The Rich Text editor is a word processor that allows you to add text and edit text within your lab notebook.  

For more information on the Rich Text Entry Editor CLICK HERE. 

Button	Function	Usage
	Cut, Copy, and Paste	The Cut, Copy and Paste tools allow you to copy and paste text from your clipboard. You can also use CTRL+C or CTRL+V.   NOTE: Avoid pasting HTML from other sources by pasting into the Paste dialog window or by using CTRL+SHIFT+V to paste as plain text.
	Undo and Redo	Undo and Redo allow you to quickly cancel a recent change. You can also use CTRL+Z and CTRL+Y.
	View HTML Source	This is used to view the HTML Source code for the entry. To return to the default view click “Source” again.
	Find and Replace	Find and Replace allows you to quickly search the entry for a particular string of text.
	Select All	Selects all text in the editing window. You can also use CTRL+A.
	Spell Check	LabArchives uses your browsers spell check. You can right click on a word to open your browser dictionary.
	Bold Italics Underline Strikethrough Subscript Superscript	These tools allow the user to bold text, italicize text, underline text, strikethrough text, and add sub or superscript. You can also use CTRL+B to bold, CTRL+I to italicize, CTRL+U to underline text.
	Remove Formatting	To remove all text styling, select a text fragment and click the remove formatting tool.
	Numbered Lists Bulleted Lists	To end a bulleted list press, return twice. To customize the list, right click on the bullet or number and select “List Properties”
	Increase or Decrease Indent	Most browsers do not allow users to use tab to indent a paragraph.
	Block Quote and Create Div Container	Block Quotes can be used to add a large quotation in your lab notebook Div containers are used to create more complex HTML and CSS styling for large sections of text.
	Left, Center, Right and Justified Alignment	The alignment tools will position your text left, center, right and justified.
	Link and Unlink	Links be created to a URL, an anchor in the Rich text entry or to an E-mail. To create a link, highlight the text and click link or type CTRL+L. You can also create a link by typing CTRL+L.
	Create Anchor	Anchors can be used to link text fragments in different parts of an entry.
	Insert a Mathematical Equation	The Math tool allows you to display a single equation using the TeX language. To display multiple equations in one entry, Click Here.
	Link to an Image stored in another location	Using the Image Properties, you can adjust the size of the image, alignment, and border between text and image. For more information on Images in Rich text entries CLICK HERE.
	Create a Table	Table properties allows you to select the size of the table, alignment of the table, and table formatting. For more formatting options, right click inside of the table, and select cell, row, or column.
	Insert Horizontal Line	This will embed a horizontal line in the Rich Text Entry
	Insert Special Character	Insert Special Character This can be used to add special characters like Greek or Latin characters to your Rich Text Entry. You can also use the alt code for the character.
	Create an IFrame	I Frames are used to provide a small window to view another website or URL. Once the entry is saved to the page, your URL will appear.
	Embed an Image stored inside of the entry	This should be used to upload an image stored directly inside of the entry. For more information on Images in Rich text entries CLICK HERE.
	Embed Media	The Embed Media tool is used to embed video within a Rich Text Entry.  To learn more about embedding videos in a Rich Text Entry CLICK HERE.
	Block Style and Paragraph Style	The Block Styles and Paragraph Format drop-down lists contain pre-defined block-level styles that you can use.
	Font and Font Size	To change the font for a text fragment, open the Font or size menu. The font names and sizes are displayed in a font that they represent.
	Text Color and Background Color	To change the font color or background color, select the text fragment, and the color.
	Show Document Blocks	Block Elements are groups of formatted text with a similar styling like paragraphs, headings, tables and lists.  Use this tool to view the block level elements in the entry.

Note: Some tools are designed to format large portions of the page like paragraphs, images, a list, or a div element.  To use these functions, you will need to break the block level element by using SHIFT+ENTER to create a line break.