Working with Communications

Rich Text Editor Functions

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The Rich Text Editor toolbar contains an array of icons, described in the table below.

Icon	Description
	Link: This option allows you to insert a link into your email. When clicked you will be prompted to enter the text you wish to appear in the email, as well as a text box to enter the url to your link.
	Source: This option will display the HTML code behind your text. You may click on this option to enter your text in HTML or to review the coding. If you are comfortable with the HTML programming language, you may wish to create your own HTML code in the ChamberMaster editor. Copying and pasting HTML code is also an option. Click the Source icon in the ChamberMaster editor screen before pasting HTML code or to view and modify existing code.
	New Page: Click this option to create a new page within your email template
	Folder: Click the option to choose a file you have saved as a document.
	Save: This option allows you to save the content of your email as a document, or as a new template.
	Preview: This option allows you to preview your email text.
	Template: This option allows you to select a pre-defined or custom template. See Working with Email Templates for instructions.
	Cut: This option allows you to cut text that you have highlighted in your email.
	Copy: This option allows you to copy text, to the clipboard, that you have highlighted in your email.
	Paste: If your communication content is already created in, click this icon to paste the content directly into the ChamberMaster editor screen. Content that works well include character formatting styles of bold, underline, and font changes.
	Paste as Plain Text: Use this option, if the text you wish to paste contains source formatting. This will remove any source formatting, and make the text readable. For example, if you have copied something from your web-page, this would strip any of the HTML coding behind the text. This would also allow you to paste data copied to the clipboard without formatting.
	Paste from Word: Use this option, if your communication content is already created in Microsoft Word. Content that works well include character formatting styles of bold, underline, and font changes. Content that does not copy well include columns, graphics, and tables. Documents with these items should either be recreated directly in ChamberMaster by editing the HTML source code by clicking the Source icon or included as a link.
	'Spell Check: This option allows you to check the spelling in your email.
	Undo: This option allows you to undo the most recent action taken in your email. For example: if your last action was to add an image it would remove the image.
	Redo: This option will allow you to redo the most recent action taken. You can use Redo command only after Undo command.
	Find: This option allows you to search your email for specific text/content.
	Replace: This option allows you to find, and replace text/content in your email.
	Select All: This option allows you to select the entire text in the document.
	Remove Format: This option allows you to remove the formatting from the text you have highlighted.
	Print: This option allows you to print the current email.
	Add an Attachment: This option allows you to add an attachment. NOTE: Increasingly when users send email attachments, ISP spam filters are identifying these innocent but potentially large attachments as spam. Consequently these emails and attachments never make it to their intended recipient. Best practice is to provide a link to the desired document, rather than attaching to your content.
	Image: This option allows you to add graphics to your communication. Adding graphics to your correspondence is a simple process that requires initially uploading the graphic to the secure ChamberMaster/MemberZone server. Once uploaded, it is available to all chamber staff for inclusion within correspondence. Most graphic file types may be uploaded including .jpg, .bmp, .gif, .png and .wmf.
	Youtube Video: This option allows you to add a link to a Youtube video to your content. See Insert a You Tube Video for instructions.
	Remove Link: This option allows you to remove a link for your content. Highlight the linked content to use this option.
	Anchor: Use this option to create a hyperlink to other web pages, files, locations within the same page, email addresses, or any other URL.
	Add Database Field: This option will open the Add Data Base Fields dialog box, and allow you to select fields from the database to include in your email. By using database fields, you can personalize mass emails being sent to your members. For Example: If you wish to include the first name of the individuals to whom you are sending the email, select the First Name field. Your system will look to the first name associated to the email address(es) to which you are sending the email, and include the appropriate first name.
	Text Color: This option allows you to change the color of highlighted text.
	Background Color: This option allows you to change the background color of the text.
	Align Left: This option allows you to set text alignment to the left.
	Center: This option allows you to set text alignment center.
	Right: This option allows you to set text alignment to the right.
	Justify: This option allows you to justify text alignment. Justified—text is aligned along the left margin, and letter- and word-spacing is adjusted so that the text falls flush with both margins.
	Numbered List: This option allows you to create a numbered list.
	Bulleted List: This option allows you to create a bulleted list.
	Increase Indent: This option allows you to indent the selected text.
	Decrease Indent: This option allows you to decrease the indent of the selected text.
	Maximize: This option allows you to maximize the editor size inside the browser.
	Insert Horizontal Line: This option allows you to insert a horizontal line in your content.
	Table: This option allows you to insert a table with the defined number of columns and rows.
	Smiley: This option allows you to insert emoticons into your content.
	Insert Special Character: This option allows you to insert symbols & special characters (accented characters, trademark, currency symbol, etc.) to your content.
	Styles: This option allows you to apply special styles to your content, such as block styles or in-line styles.
	Format: This option allows you to format text in your content, such as applying header formatting.
	Font: This option allows you to select the font to be used for your content.
	Size: This option allows you to set the size of the text in your content.
	Bold: This option allows you to set apply Bold formatting to highlighted text.
	Italic: This option allows you to set apply Italic formatting to highlighted text.
	Underline: This option allows you to underline the highlighted text.
	Strike Through: This option allows you to strike through the highlighted text.
	Subscript: This option allows you to subscript the highlighted text.
	Superscript: This option allows you to superscript the highlighted text.