The HTML editor toolbar explained

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Last updated: 21 Mar, 2008

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The text editor of KBPublisher is an FCK Editor.
You can edit the text as text (wysiwyg), or if you are familiar with HTML, you can edit the source HTML.

A summary of each command

Command	What command does
	Allows you to edit the HTML source of the article.
	Controls the templates. Note that this is similar functionality to the templates drop-down menu above it, but the way you insert the template is slightly different (even though the end result is the same). See using templates with articles for more detail about this.
	Displays the page as HTML. i.e. As the users might see it.
	Maximize the editor. This gives you a larger area to type into. Click again to return to normal.
	Cut the highlighted text to the clipboard. The first time you cut or copy in an article you may be asked to allow access. Click OK.
	Copy the highlighted text to the clipboard. The first time you copy or cut in an article you may be asked to allow access. Click OK.
	Paste the text you copied. Any formatting will be included.
	Paste the text you copied as plain text. No formatting will be included. For example, if the text you copied was bold this paste will remove the bold.
	Copy content from Microsoft Word. Documents created in Microsoft Word produce very messy HTML, with lots of unnecessary tags. This paste allows you to clean up some of those tags. To use it: Copy the text from your Word document Click on the Paste from Microsoft Word icon. This brings up a pop-up box Use <Ctrl><V> to paste the text you copied into the box Check Ignore font face definitions if you don't want the font data carried across Check Remove Styles definitions if you want to remove the Microsoft styles Click Clean up box to remove unwanted tags Then click OK to copy the text back into your KBPublisher article.
	Print the HTML page.
	Undo or redo.
	Format the text as bold, italic or underline.
	Create a numbered list.
	Select all of the text in the HTML page (usually used before copy or cut, or to apply a style or format to the whole page).
	Indent text or remove indent.
	Align the text. Alignment options are left aligned, centered, right aligned or justified.
	Insert or remove a link.
	Insert an anchor.
	Insert a picture. You can find out more about inserting images in add a picture to an article.
	Insert a table. Clicking on insert table brings up a pop-up box that allows you to set the table properties.
	Insert emoticon. Brings up a list of common smileys for you to choose from.
	Allows you to insert special characters such as copyright or trademark symbols, or em and en dashes.
	Opens a universal keyboard helper menu.
	Change the color of any highlighted text.
	Change the background color of any highlighted text.
	Gives information about the editor.