Note:

• If you prefer to work in HTML, click on "Switch to HTML" on the bottom right of the text box and enter code directly.
• Otherwise,  follow directions below.

Step 1: Place your cursor in an open text editing window:

Step 2: Enter text

• Either type in text manually or paste from another source.
• Paste text by clicking on the "paste" icon:

• If pasting text, formatting elements (e.g. font types, size, etc.) will also be pasted.
• Clear these elements by clicking on the "clean" icon (always recommended, to assure consistency).

Step 3: Format text

• Highlight the text you want to format
• Use the formatting icons at the top of the text editing box
  • Bold and/or italicize text by using the left most icons:

• Bullet or ennumerate text by clicking on either of the next two icons:

• Align  or indent the text, using the next five icons.

• Cut, Copy and Paste text, using the next three icons:

Step 4: Create links

• Link any part of your text by highlighting that text with your mouse and then clicking on the Hyperlink icon:

• The following window will appear:

• Choose the type of source to which you are linking (generally, you will want to leave it at the default "http:").
• Enter the URL of the page to which you want to link .
• Click OK and the window will disappear.
• The words forming the hyperlink should appear underlined, showing that the link has been made.

Step 5: Check spelling

• Run a spell check on the text by clicking the spell check icon:

Step 6: Save your work

• Click the green "save" button at the top right side of the page.'