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Text Formatting

Learn how to apply and remove formatting of text content.

Headings

Headings not only alter the style, look, and feel of the page, but they also work in giving direction or bearing for accessibility readers, directing them to the next or subsequent sections on a page. Using headings correctly is important to help insure your content meets accessiblity standards.

Headings should be applied in a Hierarchical order (similar to an outline)

Heading 1 <h1>

Heading 2 <h2>

Heading 3 <h3>

Heading 4 <h4>

Heading 5 <h5>
Heading 6 <h6>

Paragraph

Headings Example

How To Apply an Element from the Format Dropdown

  1. Select the text you want to apply the element to
  2. Click the format drop-down from the toolbar
  3. Scroll to find the element and click it
  4. This will apply the choice.

Remove or Change the Applied Format

  1. Place the cursor within an existing block of text, on a blank line, or select the text.
  2. Click the format drop-down. The applied format will be highlighted.
  3. Click the currently applied format to deselect it. This will remove the applied format from the selection.

Heading Capitalization Standards

Headings should be capitalized similar to titles of books. The first and last words should start with a capital letter, and all other words except cunjunctions, articles, or prepositions should be capitalized

Preferred Heading Style

This is an Example Heading

Another Good Heading

Don't Capitalize (in middle)

Conjunctions: and, or, but, nor, yet, so, for

Articles: a, an, the

Prepositions: in, to, of, at, by, up, for, off, on

 
 

 

Note for Heading 1

Heading 1s can only be used ONCE and at the TOP of the page for accessibility . See accessibility training for more details.
Accessibility

Styles

How to Add Style

Styles Dropdown

The Styles Dropdown is a list of pre-defined styles that can be applied to elements (such as text, images, etc.).  Before applying a style, make sure you review the design style guidelines to ensure that you are using the style correctly.

To apply an element from the styles dropdown:

  1. Select the element (such as text, image, etc.) you wish to apply a style to
  2. Click the styles drop-down from the toolbar
  3. Scroll to find the style and click it
  4. This will apply the choice

Note: You can add multiple styles. After you add the first style, re-select the element and repeat the above steps.

Style Options

Special Text

Red Text. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. 

Blue Text. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. 

Red Bold. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. 

Blue Bold. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. 

Blockquote

I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.
Albert Einstein

Unordered and Order Lists 

On the toolbar, the ( Unordered List Icon ) btton to add an unordered list or press the ( Ordered List Icon ) button to add an ordered list.

  1. Ordered List Item Link
    1. Ordered List Item no link
    2. Ordered List Item
  2. Ordered List Item
  3. Ordered List Item

Remove Style(s)

  1. Select the element you wish to remove a style from.
  2. From the Toolbar menu, click the “Clear Formatting” button. Text Editor ButtonThis will remove the styles that have been applied to the selected text.

Show Blocks

The "Show blocks" iconshow blockscan help identify each block of text when in need of organization or with identifying each block's formatting

  1. Click on the "Show blocks" icon show blocks to toggle on/off
  2. Light outlining should appear around each area/block of text.
  3. In the top left corner of each block. It should identify that block's text format (h1, ol (ordered list), p (paragraph), etc.)

example

Note: The block outlines only show when the "Show blocks" icon is toggled on and will not appear on live pages.