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What the Editing Tools Do

The following outlines each of the editing tools available in Edit View.

EDIT WINDOW BUTTONS
Icon Description Shortcut
Design button - Switches editor into Design Mode. -
HTML button - Switches editor into HTML Mode. -
Preview button - Switches editor into Preview Mode. -
Toggle Screen Mode - Switches editor into Full Screen Mode. -
Show/Hide Border - Shows or hides borders around tables in the content area. -
Zoom - Changes the level of text magnification. -
Module Manager - Activates /Deactivates modules from a drop-down list of available modules. -
Toggle Docking - Docks all floating toolbars to their respective docking areas. -
Repeat Last Command - A shortcut to repeat the last action performed. -
Find and Replace - Find (and replaces) text in the editor's content area. Ctrl+F
Spell button - Launches the spell checker. -
Cut button - Cuts the selected content and copies it to the clipboard. Ctrl+X
Copy button - Copies the selected content to the clipboard. Ctrl+C
Paste button - Pastes the copied content from the clipboard into the editor. Ctrl+V
Paste from Word button - Pastes content copied from Word and removes the web-unfriendly tags. -
Paste from Word cleaning fonts and sizes button - cleans all Word-specific tags and removes font names and text sizes. -
Paste Plain Text button - Pastes plain text (no formatting) into the editor. -
Paste as HTML button - Pastes HTML code in the content area and keeps all the HTML tags. -
Undo button - Undoes the last action. Ctrl+Z
Redo button - Redoes/Repeats the last action, which has been undone. Ctrl+Y
Format Stripper button - Removes custom or all formatting from selected text. -
INSERT AND MANAGE LINKS, TABLES, SPECIAL CHARACTERS, IMAGES and MEDIA
Image Manager button - Inserts an image from a predefined image folder(s). Ctrl+G
Absolute Object Position button - Sets an absolute position of an object (free move). -
Insert Table button - Inserts a table in the editor. -
Toggle Table Borders - Toggles borders of all tables within the editor. -
Insert Date button - Inserts current date. -
Insert Time button - Inserts current time. -
Windows Media Manager button - Inserts a Windows media object (AVI, MPEG, WAV, etc.) and lets you set its properties. -
Document Manager - Inserts a link to a document on the server (PDF, DOC, etc.) -
Hyperlink Manager button - Makes the selected text or image a hyperlink. Ctrl+K
Remove Hyperlink button - Removes the hyperlink from the selected text or image. Ctrl+Shift+K
Insert Special Character dropdown - Inserts a special character (€ ®, , , etc.) -
Choose HTML Template - Applies and HTML template from a predefined list of templates. -
CREATE, FORMAT AND EDIT PARAGRAPHS and LINES
Insert New Paragraph button - Inserts new paragraph. Ctrl+M
Paragraph Style Dropdown button - Applies standard text styles to selected text. -
Outdent button - Indents paragraphs to the left. -
Indent button - Indents paragraphs to the right. -
Align Left button - Aligns the selected paragraph to the left. -
Center button - Aligns the selected paragraph to the center. -
Align Right button - Aligns the selected paragraph to the right. -
Justify button - Justifies the selected paragraph. -
Bulleted List button - Creates a bulleted list from the selection. -
Numbered List button - Creates a numbered list from the selection. -
CREATE, FORMAT AND EDIT TEXT, FONT and LISTS
Bold button - Applies bold formatting to selected text. Ctrl+B
Italic button - Applies italic formatting to selected text. Ctrl+I
Strikethrough button - Applies strikethrough formatting to selected text. -
Superscript button - Makes a text superscript. -
Subscript button - Makes a text subscript. -
Custom Styles dropdown - Applies custom, predefined styles to the selected text. -
OTHER KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
- Selects all text, images and tables in the editor. Ctrl+A
- Finds a string of text or numbers in the page. Ctrl+F

  

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