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00:06: How do I add and modify text in the rich content editor?

00:10: When creating or editing an announcement assignment discussion or

00:14: page the rich content editor opens by default.

00:19: You can add and format content using the menu bar or toolbar.

00:24: The rich content editor supports keyboard shortcuts to view a

00:28: window with a list of keyboard navigation shortcuts.

00:30: Click the keyboard icon or press alt + f8 on a PC

00:34: keyboard or option + f8 on a Mac keyboard

00:39: simultaneously on your keyboard.

00:43: You can view the total word count to view the total word count characters

00:47: and characters excluding spaces.

00:49: Click the word count link.

00:53: You can also resize the editor window or open the editor in fullscreen view.

00:58: Type or paste copied text into the Rich Content Editor.

01:02: To remove text formatting, select the text, then click the Clear Formatting icon.

01:08: Select the text you wish to modify then click the paragraph drop down

01:12: menu and select the text style. You want to use?

01:16: Select the text you wish to modify then click the paragraph drop down

01:20: menu.

01:21: Choose from Heading 2, Heading 3, Heading 4, Preformatted, and Paragraph styles.

01:29: To create single spacing in the rich content editor, press shift +

01:33: enter on a PC keyboard or shift + return on

01:37: a Mac keyboard. This creates a line break instead of a paragraph break.

01:42: To format text emphasis, select the text you wish to format

01:47: To bolt the selected text click the Bold icon or press

01:51: command + B Mac keyboard or Ctrl + B,

01:55: PC keyboard

01:58: To italicize the selected text click the italic icon or

02:02: press command. + I Mac keyboard or Ctrl +

02:06: I PC keyboard.

02:09: To underline the selected text click the underline icon or

02:13: press command + U Mac keyboard or Ctrl + U

02:17: PC keyboard.

02:20: When selected text is formatted, an arrow displays above the selected option.

02:26: Select the text you wish to color. To change the color of the text, click the Text Color icon.

02:33: To highlight the text, click the Background Color icon.

02:37: Select a color from the color drop-down menu.

02:39: You can view the color name by hovering your mouse over the Color Tile.

02:44: To remove color formatting, click the Remove Color icon.

02:48: To select a custom color for the text, click the Custom Color icon

02:53: Use the Color Picker palette to select a color tone and Hue.

02:56: You can also enter RGB color codes or enter a hex color code

03:00: view your custom color in the color display window.

03:04: To apply the color to your text. Click the save button.

03:09: You can format your text to appear as superscript or subscript select

03:13: the text you wish to modify. Click the super script icon

03:19: To format your text as superscript select the super script option from

03:23: the drop-down menu to format your text as subscript select

03:27: the subscript option.

03:30: To align text place the cursor in front of the text you wish to line

03:34: then click the alignment icon. From the drop-down

03:38: menu, you can select to line the text to the left Center and right.

03:44: To indent text click the indent icon If

03:48: your text is indented, you can outdent your text to outdo your text.

03:52: Click the indent Arrow icon and click the outdent option.

03:57: You can click the indent and outdent options multiple times to increase or

04:01: decrease the text indentation.

04:04: To align the direction of your text click the format Link in the menu bar.

04:09: Then select the directionality option.

04:11: You can align your text from left to right and from right to left.

04:17: Select the text you wish to include in your list then click the list icon.

04:22: You can select a bulleted list style or a numeric Or alphabetic List

04:26: Style.

04:28: In the tools menu, click the find and replace option.

04:31: You can also press command. + f on a Mac keyboard or

04:35: Ctrl + f on a PC keyboard.

04:39: In the find and replace modal enter the content to replace in the find field.

04:43: In the replace with field enter the desired replacement content.

04:48: To replace all content at once click the replace all button.

04:53: To replace individual content click the replace button.

04:58: If there is multiple content to replace you can scroll through each individual

05:02: item by clicking the previous button and next buy button.

05:07: If you reload or navigate away from a page while editing content in the rich content

05:11: editor canvas automatically saves your content in the browser cache for

05:15: up to one day. When you reload the page or navigate back to the page.

05:19: You were editing canvas displays a message indicating that auto saved

05:23: content exists. You can preview the content discard the content

05:27: or load the content into the rich content editor.

05:32: To preview content auto-saved by Canvas, click the Preview button.

05:37: To load the auto saved content into the rich content editor.

05:39: Click the yes button to discard the auto save changes.

05:43: Click the no button.

05:46: Click the Reply or Save button.

05:49: View the content created in the Rich Content Editor.

05:53: This guide covered how to add and modify text in the rich content editor.