Rich Text Editor Button Summary

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Use the Rich Text Editor to add formatted text, tables, hyperlinks, and images to the Content Editor Web Part. The tasks you can perform and their corresponding buttons are summarized below.

The Standard Toolbar

Button	Name	Description
	Cut	Removes the selected text, table, or image and places it on the Clipboard.
	Copy	Copies the selected text, table, or image to the Clipboard.
	Paste	Inserts the contents of the Clipboard at the insertion point, and replaces any selection.
	Undo	Reverses the last command or deletes the last entry you typed.
	Redo	Reverses the action of the Undo command.
	Find	Searches for the specified text. You can search for whole words only, or text that might also be part of a larger word. For example, if you only want to find the word "this", select Whole word matches only ; To search for this and thistle, clear Whole word matches only . You can also specify if you want to search from the current location of the insertion point either to the beginning of the content, by selecting Up , or to the end of the content, by selecting Down .
	Show/Hide Gridlines	Shows or hides table and cell borders for tables or cells that don't have borders (HTML border attribute = 0) so you can more easily see the table or cell.
	Insert Hyperlink	Inserts a new hyperlink at the selected text, or edits the selected hyperlink.
	Insert Image	Inserts a picture at the insertion point. You can enter a file path or hyperlink in Picture Source , and alternate text to display when you hover over the image. In the Alignment drop-down list, you can select a variety of ways to align the image with surounding text. Bottom or Baseline Align the bottom of the image with the baseline of the text. Middle Align the middle of the image with the baseline of the text. Top Align the top of the image with the top of the largest item in a line of text. Left Align the image with the left margin, allowing text to wrap around the image. Right Align the image with the right margin, allowing text to wrap around the image. Texttop Align the top of the image with the top of the surrounding text. Absmiddle Align the middle of the image with the middle of the line of text. Absbottom Align the bottom of the image with the bottom of the line of text. You can also specify border thickness, horizontal spacing, and vertical spacing. Valid values range from 0 to 999.
	Insert Table	Inserts a table at the insertion point. You can specify the number of rows and columns, a table caption, and additional table and cell HTML attributes.
	Insert Row	Adds a table row above the table row containing the insertion point.
	Insert Column	Adds a table column to the left of the table column containing the insertion point.
	Insert Cell	Adds a table cell to the left of the table cell containing the insertion point.
	Merge Cell	Combines the contents of two or more selected and adjacent table cells into a single table cell.
	Split Cell	Divides the selected table cell into two table cells.
	Help	Displays this Help topic.

Formatting Toolbar

Button	Name	Description
	Style	Inserts a text style, which is a set of formatting characteristics you can apply to selected text to quickly change its appearance.
	Font	Changes the font, font style, font size, effects, and color of the selected text.
	Bold	Bolds selected text if it is not bolded, and un-bolds selected text if it is already bolded.
	Italics	Italicizes selected text if it is not italicized, and removes italics from selected text if it is already italicized.
	Underline	Underlines selected text if it is not underlined, and removes underlining from selected text if it is already underlined.
	Highlight	Adds background color to the selected text, or removes background color if the selected text already has background color.
	Align Left	Aligns the selected text, table, or image to the left edge of the content.
	Center	Centers the selected text, table, or image.
	Align Right	Aligns the selected text, table, or image to the right edge of the content.
	Left-to-Right	Converts the direction of the selected text, table, or image, including the reading order, alignment, and overall layout, to a left-to-right orientation.
	Right-to-Left	Converts the direction of the selected text, table, or image, including the reading order, alignment, and overall layout, to a right-to-left orientation.
	Numbered List	Creates a numbered list for the selected text if it's not numbered, and removes a numbered list from the selected text if it's already numbered.
	Bulleted List	Creates a bulleted list for the selected text if its not bulleted, and removes a bulleted list from the selected text if it's already bulleted.
	Decrease Indent	Shifts the selected text, table, or image to the previous tab stop.
	Increase Indent	Shifts the selected text, table, or image to the next tab stop.