Quick Help
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CREATING CONTENT FROM THE EDITOR WINDOW
- Set Or Change Font Characteristics
- Insert Tables
- Insert Ruler Lines
- Handy Utility Icons
- Add An Email Hyperlink
- Hyperlink To A Web Page
- Insert Images
CREATE CONTENT "OFF LINE" THEN INSERT TO EDITOR WINDOW
UPLOADING IMAGES AND FILES
Set Or Change Font Characteristics
You can change the look, size and color of your text. The first step is to select and highlight the text you want to format. Then select the Icon.
Font Color 
Back Ground Color
Bold 
Italic 
Underline 
Strike through 
Sub
Script 
Super
Script
Custom
Character ®
Alignment - This aligns the selected text to the:
Left 
Center 
Right 
Full
Drop Down Lists:
| -- Styles -- | Select Style-Sheet styles from the Drop Down List |
| -- Format -- | Select from the Drop Down List Paragraph, Address, Preformatted, Heading 1 - 6 (1 = large, 6 = small) |
| -- Font Family -- | Select from the Drop Down List |
| -- Font Size -- | Select the font style from the Drop Down List |
Unordered (Bulleted) Lists
Enter some text on a line, press SHIFT-ENTER (to move to the next
line)
Enter more text on this line, › SHIFT-ENTER
Enter more text on this line, › SHIFT-ENTER
Enter more text on this line, › SHIFT-ENTER
Hit ENTER twice to end the list.
qqqqq
wwwww
eeeee
rrrrr
Now, Select all the above text, and click the 
Icon
The results will be:
- qqqqq
- wwww
- eeeee
- rrrrr
Ordered (Numbered) Lists
To create an Ordered List: Enter text as above but now click the 
Icon.
The results will be:
- qqqqq
- wwww
- eeeee
- rrrrr
Indent Or Outdent Text
In dent or Out dent your text (works like the Tab Key)
Indent 
Outdent 
(Icon will be available, if selected text was In dented)
To Indent, enter your text, select your text, then Indent Icon
To Outdent the selected text, select your text, then Outdent Icon
The below three lines of text is Indented.
qqqqq
wwww
eeeee
rrrrr
Tables
Tables are an extremely powerful tool for laying out data and images on an HTML page. They provide you with a way to add vertical and horizontal structure to your page. To insert a table:
Click where you want the table to appear
Click the 
Insert a new table then ...
- Specify the number of rows
- Specify the number of columns
- Cell Padding, specify the number of pixels between the cell content and the cell wall
- Cell Spacing, specify the number of pixels between each table cell
- Width, specify the width of the table as a number of pixels ("550") or as a percentage ("75%") of the browser window.
When you create a table, (rows and columns) this creates "guidelines" in the editor window. You can "Toggle" these guidelines/invisible elements on or off by using this Icon --> 
Modifying Tables
Once you have created a table, these buttons will allow you
to change the tables configuration.
Cell
properties 
Table
row properties
Add or Delete a Row
Insert row before 
Insert row after 
Delete row
Add or Delete a Column
Insert column before 
Insert column after 
Delete column
Merge Cells
Click in the cells you want to merge, holding down the shift key (the cells must be adjacent to each other).
Click the 
Merge
table cells to combine selected cells, rows, or columns, creating one cell.
Split Cells
To Split cells click in the cell you want to split.
Click the 
Split cells to divide a cell, creating two cells.
Delete A Table
To delete a table click the 
Delete
table
Horizontal Line
Insert/edit Horizontal Rule
Select the Width as x, px (pixels) or %
Select Height as Normal or 1 through 7
A horizontal ruler line, width=50% and Height of line '4' is:
Utility Icons
Cut
selected, 
Copy, 
Paste
Note: using the Fire Fox browser, Copy and Paste may not work. If so use the keyboard shortcuts described below.
Search, 
Find
& Replace, 
Clean
Up code, 
Edit htm source 
Remove
format code, 
Un
do, 
Re do, 
Un
link
Toggle
full screen mode, 
Editor
version and credits
Keyboard Shortcuts
Using the keyboard press ...
CTRL+C to COPY text
CTRL+V to PASTE text
CTRL+X to Cut text
Create An Email Hyperlink
Enter text first, like "Email Gene", then select this text.
Click this Icon 
Insert/Edit Link.
At the Link URL text box, enter mailto:aaaaa@bbbbb.com then click the "Insert"
button.
(mailto colon then the full email address)
The words Email Gene will now be a mailto hyperlink to his email address.
Hyperlink To A Web Page
Highlight the text you want to link from.
Click the Insert/Edit Link.
General tab ...
- Link URL: use the "browse" Icon
to select page from your server. * - Link URL: if you can not "browse" type the address in starting with http://www.
- Link URL: if page is not on your server simply type the address in starting with http://www.
- Anchors: not required if link is to a full page (see below for Anchor)
- Target: select from list, "open in this window is most typical"
- Title: This will be the mouse over text
- Class: not required
- Pop Up tab: optional
- Events tab: optional
- Advanced tab: optional
- Click the "Insert" button
Anchor Links
An Anchor is a text hyper link in your web page TO a section or line on the
same web page.
Example: say, if at the top of your web page you have Chapter 1, Chapter 2,... and wish to link the text "Chapter 2" to the area of the page detailing Chapter 2.
First: select the destination text within your file. (the TO)
Click this Icon
Insert/edit anchor. (Enter a anchor description like Chapter 2 )
Second: At the top of your web page, the "Chapter 2",
NOTE: You may not have the ability to browse based on how User Profiles are set up by the administrator.
Removing A Link
To remove a hyperlink, select the text first and click the icon.
Insert Images
You can add images to your webpages.
Click on the place where you want the image to be placed.
Click this Icon 
Insert/edit
image.
General Tab:
- Image URL: use the "Browse" Icon to select image from your server. *
- Image URL: enter the full URL to the image file
- Image Description: Enter a description of image (optional)
- Image Title: This will be the mouse over (optional, but suggest you use )
Appearance Tab:
- Optional
Advanced Tab:
- Optional
Click the "Insert" button
NOTE: You may not have the ability to insert images based on how User Profiles are set up by the administrator.
Upload Files
Click the "upload" link located at the top of the page.
From the Pop Up Window, at the Destination Drop Down list, select the folder name (where the file will be uploaded to).
Then from the File text box, click the "Browse" Icon You can now browse your computer and files.
Click the "OK" button. This file is now available to be inserted at the Editor window (image file), or you can link to the file.
NOTE: You may not have the ability to upload files based on how User Profiles are set up by the administrator.
Create Content Offline Using Windows Notepad.
On your computer, open an ascii text program like Windows Note Pad.
Start › Programs › Accessories › Note Pad
Enter your text on as many lines as you need, do NOT use the File-Font.
File › Save Name and save this file as anyfilenameyouwant.txt on your computer in any folder.
Select ALL the text from this filename using your Mouse and then File › Copy. (this will place ALL the text into your Windows Clip Board)
Log in to the program and open the web page file you see in the Editor window.
Set the insertion point using your mouse. (at the top of Editor window)
Select this Icon 
Paste as Plain Text.
Set the insertion point with your mouse at the top of the Pop Up Window. Do not turn "off" the Check box, Keep Linebreaks.
From your Key Pad, CTRL+V (this will Paste the text from your Windows Clip Board). Click the "Insert" button.
You can now select some text and use the Editor Icons as required, like Bold,....
Create Content Offline Using MS-Word
On your computer, open your existing MS-Word *.doc file.
You can use all the MS Word's short cut Icons, like Bold, to format your text.
Select ALL the text from this filename using your Mouse and then File › Copy. (this will place ALL the formatted text into your Windows Clip Board)
Log in to the program and open the web page file you see the Editor window.
Set the insertion point using your mouse. (at the top of Editor window)
Select this Icon 
Paste from Word.
Set the insertion point with your mouse at the top of the Pop Up Window.
From your Key Pad, CTRL+V (this will Paste the formatted text from your Windows Clip Board)
Click the "Insert" button.
You can now select some text and use the Editor Icons if required, like Bold,....