Editing free text parts in the CMS is done with the CK-editor. The next table gives an overview of the main functionality.
| section | button | description |
|---|---|---|
Copy Paste |
| copy and paste text within the entry itself. |
| paste text from the clipboard. | |
| paste text from Word. Word formatting is maintained. Links to URL's are also maintained. | |
| Undo or redo a change. | |
Text formatting |
| Bold, Italics, underline |
| xsubscript and xsuperscript. | |
| SMALL CAPS | |
| Select the text color from a set of pre-defined colors. | |
| Selection from predefined styles: Normal, Heading 1, Heading 2 and Heading 3. Note that Heading 1 is used to generate a table of contents at the online platform. All text marked as Heading 1 is listed in a table of contents and can be selected to jump to. | |
| Alignment of text: left, centered or right. | |
Lists |
| Numbered or bulleted list with the options to increase/decrease the list level. |
Special text elements |
| Mark text as a Block Quote |
| Insert a footnote at the selected position. A pop-up window appears to enter the text of the footnote. General editing options are available. | |
| Insert a comment | |
| Insert a poem | |
| insert an index term. The index term can be selected from the list with terms. | |
Linking |
| Place an anchor in the text at the selected position |
| Link and unlink to a URL, to an anchor in the entry, or to an email address. The unlink option becomes active as soon as the cursor is placed in linked text. After selecting the link option, a popup window appears to select one of the three options. The popup window has a target-tab to specify if the link should be opened in a new or the same window. This option is especially relevant for linking to external resources. | |
| Link (and unlink) to another entry or subject in the same publication. When linking to an entry, a popup window is shown with all entries in the publication. A specific entry can be searched for using the search boxes at the top of the window. For each entry it is possible to link to the entry (link to document) or to link to an anchor that is specified in the selected entry. Linking to a Subject inserts a link resulting at the online platform in a search for entries with the selected search. | |
Special Parts |
| Insert an illustration. The illustration can be selected from approved images. Searching for (part of) a filename is possible. |
| Insert a link to play an audio fragment. Selecting is similar to images. | |
| Insert a table. A popup window appears to enter the specification of the table, such as title, number and width of columns and rows and if headings should be used. If the cursor is placed in a table, the right mouse button can be used to activate a table-menu. With this menu it is possible to:
| |
Special options |
| Insert special character. Note that it is also possible to Copy / Paste special characters for example form Word. |
| Increase the editing window to full screen. In the full screen mode, the arrows are reversed. This indicates that the same button can be used to shrink the window to its original size again. | |
| Option to toggle between the text-view and the internal html view of the CK editor. |
