Formatting Text - Using the WYSIWYG Editor | SOM Federated Model

The WYSIWYG editor (What You See I What You Get) is the main way to enter text in the Body portion of a page and format that text using the icons on the toolbar. Some of the features are the same as found in a word processing software, some are specific to editing web pages. In general, to apply functionality, highlight the desired text and then select one of the icons from the toolbar. The icons and their functions, with examples where appropriate, are listed below.

Spell Check

Misspelled words will display a red squiggly underline. CTRL >right click on a PC or CMD >right click on a Mac will display potential correct spellings options. Select the desired spelling.

Basic Formatting

Align left | Align right | Align center | Justify | Insert horizontal line

Bulleted List | Numbered List | Insert Symbols

* The underline is not generally used on web pages since underlined content is typically a hyperlink. Avoid using it whenever possible.

Headings

To ensure ADA compliance, headings should be used to organize content, and should be used in order.

Ex: Heading 2, heading 2, heading 3, heading 2, etc. Do not skip around (Heading 2, heading 5, heading 3)

Heading 2

Heading 3

Heading 4

Heading 5

Heading 6

Styles

Intro Style - typically for introductory text on a page. Centered and formatted.

Highlight a hyperlink and the style menu will offer the option to make it a button.

Create a Hyperlink

Left side chain link is to link to other pages on the website.

Highlight the text that will become the hyperlink
Select they hyperlink+ Icon
Start typing the name of the page on the site to which the text should be linked.
Select the appropriate page from the list provided
Select Save

Link to documents on the site

Ensure that the document has been uploaded to the Media Library

Follow the directions for Add/Insert Document Link in Working with the Media Library

Right side chain link is to link to any URL

Highlight the text that will become the hyperlink
Select the hyperlink Icon
Paste the URL in the URL box
Select OK
Select Save

Link to an email address

Highlight the text that will become the hyperlink
Select the hyperlink Icon
From the Link Type menu select "E-mail"
Paste the email address in the "E-mail Address" box
Optional: prefill the subject and any additional desired content
Select OK
Save

Link to a particular spot on a page (anchor)

Place the cursor at the beginning of the line to which the hyperlink will point
Select the flag icon
Name the anchor a short memorable name or acronym
Select OK. A small red flag will appear, but will not be visible on the published page.

If the anchor is in the same paragraph (content box) as the hyperlink

Highlight the text that will become the hyperlink
Select the rightmost hyperlink Icon
From the Link Type menu select "Link to Anchor in the Text"
From the "By anchor name" menu, select the anchor to which the hyperlink should point.
Select OK
Save

If the anchor is in a different paragraph or you want to link to the anchor from a different page, etc., add #anchor to the end of the URL of the page where the anchor is.

Example: https://documentation.medschool.duke.edu/basic-editing-functions/formatting-text-using-wysiwyg-editor#anchor

Unlink hyperlinked item

Select hyperlink
Select the unlink hyperlink icon.

Pull Quotes

Select the text to be highlighted
Select the pull quote icon
Save

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-Italicised

Insert from Media Library

Images, audio and video can be inserted into the text box, as well as in separate paragraphs. NOTE: Be sure to use the icon with the music note. The other image icon will not format correctly.

Images must be uploaded and pre-sized. The editor is not yet able to size of images.

See Working with the Media Library

Format Tables

Select Table Icon
Select the number of rows and column desired
Select Headers for rows, columns or both
Add optional caption
Select OK
Add Data to the table
Save

The Width of the table will expand with the length of the text until the table is the width of the page

Optional Caption
Column Header	Column Header
Row Header	Content
Row Header	Content