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To expand the active window to a full screen click on
the 'Fullscreen Mode' Icon. It does not open a new window, instead it
will resize to fit the browser screen. Concurrent clicks on this icon
will toggle this feature on and off. |
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| Cut (Ctrl+X) |
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To cut a portion of the document, highlight the
desired portion and click the 'Cut' icon (keyboard shortcut - CTRL+X).
Due to internal security limitations in the browser, this icon is not
available in Netscape. |
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| Copy (Ctrl+C) |
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To copy a portion of the document, highlight the
desired portion and click the 'Copy' icon (keyboard shortcut - CTRL+C).
Due to internal security limitations in the browser, this icon is not
available in Netscape. |
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| Paste (Ctrl+V) |
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To paste a portion that has already been cut (or
copied), click where you want to place the desired portion on the page
and click the 'Paste' icon (keyboard shortcut - CTRL+V).
To paste from Microsoft Word, click on the icon to the right of the
Paste Icon. 
Due to internal security limitations in the browser, this icon is not
available in Netscape. |
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| Paste from Microsoft Word (Ctrl + D) |
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To Paste from Microsoft Word: Copy your desired text
from Microsoft Word and click the 'Paste from Word' icon. Paste into
the box that opens.
This tool will strip all Word formatting tags from the
content and convert it to HTML friendly code. You can then use the
editors tools to format the content to display the way you desire
without all the ill effects that Word formatting would create. The
result is a cleaner and more accurate code, that is more compliant to
the current HTML standards. |
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| Paste Text |
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This option will allow you to paste anything copied
to the clipboard into plain text. If the content you pasted contained
images, tables, or other html other than Text, it will automatically
remove them and simply place just the text portions into your editor.
This is handy in the event you are not sure what types of harmful
formats could be applied to the code you copied. |
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| Search, Find and Replace |
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To find and replace words or phrases within the text:
Select the search and replace feature. Enter the word or phrase you wish
to replace and type it in the 'Find what' field
Select the new word or phrase you wish to replace the searched text with
in the 'Replace with' field.
You can choose to 'find next' which allows you to manually replace
instances of the searched text, or you can choose 'replace all' which
allows you to replace all instances of the selected text.
Selecting the optional 'Match Case' tab allows you to search for a word
or phrase with exactly the same upper or lower-case spelling of the word
or phrase entered in 'Find What'. Not selecting this option means that a
word entered in the 'Find what' field with upper case characters will
return a search of upper and lower case matches of the same word.
Selecting the optional 'Match whole word only' tab allows the search to
only display the words that are an exact match of the word or phrase
entered in the 'Find What' field.
Click here for tutorial. |
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| Undo (Ctrl+Z) |
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To undo the last change, click the 'Undo' icon
(keyboard shortcut - CTRL+Z). Each consecutive click will undo the
previous change to the document. |
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| Redo (Ctrl+Y) |
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To redo the last change, click the 'Redo' icon
(keyboard shortcut - CTRL+Y). Each consecutive click will repeat the
last change to the document. |
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| Check Spelling (F7) |
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Spell Check will require a download from ieSpell
from: www.iespell.com (which is only supported with IE). Though the
download is free, it's commercial use requires a license fee (http://www.iespell.com/pricing.htm)
which we strongly recommend you consider purchasing a license. The
program itself seems very good, though, and certainly better than
nothing.
As this is a third party software, support for its functionality cannot
be handled by our staff.
To check spelling, select the text you would like to
spell check (if you do not select the text, then your whole document
will be checked)
Click on the spell checker icon or right click on the mouse and scroll
down to 'Check spelling'. You will be taken to the first incorrectly
spelled word. You can then choose to
- Change the incorrectly spelled word with the suggested words provided
- Ignore the incorrectly spelled word (i.e. not make any changes to it)
To check spelling of a single word, highlight the word and right click
on the mouse to get a selection of suggested replacements. To replace
the miss-spelt word with one of the suggested words, simple select one
of the replacements. |
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| Remove Text Formatting |
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This command allows you to select a specific portion
of text and remove any of the formatting which it contains. To remove
any text formatting select the desired portion of text and Click the
'Remove Text Formatting' button. |
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| Bold (Ctrl+B) |
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To bold text, select the desired portion of text and
click the 'Bold' icon (keyboard shortcut - CTRL+B). Each consecutive
click will toggle this function on and off. |
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| Underline (Ctrl+U) |
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To underline text, select the desired portion of text
and click the 'Underline' icon (keyboard shortcut - CTRL+U). Each
consecutive click will toggle this function on and off. |
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| Italic (Ctrl+I) |
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To convert text to italic, select the desired portion
of text and click the 'Italic' icon (keyboard shortcut - CTRL+I). Each
consecutive click will toggle this function on and off. |
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| Strikethrough |
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To format text as strike through Select the text you
want formatted by highlighting it and select the 'Strike through' icon.
