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Format tab on the ribbon toolbar

This reference topic lists the controls found on the Format tab of the ribbon toolbar.

Tab areaControlDescription
GeneralUndoUndoes your last edit.
GeneralRedoRedoes your last undo.
ClipboardPaste

Pastes the contents of the clipboard. Note that your browser may not grant you the authorization to perform this action.

Click on the lower half of the button to see the following suboptions:

Paste
Pastes content including formatting.
Paste Special

Reveals a number of paste options:

  • Remove non-HTML markup removes only non-HTML markup
  • Remove Unknown Class Names removes class attributes that are not defined in the configuration file
  • Remove All Styles removes style and class attributes that are not known
  • Paste as Text removes all markup and non-textual content and pastes plain text.

Select Use as default option to continue to use this setting (it is remembered as a user preference). You can then use the Paste button to reapply the setting you have selected.

ClipboardCutRemoves the current selection and puts it on the clipboard.
ClipboardCopyPuts the current selection on the clipboard without removing it.
FontFont face dropdownOpens to show the available fonts. Select a font face to apply it.
FontFont size dropdownOpens to show a number of font sizes, in points. Select a font size to apply it.
FontBoldMakes text bold.
FontItalicMakes text italic.
FontUnderlineUnderlines text.
FontStrikethroughRuns a horizontal line through text.
FontSubscriptPlaces text below the baseline of surrounding text.
FontSuperscriptPlaces text above the top of surrounding text.
FontText colorOpens a color picker to select the font color of text.
FontBackground colorOpens a color picker to select the background color of text.
ParagraphBulletsCreates a list of bullet items (non-numbered).
ParagraphNumberingCreates a list of numbered items.
ParagraphDecrease IndentUnindents text.
ParagraphIncrease IndentIndents text.
ParagraphShow/hide FormattingShows borders around paragraphs and other HTML elements.
ParagraphLeft-alignLeft-aligns text.
ParagraphCenterCenters text.
ParagraphRight-alignRight-aligns text.
StyleSection Type

Applies an HTML paragraph-type to text. Possible values are:

Body Text
No formatting is applied.
Paragraph
Places the text in an HTML paragraph (<p> element).
Generic container (div)
Places the text in a generic HTML paragraph-type container (<div> element).
Heading 1, Heading 2,... Heading 6
Places the text in an HTML heading container (<h1>, <h2>, ... <h6> element).
StyleStyleApplies a CSS (Cascading Style Sheet) style to text. The contents of this dropdown are determined by the implementation.