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Formatting text

Contribute lets you format text--characters and entire paragraphs--quickly and easily. You can use menu options or use the toolbar to change text with one click.


text formatting options in the Contribute editor toolbar

Note: If your website administrator has restricted editing to text only, some formatting options are not available. Also, options might be disabled if a Cascading Style Sheet has been applied to a text selection.

The section covers the following topics:

Changing text font and size

You can change the appearance of text by changing its font or size. Select a font or size from the available options; you cannot enter a custom size.

Most browsers can render the fonts in the Contribute font list. It’s good web-design practice to use fonts that are generally available to your website visitors.

Each font in the list actually represents a font combination list. To edit your list of available fonts, see Editing the font list.

To change text size:

  1. In your draft, select the text you want to change.
  2. Do one of the following:
This option is not available if you are working in a table.

To change text font:

  1. In your draft, select the text you want to change.
  2. Do one of the following:
This option is not available if you are working in a table.

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