Toolbar Buttons

This section explains how to use the buttons and drop-down lists on the toolbar. (The toolbar is the row of buttons across the top of the editor window, illustrated below.)

The buttons let you perform functions such as cutting and pasting text, inserting images, and creating tables.

All buttons may not appear. Your Webmaster determines which buttons appear on your toolbar.

Note: The following Ektron Knowledge Base article explains how a Webmaster adds a custom toolbar button to eWebEdit400: http://dev.ektron.com/kb_article.aspx?id=16550.

Table of Toolbar Buttons

eWebEdit400’s toolbar buttons are explained below.

Button

Equivalent Keystroke

(Internet Explorer only)

Function

For more information, see

Select All

<Ctrl>+<A>

Select all content

 

Cut

<Ctrl>+<X>

Remove selected text and graphics. Place that data into temporary memory, also known as the “clipboard.”

(If you later cut or copy more information onto the clipboard, the new information overwrites the original information.)

 

Copy

<Ctrl>+<C>

Copy selected text and graphics into temporary memory. Leave selected data where it is.

(If you later cut or copy more information into memory, the original information is lost.)

Copying from Other Applications

Paste

<Ctrl>+<V>

Insert the most recently cut or copied text and graphics at the current cursor location.

Copying from Microsoft Word

Paste from Word, Cleaning Fonts & Styles

 

Designed for pasting Microsoft Word content, this button strips fonts and classes. For example, if you use the Paste button, Word content contains these tags.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="BACKGROUND: lime; mso-highlight: lime"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">

But if you paste that content using this button, only <p> tags are preserved.

Copying from Microsoft Word

Paste Plain Text

 

Paste the clipboard’s contents as plain text. That is, all HTML tags (including images) are stripped out.

This button is helpful when you want to eliminate HTML formatting from the copied text.

Copying from Microsoft Word

Find and Replace

 

Launch the Search and Replace dialog box. The dialog searches for (and lets you optionally replace) text that you specify.

Finding and Replacing Text

Print

<Ctrl>+<P>

Print the editor content.

 

Undo

<Ctrl>+<Z>

Reverse the most recent action, as if it never occurred. You can undo as many actions as you wish.

 

Redo

<Ctrl>+<Y>

Reverse the undo action.

 

Spell Check

 

Begin spell checker.

Checking Spelling

Anchor Tag

 

Insert a bookmark anchor.

Using Bookmarks

Add/edit Hyperlink

 

Change information about a hyperlink.

Using Hyperlinks

Remove Hyperlink

 

Remove a hyperlink.

Removing a Hyperlink

Library

 

Insert a library file.

Adding a Library File to Content

 

Add Wiki Link

 

Create a wiki link.

Using Ektron CMS400.NET’s Wiki Feature

Translate

 

Translate content into another language

Translating Content to Another Language

Horizontal Line

 

Insert a horizontal line.

 

Insert Symbol

 

Insert symbols and special characters.

 

Validate

 

Check content for adherence to XHTML and accessibility standards.

Validating with eWebEdit400

Hide/Show Elements

 

Toggle to show/hide temporary markers in content.

 

Using Temporary Markers


Apply CSS Class

 

Display a list of style sheet classes. Users can select from the list to apply a class to selected text. The list can change depending on the selected text.

Your Webmaster determines which styles are available.

 

Paragraph Style

 

Display a list of paragraph styles. Users can select from the list to apply a style to selected text. The list can change depending on the selected text.

Your Webmaster determines which styles are available.

 

Bold

<Ctrl>+<B>

Make selected text bold.

 

Italic

<Ctrl>+<I>

Make selected text italic.

 

Underscore

<Ctrl>+<U>

Make selected text underlined.

 

Strikethrough

 

Apply strikethrough to selected text. For example: Here is some text

 

Superscript

 

Make selected text appear smaller and above text line.

 

Subscript

 

Make selected text appear smaller and below text line.

 

Relative Font Size

 

Change the relative font size. Your Webmaster determines which relative font sizes are available.

 


Font Style

 

Change the font style.

Your Webmaster determines which fonts are available.

Note: If more than one font appears in a selection, the browser on the reader’s PC tries to display text using the first font. If the browser cannot find that font, it tries to use the second, etc.

Note: Your system administrator can enable or disable the font toolbar buttons (style, size, color, and background color). See ”Enable Font Buttons” on page 19-12.

Controlling Available Fonts


Font Size

 

Change the font size in points. Your Webmaster determines which font sizes in points are available.

 

Font Color

 

Change the font color.

 

Background Color

 

Change the background color of the selected content.

 

Number

 

Begin the line on which the cursor rests with a number. If the line above this line is

not numbered, assign this line 1

numbered, assign a number one more than the line above

Note: The Number toolbar button applies a number to each paragraph. If you want to switch to regular (that is, non-numbered) paragraphs, click the button a second time.

 

Bullet

 

Begin the line on which the cursor rests (or all selected lines) with a bullet ().

Note: The Bullet toolbar button applies a bullet to each paragraph. If you want to switch to regular (that is, non-bulleted) paragraphs, click the button a second time.

 

Indent

 

Increase or decrease the current line’s distance from the left margin.

 

Left, Center, and Right Justify

 

Align paragraph so that it is arranged

evenly on the left side (uneven on the right)

in the center of each line

evenly on the right side (uneven on the left)

evenly on right and left side

Use the last button to remove justification.

 

Insert table

 

Insert a table.

Working with Tables

Insert row above

 

Insert a new row above current one (that is, the one in which the cursor currently resides).

Insert row below

 

Insert a new row below current one (that is, the one in which the cursor currently resides).

Insert column left

 

Insert a new column to the left of the current one.

Insert column right

 

Insert a new column to the right of the current one.

Delete row

 

Delete current row.

Delete column

 

Delete current column.

Delete cell

 

Delete current cell.

Deleting a Cell

Merge cells horizontally

 

Merge current cell with cell to its right.

Merging Two Cells

Merge cells vertically

 

Merge current cell with cell below it.

Merging Two Cells

Split cell

 

Divide a cell into two. After you split, each cell occupies one half the size of the original cell.

Splitting a Cell

Table properties

 

Adjust a table’s properties

Modifying Table Properties

Cell properties

 

Adjust properties of current cell

Working with Table Cells

Show/hide border

 

Display/suppress internal table border

Setting Table Borders

Form Elements Toolbar

These toolbar options appear when you are working with an HTML form, poll, or survey.

See The Form Toolbar Options.

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