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Format area fields

Format areas accept alpha-numeric characters and also allow you to apply formatting to the field.

A format area fields may have the following characteristics:

  • The field may accept more than one value. This may be used to distinguish between different paragraphs.
  • The field may be mandatory. This is indicated with a *.

The formatting options available for the field appear in the Format tab of the ribbon of the Component dialog (this tab is automatically displayed when you select the field). In addition, you may also be able edit the raw HTML. The HTML edit setting is configurable, therefore you may not be able to edit HTML source in all format areas.

Format areas may consist of three tabs:

Tab nameDescription
DesignEdit formatted text using the formatting controls in the ribbon toolbar.
SourceEdit formatted text by editing raw HTML. Content Manager Explorer performs a validation of your HTML when you switch to another tab or save the Component. Your operation fails if the validation raises an error. It succeeds otherwise, even if the validation raises warnings. You can check for warnings explicitly by selecting Validate in the Format ribbon tab.
PreviewView a preview of your formatted text. By default, any styles are disabled. You can enable them by clearing the Disable styles checkbox.

The following image shows the Design tab:

The following image shows the Source tab:

The following image shows the Preview tab: