Block menu . If you select Headline 1, the result is similar to the example shown below:
