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Category Section - Editor

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Note : This editor will appear for version of Fastpage 5.17 or lower
Versions of Fastpage 5.18 or higher include the new SPAW editor for MS Explorer
For some technical reasons this editor can be selected for newer versions

 


The graphical editor will display with versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer for Windows 5.5 or higher, or later relases of Mozilla otherwise an HTML editor will appear.
The Editor is optomised for 1024 x 768 display but will resize to an 800 x 600 display - 600 x 400 should not be used.
Symbol Short Descr Details
Cut Highlight the text you want to cut and select this icon
Copy Highlight the text you want to copy and select this icon
Paste Place the cursor at the point you want to insert
Bold Highlight the text you want to bold and select this icon
Italic Highlight the text you want to place in Italics and select this icon
Underline Highlight the text you want to underline and select this icon
Left Align Place the cursor at the point you want to Align the text
Centre Place the cursor at the point you want to Centre the text
Right Align Place the cursor at the point you want to Right Align the text
Bullet Numbered Place the cursor at the point you want to insert a numbered list
Bullets Place the cursor at the point you want to insert a bullet list
Un-indent Place the cursor at the point you want to un-indent the text
Indent Place the cursor at the point you want to indent the text
Link Place the cursor at the point you want to insert a hyperlink
Image Place the cursor at the point you want to insert an Image -( the image will be copied to the server)
File Upload Uploads files like PDF or ZIP files to a download folder on the server
Changes the colour of the selected text
Changes the foreground colour of the selected text
Font Changes the Font Style - please use this with care if there are styles attached to the entity, or check with your web designer
Font Size Allows you to adjust the size of the font - please use this with care if there are styles attached to the entity, or check with your web designer
Adds a border to a table (allows you too see what tables exist and where - you can remove the borders by selecting the symbol
Removes the borders to a table (if you copy from Excel and you have borders these come across as a 'Green type' colour - this button allows you to remove the table border and if you still require a border use the symbol to create a border for the table.
Inserts a Horizontal Line
Allows you to modify the properties of a selected image
Un-links a selected hyperlink
Cleans up the formatting if you copy from MS Word - by replacing replacing <P></P> with <br><br>
The problem is how the HTML tags are copied over <B><I><FONT face=Arial><P>Welcome to the Fastpage Demo Site</P></B></I></FONT><FONT size=2>
If you have a style sheet attached and this defines the <p> tag you this will supersede the FONT tag - this option overcomes the problem. 
Indicates an attached Style sheet is being used - hold the cursor over the icon to determine the stylesheet being used.
Please Note - if you FTP a style sheet called editor.css to the fastpage/templates directory this will override the fastpage stylesheet if no stylesheet is found on the template.
Indicates the default Fastpage style sheet used
HTML HTML displays the raw HTML code you can edit - or this is the default if you do not have Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher
Restore Allows you to restore contents to the original text displayed
Cancel Ignores any changes and exits the editor
Save Save the data back to the database - if you don't want to save just hit the Browser Back Button or select another menu item from the LHS