Format text and more
Updated 30 Aug 2024
Open an item in the Simple Editor, then either place your cursor in a text box or select text to open the editing toolbar, right-click editing pop-up menu (may be the easiest), or toolbar menus to edit content.
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You can edit text in the following areas of an item: Item title, Introduction, Description, Part, Hint, Transition, Wrong Answer Feedback, and Follow-Up text.
Some menu and toolbar options appear conditionally, depending on the text box. For example, these applicable options appear for a box that contains TeX.
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The editing toolbar usually looks like this, although it may contain less buttons depending on the context.
Format task | Steps and any applicable keyboard shortcut |
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Undo or Redo the previous edit |
Keyboard shortcuts:
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Insert or edit TeX or ChemTeX |
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Add a variable |
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Format text as bold, italic, or underlined |
Keyboard shortcuts:
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Format as bullet list |
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Format as numbered list
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Insert/edit an image |
To insert media (audio, video, or animation) — Select |
Insert/edit a link, including to media (audio, video, or animation) |
See Add and edit links for instructions. You can insert a link in any of the following ways:
Note: You cannot use the Simple Editor to add or edit links to the eText. You can, however, delete an eText link in existing content. |
Show blocks |
Select
Sample Show blocks view with tag name (top left) and broken line box for each block element.
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Open the Help for formatting |
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When the cursor is in a text box, you can right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) to show the editing pop-up menu for common format options.
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Insert image — See Add and edit images for more information.
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Insert link (includes links to media) — See Add and edit links for more information.
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Insert variable — See Variables to vary item content for more information.
- TeX — See Add and edit TeX for more information.
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Insert table — See Add and edit tables for more information.
- Cell — Cell properties, Merge cells, or Split cells
- Row — Insert row before, Insert row after, Delete row, Row properties, Cut row, Copy row, Paste row before, or Paste row after
- Column — Insert column before, Insert column after, or Delete column
- Delete table
Editing toolbar menus
The Edit, Insert, Format, and Table toolbar menus provide editing options from the toolbar.
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You're probably already familiar with the standard editing commands available from the Edit menu.
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Undo |
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Redo |
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Cut |
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Copy |
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Paste |
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Select All |
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Find and replace |
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Insert image |
See Add and edit images for instructions.
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Insert link |
See Add and edit links for instructions. You can insert a link in any of the following ways:
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Insert variable |
If no variables have been defined yet — Select New, define the variable, and select OK. Then, follow step 1 above.
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Special character |
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Nonbreaking space |
The nonbreaking space is a variant of the space character that prevents:
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To get out of a format mode, like superscript, select the option again.
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Font family |
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Text size |
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Alignment |
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Blocks |
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Inline |
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Select any specially formatted text (like bold, italic, superscript, etc.), then select Format and Clear formatting. |
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The Table menu commands you can choose from the editing toolbar are also available from the right-click editing pop-up menu.
Option | Steps or more info |
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Insert table |
Select Table, Insert table, and then use the provided grid to select number of table columns and rows. See Add and edit tables for detailed instructions. |
Delete table |
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Cell |
Select a cell and then choose Table, Cell, and an option.
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Row |
Select a row and then choose Table, Row, and an option.
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Column |
Select a column and then choose Table, Column, and an option.
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See also: