Text Editor

There are two types of editors that you can use for composing text:

Plain Text Editor

You can use the Plain Text Editor to compose text consisting of plain text. The plain text editor does not provide options for formatting text. The composed text uses the default system format available for this editor.

HTML Editor or Rich Text Editor

This form of editor allows you to customize by formatting the text that you enter in the text area. There are few a more additional options to format the text composed with HTML / Rich Text Editor.

Font properties

You can change the font properties of the composed text by selecting this icon. The following are the available properties that could be changed for a selected text:

  • Font family

  • Font style

  • Font size

  • Font color

  • Decoration

    • Underline

    • Strikethrough

    • Superscript

    • Subscript

 

Font Bold

Use this icon to render selected text to appear bold. This can also be changed using the Font Properties icon.

Font Italics

Use this icon to specify an italic format to the text selected. This can also be changed using the Font Properties icon.

Font Underline

Underlines the selected text. This can be changed also using the Font Properties icon.

Align Left

Aligns selected text towards the left

Center

Aligns selected text towards the center

Align Right

Aligns selected text towards the right

Decrease Indent

Decreases the indent of the selected text or paragraph

Increase Indent

Increases the indent of the selected text or paragraph

Numbering

Use this option, if you require a numbered list for the lines of text selected.

Bullets

Use this option, if you require selected lines of text to appear with bullets.

Foreground color

Changes the color of selected text. This can also be changed using the Font Properties icon.

Highlight color

Highlights selected piece of text with a custom color of your choice. Select a color by using any of the following available tabs:

  • Swatches

  • HSB

  • RGB

Copy

Copies a selected piece of text

Cut

Removes or moves selected piece of text

Paste

Pastes the (copied or cut) text to a specific location

Insert Image

Use this option to insert an image to your message. You can browse and select an image that you intend to insert. The image selected is inserted at the current cursor position.

Undo

Reverts back to previous changes. You can revert back to as many changes as you prefer until the Undo option is disabled.

Redo

Proceeds to the next change that was undone. You can redo as many changes that were undone as you prefer until the Redo option is disabled.

Insert Hyperlink

Use this option to insert a hyperlink.

 


About Composing Text