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