Each consecutive click will toggle this feature on and off |
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| Insert Number List |
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To start a numbered text list, click the 'Insert
Numbered List' icon. If text has already been selected, the selection
will be converted to a numbered list. Each consecutive click will toggle
this function on and off. |
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| Insert Bullet List |
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To start a bullet text list, click the 'Insert Bullet
List' icon. If text has already been selected, the selection will be
converted to a bullet list. Each consecutive click will toggle this
function on and off. |
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| Decrease Indent |
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To decrease indent of a paragraph, click the
'Decrease Indent' icon. Each consecutive click will move text further to
the left. |
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| Increase Indent |
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To increase indent of a paragraph, click the
'Increase Indent' icon. Each consecutive click will move text further to
the right. |
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| Superscript |
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To convert text to superscript (vertically aligned
higher): Select the desired portion of text and click the 'Superscript'
icon. Each consecutive click will toggle this function on and off. |
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| Subscript |
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To convert text to subscript (vertically aligned
lower): Select the desired portion of text and click the 'Subscript'
icon. Each consecutive click will toggle this function on and off. |
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| Align Left |
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To align to the left, make a selection in the
document and click the 'Align Left' icon. |
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| Align Center |
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To align to the center, make a selection in the
document and click the 'Align Center' icon. |
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| Align Right |
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To align to the right, make a selection in the
document and click the 'Align Right' icon. |
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| Justify |
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To justify a paragraph or text, make a selection in
the document and click the 'Justify' icon. |
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| Insert Horizontal Line |
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To insert a horizontal line, select the location to
insert the line and click the 'Insert Horizontal Line' icon. |
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| Create or Modify Link |
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To create a hyperlink, select the text or image to
create the link on, then click the 'Create or Modify Link' icon. if
applicable, the popup window will contain existing link information. You
can type the full URL of the page you want to link to in the URL text
box. You can also enter the target window information (optional) and an
anchor name (if linking to an anchor - optional).
For quick access to links, you can choose to insert a pre-defined link
from the 'Pre-defined links' dropdown list.
When finished, click the 'Insert Link' button to insert the hyperlink
you just created, or click 'Remove Link' to remove an existing link.
Clicking 'Cancel' will close the window and take you back to the
editor.
Click here for tutorial. |
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| Insert / Modify Bookmark
- Anchor |
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To insert an anchor, select a desired spot on the web
page you are editing and click the 'Bookmark' icon. In the dialogue box,
type the name for the bookmark (anchor).
When finished, click the 'OK' button to insert the bookmark , or
'Cancel' to close the box.
To modify an anchor select the anchor (displayed as an anchor icon when
guidelines are switched on) and click the 'Insert / Modify Anchor' icon.
Make your changes and hit the 'OK' button or click 'Cancel' to close the
window.
Click here for tutorial. |
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| Font |
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To change the font of text, select the desired
portion of text and click the 'Font' drop-down menu.
Select the desired font (choose from Default - Times New Roman,
Arial, Verdana, Tahoma, Courier New or Georgia). |
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| Font Size |
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To change the size of text, select the desired
portion of text and click the 'Size' drop-down menu.
Select the desired size (text size 1-7). |
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| Paragraph |
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To change the format of text, select the desired
portion of text and click the 'Format' drop-down menu.
Select the desired format (choose from Normal, Superscript,
Subscript and H1-H6). |
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| Styles & Formatting |
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To change the style of text, images, form
objects, tables, table cells etc select the desired element and
click the 'Style' drop-down menu, which will display all styles
defined in the style-sheet.
Select the desired style from the menu.
Note: this function will not work if there is no style-sheet applied
to the page. |
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| Font Color |
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To change the color of text, select the desired
portion of text and click the 'Color' drop-down menu.
Select the desired color from the large selection in the drop-down menu.
To define your own custom color, click on the 'More Colors...' button at
the bottom of the color picker.
This will launch the advanced color picker, where you can select a color
from the color map, or specify your own color using RGB or hex values.
You can also change the contrast of the color by clicking on the
contrast gradient |
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| Background Color |
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To change the highlighted color of text, select the
desired portion of text and click the 'Highlight' drop-down menu.
Select the desired color from the large selection in the drop-down menu.
To define your own custom color, click on the 'More Colors...' button at
the bottom of the color picker.
