Learn about the HTML editor functions

Intranet - Add and Edit Content

When you open HTML content, there are a number of buttons available for editing. If you have enabled the Advanced HTML editor, you will see additional buttons offering you more editing tools.

View the glossary of standard HTML editor functions

Function of buttons (from left to right):

Undo

Undo previous action

Redo

Redo action you have just undone

Bold

Bold selected text

Italics

Italicize selected text

Underline

Underline selected text

Align Left

Align selected item left

Align Centre

Align selected item centre

Align Right

Align selected item right

Justify

Stretch text to align with each margin

Increase Indent

Increase indentation of text

Decrease Indent

Decrease or reverse indentation of text

Numbered List

Convert lines of text to numbered list

Bullet List

Convert lines of text to a bullet list

Text styles

Apply the predefined documents styles to the selected text

Insert Symbol

Insert symbol (e.g. © ÷ ™ £)

Image Manager

Edit, upload, and manage images

Hyperlink Manager

Insert a link to a Web site or e-mail address or create links within a page

Remove link

Remove a link you have added

Insert Content List

Insert a list of the required documents

Insert Menu Link

Insert a link to a menu

Insert Document Link

Insert a link to a document

Insert RSS feed

Insert an RSS feed

Insert search box

Insert a search field to enable users to search for any document in CCH iFirmIntranet

Insert Youtube video

Insert a YouTube video

Insert News feed

Insert the news feed that displays on your Home Page

Insert a Twitter timeline

Insert a Twitter widget that displays on your Home page

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View the glossary of advanced HTML editor functions

Function of buttons (from left to right):

AJAX Spellchecker

HTML Editor spell checker

Print

Print directly form HTML content

Find and Replace

Find text and replace

Convert to lower case

Convert selected text to lower case

Convert to upper case

Convert selected text to upper case

SuperScript

Insert a letter, number, or symbol above and immediately to one side of another, for example 22oC

SubScript

Insert a letter, number, or symbol below and immediately to one side of another, for example H2O

Strikethrough

Create strikethrough text

Set Absolute Position

Set absolute position

Foreground Colour

Insert foreground colour

Background Colour

Insert background colour

Paragraph Style

Select paragraph style

Apply CSS Class

Select pre-defined text formatting and styling

Format Stripper

Strip format to plain text

Insert Table

Insert a table

New Paragraph

Insert new paragraph

Horizontal Rule

Insert a horizontal line

Insert Date

Insert current date

Insert Time

Insert current time

Flash Manager

Upload Flash animation files

Media Manager

Upload supported audio and videos files

Show/Hide Border

Show or hide borders

Zoom

Increase or decrease size of text

Module Manager

Manage the information that is displayed on your screen, in regards to your HTML page, for example, you can see how many words you have written or the properties of a table

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Enable the advanced HTML editor

In addition to the appropriate CCH iFirm Intranet security roles, you may want to give certain users access to the advanced HTML editor, which has additional tools for editing content pages.

  1. Click Settings > Users.
  2. Click the user you want to edit.
  3. On the Details tab, select Use Advanced HTML Editor.
  4. Click Save.

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