Overview of Text Editor Tools

Views

The text editor has two views: simple.

3 dots to open text editor

The other is advanced. Change the views by clicking on the 3 dots.

advanced text editor options

Help

Click on the Help button for keyboard shortcuts and navigation of the text editor.

Change the Spellcheck Tool to UK English

Click on the arrow next to the Spellcheck Tool.
Select UK English from the drop-down list.

spellcheck tool selected

List of functions

Tool	Purpose
	In order, from left to right: Bold the selected text. Italicise the selected text. Underline the selected text. Strikethrough the selected text.
	Select a heading/text style.
	Select the text's font.
	Select the size of the text.
	Create a bulleted list.
	Create a numbered list.
	In order, from left to right: Select a text colour Select a highlight colour From there, select the appropriate colour would like.
	Remove formatting from highlighted text.
	In order, from left to right: Cut Copy Paste Find and/or replace text
	In order, from left to right: Undo action Redo action
	In order, from left to right: Left align text Centre align text Right align text Justify align text
	In order, from left to right: Indent increase to the right Indent decrease to the left
	In order, from left to right: Superscript Subscript
	Note: This is for configuring weblinks only. In order, from left to right: Add hyperlink or edit existing hyperlink. Refer to the Add a web link guide. Remove hyperlink
	In order, from left to right: Enter text to right of current location (default) Enter text to left of current location
	In order, from left to right: Insert a horizontal line Insert a non-break space character
	Use the spellchecker tool
	Use the Equation editor
	Show invisible characters i.e. spaces and paragraphs
	Format text as a blockquote
	Special characters Note: The library has been expanded to include categories and can the English name for the character can be searched for.
	Emoticons Note: The library has been expanded to include categories and can the English name for the emoji can be searched for.
	Insert an anchor
	In order, from left to right: Open the table creation options Delete table
	In order, from left to right: Table properties Row properties
	In order, from left to right: Cell properties Insert row before the current row Insert row after the current row Delete current row from table
	In order, from left to right: Insert column before the current column Insert column after the current column Delete current column from table
	Open the HTML editor
	Use the Accessibility Checker to ensure content is accessible
	Insert or edit code sample
	In order, from left to right: Preview the text Access the help esction Enter full screen mode
	Add content such as Kaltura Media, YouTube Videos and files such as PDF documents and images.