Formatting Toolbar
The Formatting Toolbar provides numerous rich text editing capabilities. Some icons have sub menus with additional options.
- B Bold
- i Italics
- U Underline
Code View
More Text: Access additional formatting options:
Strikethrough
Subscript
Superscript
Font Family: Select a font to override the default font.
Font Size: Select a specific font size. As a best practice, use Paragraph Format for headers.
Text Color: Change text color, keeping in mind color contrast for accessibility.
Background Color: Change text color, keeping in mind color contrast for accessibility.
Inline Class: Formatting options for passage numbering, quotes, bylines and more.
Inline Style: Choose from red text in large font or small text in blue.
Clear Formatting: Remove any applied formatting.
Align Left, Center or Right
More Paragraph: Access additional formatting options:
Align Justify
Ordered List
Unordered list: Choose from four bullet formats.
Paragraph Format: Select a header. For accessibility, this is the preferred way to show hierarchy of sections of text over applying font sizes.
Paragraph Style: Includes options for formatting a block of text, including all caps and a surrounding box.
Line Height
Decrease Indent: This option is not available unless there is indented content.
Increase Indent
Quote: This option indents and puts a light gray box around selected text.
Insert Image: See also: Include Audio, Video or Images.
Insert Video: See also: Include Audio, Video or Images.
Insert Audio: Add audio by URL or upload an audio file. See also: Include Audio, Video or Images.
Insert Table: Drag across grid to set up the desired number of rows and columns. See also: Working with Tables.
Insert Link: Enter the URL (including the http part), the text that should be "clickable" and optionally select option to open the page in a new tab.
Insert More Rich: Access additional formatting options:
Special Characters: Insert a variety of characters such as Latin, Greek and Math characters.
Replace Quotes with Smart Quotes: "Dumb quotes" are punctuation marks that look the same whether they are opening or closing a quotation; they are straight quotation marks that resembled teardrops. Smart quotes that open a quotation or title appear as solid “66s", while closing ones look like “99s".
Insert Single or Double Quotes (Left and Right)
Insert Non-Breaking Hyphen: Insert to avoid text wrapping.
Insert Non-Breaking Space
Non-Breaking Text
Font Awesome: Insert a variety of icons. Ones in a dashed circle with an exclamation point are not available for use.
Insert Horizontal Line: Insert a horizontal line for aesthetic or functional purposes (such as creating sections within a prompt).
Embed URL: Embed one or multiple URLs. A clickable thumbnail appears in the item. Secure tests may not allow access to external URLs.
Math Editor: Easily add a wide variety of mathematical symbols and functions including fractions and square root. See also: Math Editor.
SSML Substitution: In Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML), the substitution tag replaces specific text with a pronunciation of your choice for screen readers.
SSML Break: A pause is already built in between words and after punctuation. This feature can be used to add an additional pause as needed.
SSML Highlight: If an SSML substitution is added, this option highlights it in edit mode so the item author can more easily see that a substitution is included.
Glossary: See also: Include a Glossary.