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Format text

The information below applies to the Components Editor and the old visual editor.

In this article:

Toolbar

Use the following buttons in the toolbar to format text:

Button Action Keyboard shortcut (Windows) Keyboard shortcut (Mac)
Bold icon Bold Ctrl+B Cmd+B
Italics icon Italics Ctrl+I Cmd+I
Strikethrough icon Strikethrough    
Subscript icon Subscript    
Superscript icon Superscript    
Bulleted list icon Bulleted list    
Numbered list icon Numbered list    
Blockquote icon
Block quote    
Increase indent icon Increase indent    
Decrease indent button Decrease indent    

Headings

Highlight your heading and then choose a heading style from the drop-down list in the toolbar:

Format text drop-down list

Note: the screenshot above is from the old visual editor. In the Components Editor, the drop-down is the leftmost option in the toolbar.

Heading levels should reflect the hierarchy of information in your page. For example, Heading 2 for the main sections, Heading 3 for sub-headings within those sections, and so on. Your page heading is Heading 1 by default, hence the options in the drop-down list start at Heading 2.

A sensible heading hierarchy helps readers to scan your page and search engines to index the page.

Underline

There is no formatting option to underline text in SiteBuilder, which is deliberate. In web pages, underline is the standard convention to denote hyperlinks. When the underlined text does not act as a link, it's confusing and frustrating for visitors.

To emphasise words or phrases, use bold instead. Italics are typically used for the titles of publications and works of art.

Fonts

By default, all text in the ID7 common website template has the Lato typeface – including site titles, headings, sub-headings and body text. It's not possible to format text in SiteBuilder with other fonts using the Components Editor or the old visual editor.

Colour

Heading colours are derived automatically from your site's colour palette. Body text is black by default.

Code blocks

Choose Preformatted from the drop-down list to format a code snippet – for example:

if (is a code snippet) {
use a <pre> tag
} else {
paragraphs are fine
}

In the Components Editor only, choose Code from the drop-down to format some code on the same line as regular text.

Support

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