Loyola Support Documentation

What is the Rich Text Editor?

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In most areas of Sakai where text can be entered, you can control the appearance of your text using the Rich Text Editor, sometimes called a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor. The rich text toolbar has icons for editing and formatting your text. You may use the Rich Text Editor to include images, links, audio and video, as well as text.

The Rich Text Editor is based on an open-source application called CKEditor. For more information on the CKEditor, you may also refer to the CKEditor 4 Documentation Site.

Note: Pasting text into the Rich Text Editor should preserve most formatting, but some types of formatting, such as colored text, may need to be added manually in the editor after pasting.

Rich Text Editor Toolbar

Rich Text Editor Toolbar

The Rich Text Editor toolbar contains an array of icons. See What actions can I perform using the Rich Text Editor icons? for more information on individual icon functionality.