How to Use the Text Editor

[Elly Rose]

What is a Text Editor? It is the box that appears when you are posting comments, your blog, adding a discussion or sending an email.

This is the new Ning Text Editor

 

 

 

 

The first button is the link button. You highlight the word or phrase in your comment box that you would like to link. Then you click Link. This box  will appear.

In the top line will be the word or phrase that you want to link to. The second line you place the link URL. Click OK and the word, or phrase will be highlighted in the text editor. This provides the link you wanted.

 

 

 

 

 

The next button is for posting pictures. You click the link and this box will appear. Here you will browse for pictures that you have on file. You can choose the position that you want your picture to appear in the comment box. Once you have your picture selected click OK and the picture will appear in the text box.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The next button is for the media text box. You click the link and this box will appear Here is where you paste the code for the graphics we all love to use or the code for videos. Once you click OK the graphic or the video will appear in your text editor

 

 

 

 

 

The next button is for a text box. If you like to keep your blogs in a file on your computer or paste something from a website, this is the button for you. Click on it and this box  will appear. Here you paste text to remove all formatting. Click OK and your plain text will appear in the Text Editor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This button is for attaching a file to your comment, blog or email. Click the paperclip and you will see this box.  Here you can browse for any file within the size limits. Once you have downloaded the file, click OK and your file will be attached.

These next group of buttons help you format your comments. To format text, simply highlight the text where you want the formatting to apply and click the appropriate button on the format bar.

 

Bold Highlight the word or phrase that you want Bold or choose your entire text then click button above

 

Italic  Highlight the word or phrase that you want Italic or choose your entire text then click button above

 

Strikethrough Highlight the word of phrase that you want strikethough, click on button above

Underline  Highlight the word or phrase that you want underlined, click on the button above

 

Left justify To align text along the left margin.

 

 

Center justify To align text in center

 

 

Right justify To align text along the right margin

 

 

Block quote To set a quotation off from the main text

 

 

Bulleted list This gives you an option to make a list with bullets only

 

 

Numbered list This gives you the option of making a numbered list.

 

 

After clicking this button you can paste a message with HTML code and it will appear in your comment box without the code

 

Blogs and Discussion have a few more options with the editor.  All of the options above are the same with and addition of Visual Mode and Full Screen 

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[Sharon D-29 Gifts Ambassador]

good post elly, still not sure about  the quote function

[Deb~ Community Manager]

Very helpful info~ Thanks so much Elly Rose~

[Deb~ Community Manager]

Thanks Elly Rose!