Text Formatting

You do not normally need to spend much time formatting text because Umbraco takes care of the formatting. However, the editor provides a number of options for controlling the text formatting.

Formatting Buttons

The most familiar way to control formatting is using the formatting buttons. With these buttons, you can apply basic formatting such as Bold, Italic, aligning text, creating bulleted and numbered lists, and applying indents.

To apply a format using the formatting buttons:

1. Select the text you want to apply the formatting to.

2. Click the format button to apply the formatting you wish to add.

   

Custom Formats

An alternate way to apply formatting is using Custom Formats. The Formats drop-down list provides a set of predefined styles that can be applied to text while maintaining a consistent look and feel throughout the site.

These styles often incorporate more advanced formatting functionality which can be applied to provide a different look for certain elements such as links, headings and sub-heading. For example, you can use a format style to change a link into a call to action button. While the styles available on your site may differ, follow the below process to apply styles:

1. Select the text you want to apply the style to.
2. Choose the style to apply from the Format drop-down list.

Copying Content from Other Programs

While pasting content, the original text styles is preserved which can lead to different font faces, sizes, and colours displaying on the website when viewed.

Remove Formatting

If you have already formatted a paragraph or selection using the formatting buttons, you can remove the formatting rule. To remove formatting:

1. Select the text you want to remove the style from.
2. Click the relevant formatting button to remove the formatting rule.

You can also add a Remove format button in your toolbar. To add the Remove format button:

1. Navigate to your rich text editor.

2. Go to the Editor Settings window.

3. Select Remove format.