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The Editor

The Editor allows you to enter content in they way you would in a word processor. Content is formatted using the buttons and icons on the toolbar. Wiki Markup can also be entered into the editor. The code will be rendered in real time.

The Formatting Toolbar

IconAction

Selects the text size / style. Dropdown includes Headings 1 - 6 as well as the preformatted and Quoted text styles.

Text decorations. Bold, italics, underline, etc, as well as font color.

List styles. Bulleted, numbered, tasklist (checklist).

Indent / outdent. Indents or outdents text.

Text justification. Left, center, right justification.

Inserts a link. Opens the "Insert Link" window.

Creates a table. Click the table button and drag your cursor to the right to increase the dimensions of the table.
Inserts content. Use the dropdown to insert an image, link, attachment, symbol, emoticon, Using the Editor, horizontal rule, tasklist, etc.
Page layout. Choose the layout of the page: no columns, two-columns, small left column, small right column, three columns, etc.
Undo / redo. Undo or redo the last change made.
Find and Replace. Search the current page.
Help. Displays list of keyboard shortcuts.
The Table Toolbar

When a table exists on page and you enter edit mode, there will be additional table-related options in the toolbar.

IconAction
Add / Remove row. Add row before or after current row. Remove current row.
Cut / Copy / Paste row. Cut and copy selected row. Paste row (after copying).
Add / Remove column. Add column before or after current column. Remove current column.
Merge / Unmerge cells. Merge or unmerge cells.
Add Header column or row. Adds a header row or column.
Cell shading. Changes the shading of the current cell (grey, red, green, blue, yellow, no shading).
Remove table. Removes the selected table.