WYSIWYG editor
As well as using HTML tags directly, the program offers a second comfortable solution for designing text fields - a WYSIWYG editor. WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) means that the text is shown during editing exactly as it will be displayed later. You format the text not with HTML tags directly but using buttons with formatting functions. This has the advantage for you that you can simply and professionally design texts without knowing formatting commands. You can insert images, links and tables easily.
Open the editor by clicking the
Edit text button for a text field. This opens the editor in a new window containing the existing text from the field:
Figure 14: WYSIWYG Editor
To close the editor and enter the formatted text in the first text field, click Apply.
The individual functions are started by clicking buttons. If you hold the cursor over a button, a tag appears explaining the button. If the button is greyed out, this function is not currently available.
A function is applied at the current cursor position. Tables or multimedia elements are inserted at this position. When formatting text, select the text you wish to format before activating a function.
The functions are grouped together in function groups. The following groups exist: