{"id":170,"date":"2016-06-29T15:08:49","date_gmt":"2016-06-29T19:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/cms-help\/?page_id=170"},"modified":"2022-03-03T09:23:31","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T14:23:31","slug":"text","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cms-help\/basic-training\/module-3-post-elements\/text\/","title":{"rendered":"Text"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Step-by-Step<\/h2>\n<h3>Basic editing<\/h3>\n<p>The text editor bar in WordPress\u2019s content editor is similar to other word processors, with options to:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Bold, italicize and underline text<\/li>\n<li>Increase\/decrease indent<\/li>\n<li>Align text (left, centre, right)<\/li>\n<li>Undo\/redo<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1296 \" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cms-help\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-e1644248688471.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cms-help\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-e1644248688471.png 1315w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cms-help\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-e1644248688471-240x72.png 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cms-help\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-e1644248688471-400x120.png 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cms-help\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-e1644248688471-160x48.png 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cms-help\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-e1644248688471-768x230.png 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cms-help\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-e1644248688471-360x108.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Headings<\/h3>\n<p>Headings are used to structure your page or post into sections, which allows it to be easily navigated by readers and increases the page\u2019s accessibility. Headings are also essential to generate a table of contents for your page.<\/p>\n<p>Keep in mind:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Heading 2 is the highest heading level.<\/li>\n<li>Every heading must be nested in a heading of one level higher than it. For example, a Heading 3 must be nested in a Heading 2, but a Heading 4 must not be nested in a Heading 2.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1297 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cms-help\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-07-at-10.45.34-AM-240x189.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cms-help\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-07-at-10.45.34-AM-240x189.png 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cms-help\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-07-at-10.45.34-AM-400x316.png 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cms-help\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-07-at-10.45.34-AM-160x126.png 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cms-help\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-07-at-10.45.34-AM-360x284.png 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cms-help\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-07-at-10.45.34-AM.png 474w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/>To create a heading:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Highlight the text that you want to convert into a heading.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Paragraph<\/strong> on the text editor bar to open the Headings drop-down list.<\/li>\n<li>Select your desired level of heading.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Paste as Plain Text<\/h3>\n<p>When you copy and paste from Microsoft World into WordPress, MS Word brings its internal formatting \u2013 fonts, sizes, alignment, hyperlinks and much more \u2013 with it. These styles tend to override the styles set up in WordPress, which makes your text appear inconsistent on the front end.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Paste as Plain Text<\/strong> function allows you to paste only text into WordPress:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1298 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cms-help\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-07-at-10.47.25-AM-160x117.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cms-help\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-07-at-10.47.25-AM-160x117.png 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cms-help\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-07-at-10.47.25-AM.png 205w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/>Click the <strong>Paste as text<\/strong>\u00a0icon to turn it on.<\/li>\n<li>Place your cursor in the content area and paste.<\/li>\n<li>Click the\u00a0<strong>Paste as text<\/strong>\u00a0icon again to turn it off.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Video Tutorial<\/h2>\n<div class=\"content__video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Module 3: Text\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BDjl8Hft38k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3>Transcript<\/h3>\n<div class=\"slideme\"><dl class=\"slideme__list\"><dt class=\"slideme__term\"><a href=\"#slideme-module-3-text\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"slideme-module-3-text\" class=\"slideme__heading slideme__trigger\">Module 3: Text<\/a><\/dt><dd class=\"slideme__description\" id=\"slideme-module-3-text\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><p><\/p>\n<p>Hello and welcome to Module 3 of the Basic CMS training. This module will walk you through different components of a post; and in this video, we will go over text.<\/p>\n<p>You will notice right away that some functions on the WordPress text editor is very similar to other word processors such as Microsoft Word. It allows you to bold, italicize and underline text. You can also increase and decrease indent; align text left, centre or right; undo and redo changes.<\/p>\n<p>If your page displays a lot of content, you are recommended to use Headings to structure your page. To convert a piece of text into a heading, highlight the text and click \u201cParagraph\u201d. From the drop-down list, select the level of heading that you want. Heading 2 is the highest level of heading. Make sure that every heading is nested in a heading of one level higher than it. For example, Heading 3 must be nested in Heading 2, but Heading 4 cannot be nested in Heading 2.<\/p>\n<p>Now sometimes when copying and pasting text from external sources, you may encounter formatting problems as the pasted text brings a lot of internal formatting with it. This is where the \u201cPaste as Plain Text\u201d function comes in handy. By pasting as plain text, you paste only the text and not the formatting. To paste as plain text, turn on the \u201cPaste as text\u201d button, go to the text editing area, and paste.<\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/dd><dl><\/div>\n<h2>Try It Out!<\/h2>\n<p>Now that you have learned basic text editing in CCMS, let&#8217;s try it out!<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Create a page and add some text to it.<\/li>\n<li>Try bolding, italicizing, underlining; increasing and decreasing indent; and changing text alignment.<\/li>\n<li>Add a heading to your page.<\/li>\n<li>Copy some text from another document and paste it as plain text.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<div class=\"u-center-text\">\n\t<p>\n\t\t<a class=\"button__red button__red--solid\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cms-help\/basic-training\/module-3-post-elements\/links\/\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Next: Links<\/a>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Step-by-Step Basic editing The text editor bar in WordPress\u2019s content editor is similar to other word processors, with options to: Bold, italicize and underline text Increase\/decrease indent Align text (left, centre, right) Undo\/redo Headings Headings are used to structure your page or post into sections, which allows it to be easily navigated by readers and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":848,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.2 - 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