This will launch the advanced color picker, where you can select a color
from the color map, or specify your own color using RGB or hex values.
You can also change the contrast of the color by clicking on the
contrast gradient |
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| Insert Table |
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To insert a table, select the desired
location, then click the 'Insert Table' icon.
A new window will pop-up with the following fields: Rows - number of
rows in table; Columns - number of columns in table; Width - width of
table; BgColor - background color of table; Cell Padding - padding
around cells; Cell Spacing - spacing between cells and Border - border
around cells.
Fill in table details then click the 'OK' button to insert table, or
click 'Cancel' to go back to the editor.
Click here for tutorial. |
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| Edit Table Properties |
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To modify table properties, select a
table or click anywhere inside the table to modify, then click the
'Modify Table Properties' icon.
A pop-up window will appear with the table's properties. Click the 'OK'
button to save your changes, or click 'Cancel' to go back to the editor.
Click here for tutorial.
Note: this function will not work if a table has not been selected. |
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| Show / Hide Guidelines |
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To show or hide guidelines, click the
'Show/Hide Guidelines' icon.
This will toggle between displaying table and form guidelines and not
showing any guidelines at all.
Tables and cells will have a broken gray line around them, forms will
have a broken red line around them, while hidden fields will be a pink
square when showing guidelines.
Note that the status bar (at the bottom of the window) will reflect the
guidelines mode currently in use. |
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| Insert Row |
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To insert row above, click inside cell
above which to insert a row, then click the 'Insert Row Above' icon.
Click here for tutorial.
Each consecutive click will insert another row above the selected cell.
Note: this function will not work if a cell has not been selected. |
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| Delete Row |
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To delete a row, click inside cell which
is in the row to be deleted, then click the 'Delete Row' icon.
Click here for tutorial.
Note: this function will not work if a cell has not been selected. |
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| Delete Column |
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To delete a column, click inside cell
which is in the column to be deleted, then click the 'Delete Column'
icon.
Click here for tutorial.
Note: this function will not work if a cell has not been selected. |
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| Insert Column |
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To insert a column, click inside cell
which is in the column to be inserted, then click the 'Insert Column'
icon.
Click here for tutorial.
Note: this function will not work if a cell has not been selected. |
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| Increase / Decrease
Column Span |
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To increase / decrease column span,
click inside cell who's span is to be decreased, select the Edit Tables
/ Cells icon and choose Edit Table from the dropdown menu. then click
the 'Decrease Column Span' icon.
Click here for tutorial.
Each consecutive click will further decrease the column span of the
selected cell. Note: this function will not work if a cell has not been
selected. |
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| Insert / Modify Flash |
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This function currently only supported in Netscape,
due to a security setting in IE.
If a flash movie is NOT selected, clicking this icon will open the Flash
Manager.
If a flash movie IS selected, then clicking this icon will open the
'Modify Flash Properties' popup window.
To modify the properties of the selected flash movie, set the required
attributes and click the 'Modify' button.
Click here for tutorial. |
| Insert / Modify Media |
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If an image is NOT selected, clicking this icon will
open the Image Manager.
If an image IS selected, then clicking this icon will open the 'Modify
Image Properties' popup window.
To modify the image properties of the selected image, set the required
attributes and click the 'Modify' button.
Click here for tutorial. |
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| Insert / Modify Image |
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If an image is NOT selected, clicking this icon will
open the Image Manager.
If an image IS selected, then clicking this icon will open the 'Modify
Image Properties' popup window.
To modify the image properties of the selected image, set the required
attributes and click the 'Modify' button.
Click here for tutorial. |
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| Insert Special Characters |
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To insert a special character, click the
'Insert Special Character' icon.
A pop-up window will appear with a list of special characters.
Click the icon of the character to insert into your web page. |
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Positioning |
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To position a text box or image using
absolute positioning, select the the textbox or image and select the
'absolute positioning' icon. You can now click and drag an image or text
box to the location you would like it to reside within the active
window. |
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| Source Mode |
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To switch to source code editing mode, click the
'Source' button at the bottom of the editor.
This will switch to HTML code editing mode.
To switch back to WYSIWYG Editing, click the 'Edit' button at the
bottom of the editor.
This is recommended for advanced users only |
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| Preview Mode |
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To show a preview of the page being edited, click
the 'Preview' button at the bottom of the editor.
This is useful in previewing a file to see how it will look in your
browser, before changes are saved. Note, this does not
include the right and right blocks, header or footers of your page.
It only will display what is in your editor at that time.
To switch back to editing mode, click the 'Edit' button at the
bottom of the editor. |
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