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Home > Help > Toolbar Reference > Editor Toolbar

Editor Toolbar





Toolbar Function Reference
icon/list Name Description
Close Toolbar Switches the page back to live mode. If changes were made to the page, you will be asked if you want to save.
Save Page Saves the page.
Link page Allows authors to add a link to another page in the help project.
Insert Table Inserting a table works similarily to Microsoft Word?. Click the 'Insert Table' button and select how many rows and columns are desired. The table will be inserted at the current cursor position. See also: Working with Tables
Image Manager Pressing this button will open the image dialog which allows you to manage images. From this form, images can be inserted into the page. Images can also be uploaded from a local harddrive or network
Font Name Sets the font typeface. This dropdown allows you to change the font of the selected text.
Font Size Sets the font size. This dropdown allows you to change the font size of the selected text.
Bold

Applies bold formatting to the selected text. Select the text and press this button to apply bold formatting. If the cursor is positioned in a single word, pressing this button will bold the entire word. 

Underline Applies underline formatting to selected text. Select some text and press this button to apply underline formatting. If the cursor is positioned in a single word, pressing this button will underline the entire word.
Align Left Aligns the selected paragraph to the left.
Align Center Centers the selected selected paragraph.
Align Right Aligns the selected paragraph to the right.
Foreground color Changes the color of the selected text. This dropdown allows you to change the font color of the selected text.
Toggle Toolbar Toggle between standard toolbar and full toolbar

 
 
Print

Pressing this button to display the default printer dialog box. Press [OK] or [Print], to print the current page in your web browser. You can set your printer properties before printing.
 

Spell Check

The spellchecker is a tool which checks the spelling of the written text. It works the same way as in Microsoft Word?. When launched, the spellchecker dialog will appear and the checking will start automatically from the beginning of the document. If there is a misspelled word, it will appear in the spellchecker dialog, where you can either [Ignore] the suggestion or [Change] the word with the suggested one.
 

Find & Replace Opens the Find and Replace dialog. This dialog allows you to search for and/or replace specific text on the page
 
Global Search & Replace Allows authors to search and replace text or html code across all pages in the help project
Hyperlink Manager

Assigns a hyperlink to the selected text or image. The hyperlink dialog window will open. It allows you to choose the type of link you want to insert: Hyperlink, Anchor or E-mail. See also: Links 

Remove Link Removes the hyperlink from the selected text or image. See also: Links
Insert Variable Inserts a user defined or system variable. Variables act as placeholders for content that might change in the future. When the page is displayed in live mode, the variable value will be displayed. See also: Variables
Insert Conditional Text This button will insert conditional text that will be visible for selected skins. For more information see: Conditional Text
Sticky Note Inserts a sticky note that can be placed anywhere on the page. This is typically used by the author to remind themselves to complete certain tasks. Sticky notes are not visible in live mode.
Flash Manager The flash dialog is used for working with flash files - inserting and uploading animations. See also: Adding a Flash Animation
Media Manager The Windows media dialog is used for inserting and uploading media objects (AVI, MPEG, WAV, etc.). It also lets you set the object?s properties. See also: Adding a Media Animation
Document Manager Pressing this button will open the 'Document Manager' dialog which allows you to link the selected text with another page. See also: Adding Page Links
Format Stripper Strips (removes) the formatting from the selected text. Removes Word?, custom or all formatting.
Show / Hide Border

Toggles borders of all tables within the editor ON and OFF. The ON function works on tables which have hidden borders. 

Set Absolute Position This button toggles the positioning type for a selected object. Pressing this button will allow you to drag and drop an object (image, table or media) freely within the editor.

The default positioning type is relative, which means that an object is positioned inline (or relative) to other objects. When the positioning type is absolute, the object can be placed anywhere on the page
Cut

Cuts the selected content and copies it to the clipboard. The [Cut] button works on selected text, image and/or table. Select the content and then [Cut] it.

When using this tool, the cut text or image will be removed from the page and will be stored in the clipboard for later use. Please, note that only the last cut (or copied) item will be stored in the clipboard. This tool is very helpful if you have decided to change the place of a piece of text in the sentence or in the page. 

Copy

Copies the selected content to the clipboard. The [Copy] button works on selected text, image and/or table. Select the content first and then [Copy] it.

When using this tool, the content will be stored in the clipboard for later use. Note that only the last copied (or cut) item will be stored in the clipboard.
This tool is very helpful if you need to type the same text many times: just select the text, press the button, place the cursor on the new place and press the [Paste] button. This procedure works for images and/or tables as well. 

Paste

Pastes copied content from the clipboard into the editor. After you have either [Cut] or [Copied] an item (text, image, etc.), you can [Paste] it using this button. Place the cursor where you want the item to appear and press the [Paste] button. 

