This is not meant to be an exhaustive list of all functions, but to list the most commonly used ones.
Row 1
Preview - Shows a preview of what the document will look like once it has been saved.
Bold - Bold text
Italics - Italics text
Underline - Underline text
Alignment options - left, right, center
Paragraph menu - commonly used options
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Heading 1
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Heading 2
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Heading 3
- Paragraph
Font size - Adjust the size of the font. (Can be usefull if you are pasting in text and it is not fitting inside of the window)
Row 2
Cut, copy, paste - You can also use keyboard commands inside of the text editor;
- Windows (ctrl+x, ctrl+c, ctrl+v);
- MAC (Command+x, Command+c, Command+v)
Binoculars - Use the binoculars if you need help finding a word in the document
A->B - Find and replace
Bullet points or numbered list
Undo & Redo - (Cntrl+z, Cntrl+y) or (Command+z, Command+y)
Chain "link" - This allows you to insert a link to a url.
- Highlight the text that you want to link
- Click on the link button
- In the pop-up window, type in the url in the Link URL box
- Click on Insert
Broken "link" - This allows you to remove a link from the document
- Select the text that is linked (You can also "select all" and remove all links at the same time)
- Click on the unlink button
Tree - Insert an image
- Click on the tree button
- Type in the url of the location of the image in the "Image URL" box
- If your image is on your computer but not on the internet, you will need to upload your image first. See Here.
- Click on Insert
HTML - Allows you to insert or edit html.
Row 3
A - Change text color
ab - Change background color
Table Options
- Insert a table - Choose how many columns and rows (You can also click this button to adjust table properties after it has been created)
- Table row properties
- Table cell properties
- Horizontal ruler (see the line below)
Eraser - If you are wanting to remove formatting for all or specific text, select the text and then click the eraser button.
Window - Edit the document in full screen. Note: You will not be able to save your document until you exit full screen mode.
Common issues -
Return key = double space
Shift + Enter key = single space
If you have a table and it is not fitting into the window, open up the table properties and enter 100% in the width box.
If you are trying to input formatted text and it does not keep the formatting, you will need to use the pre tags.
- Click on the HTML button
- Inside of the pop-up window, type in the letters pre in between the <> symbols.
- Type or paste in your formatted text
- After all formatted text has been entered, type in /pre in between the <> symbols.
- Click update on the pop-up window