Formatting Bar Overview

Section 1 of the formatting bar:

• PaintBrush: Choose from different predefined formatting styles
• Backwards Arrow: Undo any change that you have recently made
• Forwards Arrow: Re-do the formatting that you just un-did
• Clipboard: Paste any content that you have copied from another page or program
• "B”: Bold text you have selected
• "I”: Italicize text you have selected
• "U”: Underline text you have selected
• "A”: Change the colour of text you have selected
• Paint Bucket: Highlighter tool - highlight text you have selected

Section 2 of the formatting bar:

• Top row, First button: Left align text
• Top row, Second button: Centre align text
• Top row, Third button: Right align text
• Top row, Fourth button: Justify text
• "H": A drop down to choose heading styles
• Bottom row, First button: Create a numbered list
• Bottom row, Second button: Create a bullet point list
• Bottom row, Third button: Indent text to the right
• Bottom row, Fourth button: Indent text to the left
• "A”: Display the text style selection

Section 3 of the formatting bar:

• First dropdown: Select a font
• Second dropdown: Change the size of the font
• Third button (stylised "S”): Toggle the strike through on or off
• Fourth button: Turn the superscript on or off (an example of superscript: A2)

Section 4 of the formatting bar:

• First button (globe on paper): Insert a page link to any page on the site
• YouTube button: Insert a YouTube video via a link
• Flickr button (blue & pink circles): Embed a flickr photo via a link
• Portrait page: Insert a resource from within the site resources folder
• Landscape page: Insert an image to your specifications

Section 5 of the formatting bar:

• First button (blue table): Insert a table
• Second button (table with a pencil): Edit the table
• Third button (orange grid): Choose an autoformat for the table that you have selected
• Fourth button (the chain link): Insert a hyperlink into the document
• Fifth button (the anchor): Insert a bookmark on the page for easy navigation of long pages

Section 6 of the formatting bar:

• Omega symbol: Place special characters on the page (e.g. $, %, @, #) without having to copy them from an external source
• Line button: Insert a line across the width of the page that will allow you to signify the end of a section
• Pencil & text dropdown: Insert page breaks, listings, etc.

Section 7 of the formatting bar:

• Binoculars: Find and replace text
• Blue box: Have the editor go full screen to make it easier to edit large amounts of text
• Eraser: Remove all formatting for selected text
• html button: View the source code of the page