Welcome to the Rich Text Editor User Guide. The rich text editor in the 9ine Platform offers users a versatile tool for formatting and structuring content across various forms and logs. Whether you are capturing detailed descriptions, notes, or entering data in our forms, the rich text editor allows for enhanced readability and presentation of your data. With features like bold, italics, bullet points, and headings, you can easily organise information to ensure clarity. This guide will walk you through the key functionalities of the editor, helping you make the most out of its formatting capabilities for a more streamlined and visually appealing experience.

The functionality of the rich text editor may vary depending on the area of the 9ine Platform. Some sections may have limited formatting options to suit specific requirements or data input needs. 

The rich text editor provides a flexible and powerful tool for creating and editing content. In addition to the buttons, it supports a range of formatting and content-management features to improve efficiency and productivity.

Additional Editor Features

• Additional text styles: This dropdown applies semantic styles to the selected text, including Inline code, Sample output, User input, Variable, Highlighted text, Fine print, Inserted text, and Deleted text. Available in the full editor.
• Cleaner: Use the paintbrush button to remove unwanted formatting, such as styles carried over when pasting content from Microsoft Word.
• Case Converter: Select text and use the Aa dropdown to change it to Lower case, Upper case, Sentence case, or Title case.
• Find & Replace: Click the Find & Replace button to open a panel. Enter text to find, and the editor highlights matching results and displays the number of occurrences. Enter replacement text and click Replace to update the content. Available in the full editor.
• Tables: Use the Table button to insert a table. When the cursor is placed within a table, a popover menu allows you to add or remove rows and columns, delete the table, or use the Toggle table header (H) option to convert the first row into a header row (or revert it to a standard row). Tables are available only in the full editor.

Essential Keyboard Shortcuts

• Undo the last command: CTRL + Z
• Quickly undo the last change you made.

• Redo the last command: CTRL + Y
• Redo a previously undone command.

• Insert Paragraph: Enter
• Insert a new paragraph by pressing the Enter key.

• Tab: TAB
• Indent the current line or paragraph.

• Untab: SHIFT + TAB
• Remove the current indentation.

Text Formatting

• Bold: CTRL + B
• Set the selected text to bold style.

• Italic: CTRL + I
• Italicise the selected text.

• Underline: CTRL + U
• Underline the selected text.

• Strikethrough: CTRL + SHIFT + S
• Apply a strikethrough to the selected text.

• Clean Style: CTRL + BACKSLASH
• Remove all applied formatting from the selected text.

Alignment

• Align Left: CTRL + SHIFT + L
• Align the current block of text to the left.

• Align Center: CTRL + SHIFT + E
• Centre-align the current block of text.

• Align Right: CTRL + SHIFT + R
• Align the current block of text to the right.

• Full Justify: CTRL + SHIFT + J
• Fully justify the current block of text.

Indentation and Outdenting

• Outdent Paragraph: CTRL + LEFTBRACKET
• Decrease the indentation of the current paragraph.

• Indent Paragraph: CTRL + RIGHTBRACKET
• Increase the indentation of the current paragraph.

Block Formatting

• Change Format to Paragraph (P tag): CTRL + NUM0
• Convert the current block to a standard paragraph.

• Set Heading 1: CTRL + NUM1
• Apply Heading 1 formatting to the current block.

• Set Heading 2: CTRL + NUM2
• Apply Heading 2 formatting to the current block.

• Set Heading 3: CTRL + NUM3
• Apply Heading 3 formatting to the current block.

• Set Heading 4: CTRL + NUM4
• Apply Heading 4 formatting to the current block.

• Set Heading 5: CTRL + NUM5
• Apply Heading 5 formatting to the current block.

• Set Heading 6: CTRL + NUM6
• Apply Heading 6 formatting to the current block.

Additional Features

• Insert Horizontal Rule: CTRL + ENTER
• Insert a horizontal line into your content.

• Show Link Dialog: CTRL + K
• Open the hyperlink dialog to add a link to your text.

• Escape: ESC
• Use the Escape key to close dialog boxes or exit full-screen mode.