EDCOMM
Mon - Fri
8:00am-4:30pm
Location:
BICC, 1st Floor
Room 113
Phone:
(503) 494-7722
Email:
edcomm1@ohsu.edu
Sakai Tutorials
Using the Rich Text Editor
Many screens in the CLE contain large text-entry boxes along with many icons and pulldown lists (located above the actual text entry area). These icons and pulldown lists make up what is known as a rich text editor. Most of the tools in the CLE use the FCKeditor, a widely available rich text editor that is displayed on your screen as shown here:
In some tools, you have the option of showing or hiding the rich text editor. If this option is available, a Show/Hide Rich-Text Editor link is displayed above the box. To show or hide the icons and pulldown lists, click the link.
The tables below list the activities you can perform and indicate the icon or pulldown list to use for each. The three tables cover:
Note that some of the buttons (and their functions) in the editor are not available in all tools in the CLE. If you see a button, you can use it.
Text formatting
To do this: |
Use this icon or field: |
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Select all (that is, select everything in the white box) |
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Remove formatting from selected text |
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Undo the last operation |
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Undoes typing, color changes, and alignment; does not undo such functions as replace, apply style, and insert image; cannot be used repetitively. |
Redo the last operation |
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Cannot be used repetitively. |
Use a template to create this material |
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The editor displays a window from which you select the template you want to use. Three pre-defined templates are available to choose from. |
Apply bold formatting |
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Text will look like this. |
Apply italic formatting |
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Text will look like this. |
Underline text |
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Text will look like this. |
Apply strikethrough formatting |
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Text will look like this. |
Make text subscript |
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Text will look like this: x2 |
Make text superscript |
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Text will look like this: x2 |
Insert numbered list |
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Insert bulleted list |
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Move margin left |
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Move margin right |
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Align text at left margin |
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Align text at right margin |
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Center text |
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Align text at both left and right margins |
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Change text color |
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If you choose red, text will look like this. |
Change background color |
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If you choose green, text will look like this. |
Apply one of five formatting styles |
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Apply one of six formats to text |
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Change the font |
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Change the type size |
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Adding and removing text, non-text items, and special characters
To do this: |
Use this icon or field: |
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Cut selected text |
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Copy selected text |
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Paste selected text |
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Paste selected text as plain text |
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Paste selected text from Word. |
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Opens a window in which you paste text from a Word document, indicate whether to remove style definitions and/or remove fonts, and click OK to insert the text into the editor; inserts text and tables only; does not insert images from the Word source. |
Insert or change a link |
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The editor allows you to link to a URL or FTP site, an anchor in the text, or an email address. Display text for the link will look like this: click here. For more information, see “Working with Links.” |
Remove selected link |
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Insert an anchor |
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When you are entering a large amount of information, you can use an anchor to link to a location in another part of the current page. For more information, see “Inserting a Link to an Anchor.” |
Insert or edit an image |
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For more information, see “Inserting an Image or Flash Movie.” |
Insert or edit a flash movie |
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For more information, see “Inserting an Image or Flash Movie.” |
Insert or edit a table |
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Insert a horizontal line |
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Insert a smiley face |
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Insert a special character |
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Miscellaneous
To do this: |
Use this icon or field: |
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View or enter HTML source |
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Displays the HTML code generated by the editor to produce the actual screen display. If you are familiar with HTML, you may view or enter it directly in the window after clicking this icon. To return to the regular display, click the icon again. |
Undo the last operation |
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Undoes text entry, color changes, alignment, etc.; does not undo replace, apply style, insert image, etc.; cannot be used repetitively. |
Redo the last operation |
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Cannot be used repetitively. |
Find the next instance of text you specify |
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Searches forward from the cursor. |
Replace specified text with other text you specify |
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Starts at the beginning of the text entry in the box, regardless of the location of the cursor. |
View information about this rich text editor software |
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Display document properties |
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This feature seems to be inactive. |
