About Text Sections

To add text to a Websheet page, you create a text section. You can type directly into a text section, or copy and paste content from a spreadsheet. Copying and pasting from a spreadsheet creates a new section for each spreadsheet row.

Topics:

• Adding a Text Section

• Editing a Text Section

See Also:

"Deleting Page Sections" and "Understanding Markup Syntax"

Adding a Text Section

To add a text section:

1. Run the Websheet application. See "Running a Websheet".

2. From the Create menu, select New Section.

3. When prompted for the section type, select Text and click Next.

4. On Create Text Section select either:

   • Create single text section

   • Create multiple text section from Spreadsheet

5. If you select Create single text section:

   1. Sequence - Enter the section display sequence.

   2. Title - Enter a section title.

   3. Content - Enter text. To learn more about formatting text, see "Editing a Text Section".

   4. Click Create Section.

6. If you select Create multiple text section from Spreadsheet:

   1. First Row Contains Column Headings - Select this option if applicable.

   2. Paste Spreadsheet Data - Paste a two column spreadsheet or other tab delimited data. The first column must contain the section title and the second column must contain the section content.

   3. Click Create Section.

   Tip:

   You can also add a new section by selecting New Section on the Control Panel.

Editing a Text Section

You can edit and format text sections using an intuitive WYSIWIG editor.

To edit a text section:

1. Run the Websheet as described in "Running a Websheet".

2. Click the Edit icon that displays in the upper right of the section.

   
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   The Edit Section page appears.

3. Edit the text in the field provided.

   Tip:

   To learn more about adding or embedding links, see "Understanding Markup Syntax".

4. To change the formatting, click the Expand Toolbar icon in the upper right corner.

   
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   The Toolbar appears. When you pass your cursor over an icon, a descriptive tooltip displays.

5. To hide the toolbar, click the Collapse Toolbar icon.

   
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6. To save your changes, click Apply Changes.