Paste from Word

Pastes copied content from the clipboard into the editor. After you have either [Cut] or [Copied] an item (text, image, etc.), you can [Paste] it using this button. The editor will clean all unnecessary Microsoft Office related tags. Place the cursor where you want the item to appear and press this button.

In case the user is trying to paste Word content with the regular Paste button or Ctrl V, a dialog will prompt whether the Word markup should be cleaned. If the Clipboard content does not come from Word, the dialog will not be shown. 

Paste from Word cleaning fonts and sizes

Pastes copied content from the clipboard into the editor. After you have either [Cut] or [Copied] an item (text, image, etc.) in Microsoft Word ?, you can [Paste] it using this button. The editor will clean all unnecessary Microsoft Office related tags plus font formatting. Place the cursor where you want the item to appear and press this button. 

Paste Plain Text

Pastes copied content from the clipboard into the editor. After you have either [Cut] or [Copied] an item (text, image, etc.), you can [Paste] it using this button. The [Paste Plain Text] button works similarly to [Paste from Word] , but it removes all HTML formatting and pastes plain text, preserving the line breaks. 

Paste as HTML

After you have either [Cut] or [Copied] an item (text, image, etc.), you can [Paste] it using this button. This tool allows you to paste the HTML content of the Clipboard as code, which may be quite convenient for developer-oriented applications (e.g. support systems, forums, etc.) The pasted text will look something like this:

<IMG src=" originalAttribute="src" originalAttribute="src" originalPath=" originalAttribute="src" originalPath=""" logo.gif"><BR><BR><FONT face="Arial"><STRONG>What's new in this version</STRONG></FONT> 

Undo

Undoes the previous action. Pressing this button will [Undo] the last action you have made in the editor. This includes but is not limited to inserting tables, moving images and formatting text.

Pressing the down arrow next to this button will open a dropdown where you can select from a list of previous actions. 

Redo

Redoes the last undone action. Pressing this button will [Redo] the action you have just undone. Pressing the down arrow next to this button will open a dropdown where you can select from a list of actions that can be redone. 

Style

Applies predefined styles to a selected element such as text, image, table, etc. This dropdown menu contains predefines styles contained in the project stylesheet. See also: Styles

Paragraph Style Applies standard or predefined text styles to the selected paragraph. Click anywhere in the paragraph you want formatted and select the preferred style from the dropdown.
Italic Applies italic formatting to the selected text. Select some text and press this button to apply Italic formatting. If the cursor is positioned in a single word, pressing this button will apply italic to the entire word.
Justify Pressing this button will justify the selected paragraph to the left and to the right at the same time.
Background Color Changes the background color of the selected text. This dropdown allows you to change the background color of the selected text.
Indent This button indents a paragraph to the right. Each time this button is pressed, the paragraph will be indented further to the right.
Outdent Decreases paragraph indent to the left. This button works only if indent has been applied to a paragraph beforehand. To use this button, click anywhere in the paragraph you want indented to the left and press the button.
Numbered List Creates a numbered list from the selection. Select some text or place the cursor inside a paragraph and press this button to make the text a numbered list. Pressing this button again will turn the numbered list into a regular paragraph of text.
Bullet List Creates a bulleted list from the selection. Select some text or place the cursor inside a paragraph and press this button to make the text a bulleted list. Pressing this button again will turn the bulleted list into a regular paragraph of text.
SuperScript Makes text or numbers appear as superscript. When typing text, you may press this button to make the text that follows superscript. The button also works on selected text. You have to press the button again to switch to normal text typing.
SubScript

 Makes text or numbers appear as subscript. When typing text, you may press this button to make the text that follows subscript. The button also works on selected text. You have to press the button again to switch to normal text typing.

Strikethrough Applies strikethrough formatting to selected text. Select some text and press this button to apply strikethrough formatting. If the cursor is positioned in a single word, pressing this button will strikethrough the entire word.
New Paragraph Inserts a new paragraph. There is a difference between pressing this button and pressing [Enter]. The latter creates a new line keeping the paragraph formatting whereas [new paragraph] creates a new paragraph, with different paragraph settings which can be changed later on. This feature is important when you apply indentation and justification to text.
Insert Symbol Inserts special characters. Pressing this button will display a drop-down menu, displaying the special characters that can be added to the page. The special character will be inserted at the location of the cursor.
Insert Form Element Inserts a form element such as a text box, checkbox, button, etc. Pressing this button will display a drop-down menu allowing you to select the form element that you wish to insert.
 
Horizontal Ruler

Pressing this button will insert a horizontal line at the current cursor position.
 

Insert Date

Pressing this button inserts the current date at the current cursor position.
 

Insert Time

Pressing this button inserts the current time at the current cursor position.
 




See also
System Toolbar
Contents Toolbar
Function Toolbar
Skin Editor Toolbar
Variable Editor Toolbar
Page Template Editor Toolbar