Element

Function / Meaning

Styles

Enables you to select the required style of the font.

Format

Enables you to select the required format of the text.

Font

Enables you to select the required font of the text.

Size

Specifies the font size.

Here you can select the style of characters. Bold, italics, underline and strike-through styles are available.

Enables you to set text color. A basic chart of colors is available (after you click the drop-down button). By clicking "more colors" on the drop-down menu, you can define a more specific color if required.

Enables you to set the background color of the text. The background color works like a highlighter in this case. A basic chart of colors is available (after you click the drop-down button). By clicking "more colors" on the drop-down menu, you can define a more specific color if required.

Using the align buttons, you can align/center the paragraph as required. By default, the editor is preset to align text flush left with the left margin, leaving a ragged right edge.

Link and Unlink buttons. It is possible to create hyperlinks in the text editor on both the pictures and text segments.

These buttons enable you to insert/remove number and bullet lists. The buttons act like on/off switches.

Increase and Decrease indent. It is possible to adjust the spacing of the first line of a paragraph to create a hanging or negative indent or indent the whole paragraph. You can use this function in a similar way if you are working with a bulleted or numbered list.

Undo and Redo buttons. If you make a mistake when using the Editor, you can “undo” the action or command. If you decide to go through with the action after all, you can also “redo” it. Obviously, there are certain actions you can’t undo, such as saving or printing.

Find and Replace functions. These actions enable you to work actively with longer text in the text field.

Standard cut/copy/paste operation buttons. The paste button with the notepad symbol pastes the clipboard content as plain text only.

Please read the 'Pasting in the rich text editor' paragraph below for paste operation specifics.

Enables you to expand or collapse the whole formatting toolbar.

Operations for pasting of images. 'Paste as pictures' pastes specifically image content from the clipboard (see 'Pasting in the rich text editor' below for more information). 'Upload picture from local disk' opens a browse dialog for inserting images stored as local files. The 'Image' button opens a property editor of the currently selected image (image size, border, vertical and horizontal space, alignment etc.).

Maximizes the Rich Text Editor window so that it occupies the whole browser. Click again to get it back.

Inserts a horizontal line / page break. This is usually used for printing to make the printed text well arranged.

Print and Preview buttons. Use the Print button for direct printing or use the Preview button to have the print page displayed before the actual print.