{"id":12585,"date":"2023-12-18T16:17:13","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T16:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/?post_type=kb_article&#038;p=12585"},"modified":"2023-12-18T18:06:56","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T18:06:56","slug":"tips-and-tricks-for-rich-text-editing","status":"publish","type":"kb_article","link":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/kb-article\/tips-and-tricks-for-rich-text-editing\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips and Tricks for Rich Text Editing"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Introduction<\/h2>\n<p>Rich Text formatting can be applied to most long text fields such as Notes and Text From Source.<\/p>\n<p>The Rich Text editing window is opened by double-left-clicking the text box or clicking the <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"cs_v alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/helpv6\/date_entry.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"19\" height=\"21\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/helpv6\/date_entry.png\" \/> button to the right of the box.<\/p>\n<h2>Editing Raw Rich Text<\/h2>\n<p>It is possible to open a Rich Text field to view and edit the raw underlying plain text or remove the formatting.<\/p>\n<p>Press-and-hold both the <em>Ctrl<\/em> and <em>Alt<\/em> keys while opening any text field as normal.<\/p>\n<p>The plain text can then be adjusted as required but any malformed codes may disrupt the Rich Text display.<\/p>\n<p>At the bottom left is a <em>Rich Text<\/em> tick option <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"cs_v alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/helpv6\/mapwindow-legend_2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"13\" height=\"13\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/helpv6\/mapwindow-legend_2.png\" \/> which can be used to enable or disable the Rich Text mode.<\/p>\n<h2>Resizing Table Columns<\/h2>\n<p>Hovering over a row or column dividing line in a table changes the cursor to double lines and arrows. Then dragging the cursor will adjust the size of the row or column.<\/p>\n<p>Usually, when dragging a column divider one column increases and the other decreases, so the overall table width is unchanged.<\/p>\n<p>Hold down the shift key while adjusting the width of one column, and all the columns to the right move with it with their widths unchanged, so the overall table width changes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","fh_version":[739],"skill_level":[17],"topic":[64,113],"class_list":["post-12585","kb_article","type-kb_article","status-publish","hentry","fh_version-v7","skill_level-intermediate","topic-entering-data","topic-notes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/12585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb_article"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"fh_version","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fh_version?post=12585"},{"taxonomy":"skill_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/skill_level?post=12585"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=12585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}