Text Editor

The text editor enables importing and editing of text and images. In the Editing module, the text editor is used as part of the Multimedia and Content sections on the item's page. In each of these sections, you can copy and paste text into the text editor.

IMPORTANT: Using the Paste plain text function (icon resembling a clipboard and notepad) allows you to copy text from another word processing application and strip it of underlying code before pasting it into the text field, thereby preventing potential problems with the way the text displays or interacts with the SLPT platform.

You can also add images using the text editor (icon resembling a canvas). If you use the text editor to insert an image, the window that appears allows you to enter text in the Texte de remplacement (alternative text) field as you would when adding an image to the Multimedia section.

Using the text editor

You can enlarge the text field as needed by clicking and dragging the bottom right corner of the field or by clicking on the last icon on the toolbar. Most of the options on the text editor's toolbar are similar to those found in other editing software:

  • Bold font
  • Italic font
  • Superscript
  • Alignment (left, centre, right)
  • Text indent
  • Numbered lists
  • Bulleted lists

To review their functions in the Editing module, point your cursor at each option's icon.

editeur-texte

The following editing options may be less familiar:

text-01 Insert a non-breaking space at the location of the cursor in the text field
text-02 Insert a special character at the location of the cursor in the text field
text-03 Paste plain text in order to remove underlying code from another application
text-04 Display the HTML source code
text-05 Insert an image
text-06 View the text field in full screen mode

 

Using the text editor to add an image

On the text editor's toolbar, click the Image button. The Propriétés de l'image window appears.

To use an image file already stored on the server:

  1. In the Informations sur l'image tab, click the Explorer le serveur button: a window appears.
  2. Scroll through the list of images stored on the server and select the desired image: the image appears in the Aperçu (preview) field of the Informations sur l'image tab.
  3. If necessary, adjust the image settings on the left side of the preview window.
  4. Click OK: the image is inserted into the text field.

To use an image file that is not stored on the server:

Using the Informations sur l'image tab

  1. In the Informations sur l'image tab, click the Explorer le serveur button: a window appears listing all the images stored in the images directory on the server.
  2. Click Envoyer at the top of the window: this opens your computer's file directory.
  3. Locate and double-click the image file (or use Open or Select, depending on your computer's available commands): The image is uploaded to the directory of image files on the server.
  4. Locate the image stored on the server and select it: the image appears in the Aperçu (preview) field of the Informations sur l'image tab.
  5. Click OK: the image is inserted into the text field.

Using the Envoyer tab

  1. In the Envoyer tab, click the Browse... button or Choisir le fichier, depending on your browser: this opens your computer's file directory.
  2. Locate and double-click the image file (or use Open or Select, depending on your computer's available commands).
  3. Click Envoyer sur le serveur: the image appears in the Aperçu (preview) field of the Informations sur l'image tab.
  4. Click OK: the image is inserted into the text field.