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Text Editor
Text Editor
1 TEXT EDITOR
The Text Editor within Blackboard allows you to create and edit HTML-based content, without
needing to know
HTML code. It is a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor.
If you are familiar with Microsoft Word, using the Text Editor within Blackboard will be
comparatively straightforward since many of the features and icons are common to
word processing in general.
HTML contains some pre-defined text types that you can apply using the dropdown menu that
displays Normal by default. The formats available are Heading 1 to Heading 5 (with 1 being the
largest and 5 being the smallest), Address, and Formatted. You can also change the font size and
type using the provided dropdown lists. The uppermost toolbar also contains commands, such as
bold, italics, underline, strikethrough, subscript, superscript, text alignment, numbered and
bulleted lists, and indention. You are probably familiar with these commands since they are
common to most word processing software, such as Microsoft Word.
The middle toolbar contains more commands frequently found in word processing programs.
These commands are used to manipulate and format text that has already been entered, such as
cut and paste, add a hyperlink, color, highlight, and preview. NOTE: Copying and pasting from a
Word document into the Text Editor is not recommended. The formatting from Word to
Blackboard does not always translate correctly and can result in an HTML coding error.
University of Saint
Francis
Page
1
University of Saint
Francis
Page
2
Command/Function
Exampl
Normal
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Browser default
Heading 1
Heading 1
...
...
Heading 5
Heading 5
Address
Address text
Formatted
Formatted text
Font size 1
...
Font Size 5
Arial
Verdana
Bold
Font Size 1
...
Font size 5
Arial
Book Antiqua
Century Gothic
Comic Sans
Courier New
Garamond
Georgia
Tahoma
Times New Roman
Verdana
Bold
Underline
Italics
Underline
Strikethrough
Strikethrough
Subscript
H2O
Italics
Notes
Superscript
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Left align
Centered
Right align
Text direction of left
to right or
Text direction of right
to
left
Numbered list
Bulleted List
Decrease Indentation
Centered text
Right aligned
text
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1. Item one
2. Item two
3. Etc.
Bullet one
Bullet two
Etc.
Not indented
Increase Indentation
Indented text
Spell Check
Cut
Copy
Paste
Clear Formatting
Undo
Redo
Hyperlink
Create Table
University of Saint
Francis
1
4
7
2
5
8
3
6
9
Colored text
Highlight text
Highlighted text
WebEQ Equation
Editor
2
2
MathML Equation
Editor
Preview display
Markup Validation
Attach file
Attach image
Attach
MPEG/AVI
(movie)
content
Attach
QuickTime
(animation/movi
e) content
<h1><span
style="color: rgb(51,
0, 255);">This is what
HTML code looks
like.</span></h
Attach Flash
(audio/animatio
n) content
Add Mashup