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Using the HTML Editor


Throughout your Siebel application, you may come across various screens in which you can invoke an HTML editor. This editor can be launched from the Send Email dialog box, the Microsite Administration screen, the Group News Administration screen, and the Content Center Administration screen.

NOTE:  Your user preferences must be set up to allow you to use the HTML editor in the Send Email dialog box. For more information, see Customizing Outbound Email.

The HTML editor provides special editing controls that allow you to use supported HTML formatting, and also provides some standard editing features such as cut and paste. Table 18 provides an image, name, and description for every button available in the HTML Editor toolbar.

NOTE:  Some buttons may not be available, depending on where in the application you are when you launch the editor.

Table 18.  HTML Editor Toolbar Button Descriptions
Button
Name
Description
Align Center
Click to center each line of selected paragraphs.
Align Left
Click to left-align selected paragraphs.
Align Right
Click to right-align selected paragraphs.
Bold
Click to apply bold formatting to selected text, or to remove bold.
Bullets
Click to apply bullets to selected text, or to remove bullets. Creates a list of bulleted paragraphs, corresponding to an HTML unordered list. Bullets appear differently at different levels of indenting.
Note that items that are at the same indentation level within a list must have the same list type, either all items bulleted or all items numbered. List items that are at different indentation levels can have different list types. This means you can nest an indented list of one type (such as a bulleted list) within a list of another type (such as a numbered list).
Copy
Click to copy selected text to the clipboard.
Cut
Click to cut selected text to the clipboard.
Decrease Indent
Click to decrease the indenting for selected paragraphs.
Embed Image
Click to embed an image in the document.
Embed Link
Click to embed a link in the document.
Find/Replace
Click the arrow to the right of the binoculars to display the Find controls. The Find controls appear above the editing bar. Click the arrow on the left side of the Find controls to toggle between Find controls and Find and Replace controls.
To find specified text, enter the text to find in the Find field, and then click Go.
To replace specified text, enter the text to replace in the Replace field. Enter the replacement text in the with field. If you want to replace all instances of the specified text, check the Replace All check box and then click Go.
Font
Choose a font from a drop-down menu to apply to selected text. Available fonts include Arial (the default), Verdana, Times New Roman, and Courier.
Font Color
Click the arrow to display font colors above the editing bar, then click to choose a color to apply to selected text. The line beneath the letter A indicates the currently selected font color.
Font Size
Choose a size from a drop-down menu to apply to selected text. Point sizes include 8 (the default), 10, 12, 14, 18, 24, and 36.
Increase Indent
Click to increase the indenting for selected paragraphs.
Italic
Click to apply italic formatting to selected text, or to remove italics.
Numbering
Click to apply numbering to selected text, or to remove numbering. Creates a list of numbered paragraphs, corresponding to an HTML ordered list.
Note that items that are at the same indentation level within a list must have the same list type, either all items bulleted or all items numbered. List items that are at different indentation levels can have different list types. This means you can nest an indented list of one type (such as a bulleted list) within a list of another type (such as a numbered list).
Paste
Click to paste text from the clipboard into the message area. Depending on the source, text you paste may include HTML formatting.
Underline
Click to apply underlining to selected text, or to remove underlining.


 Fundamentals 
 Published: 14 August 2003