Below you will find an overview of all features available in the default CKEditor toolbar.
Working with a Document
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View or edit the source code of the document (for advanced users). See Document Source. |
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Save the contents of CKEditor and submit its data to the server, when CKEditor is placed inside an HTML form. See Saving Content. |
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Clear the editing area and create a new page. See Creating a New Page. |
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Show a preview of the document in the shape that will be displayed to end users. See Document Preview. |
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Select a layout template. See Templates. |
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Cut the selected text fragment to the clipboard. See Cut. |
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Copy the selected text fragment to the clipboard. See Copy. |
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Paste content copied to the clipboard along with formatting. See Paste. |
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Paste content copied to the clipboard without formatting. See Paste as Plain Text. |
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Paste content copied from Microsoft Word or similar applications along with formatting. See Paste from Word. |
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Print document contents. See Printing. |
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Insert a page break. This only impacts the printed version. See Page Breaks. |
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Check spelling of the document text or turn on the Spell Check As You Type (SCAYT) feature. See Spell Checking. |
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Undo or redo the most recent action performed. See Undo and Redo. |
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Find a word or phrase in the document. See Find. |
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Find and replace a word or phrase in the document. See Replace. |
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Select all contents of the document. See Text Selection. |
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Remove the formatting of the selected text. See Remove Format. |
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Maximize the editor in the browser window. See Resizing and Maximizing CKEditor. |
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Highlight all block-level elements in the document. See Show Blocks. |
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Show information about CKEditor. See CKEditor Version. |
Text Styling
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Apply bold, italic, underline or |
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Apply superscript or subscript formatting to the text. See Subscript and Superscript. |
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Apply pre-defined combinations of various formatting options to block and inline elements. See Formatting Styles. |
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Apply pre-defined block-level combinations of various formatting options. See Paragraph Format. |
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Change the typeface of the text. See Font Name. |
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Change the font size of the text. See Font Size. |
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Change the color of the text. See Text Color. |
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Change the background color of the text. See Background Color. |
Text Layout
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Increase or decrease text indentation. See Text Indentation. |
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Format a block of text as indented quotation. See Block Quote. |
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Create a new div element in document source. See Creating Div Container.
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Set text alignment (left, centered, right or justified). See Text Alignment. |
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Set text direction as from left to right (default value for most Western languages) or from right to left (languages like Arabic, Persian, Hebrew). |
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Insert a divider line (horizontal rule) into the document. See Horizontal Line. |
Rich Text
Toolbar Button | Description |
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Create a numbered or bulleted list. See Creating Lists. |
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Create or remove a hyperlink in the text. These features may also be used to manage file uploads and links to files on the web server. See Links, E-Mails and Anchors. |
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Insert a link anchor to the text. See Anchors. |
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Insert an image into the document. See Inserting Images. |
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Insert an Adobe Flash object into the document. See Inserting Flash. |
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Create a table with the defined number of columns and rows. See Creating Tables. |
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Insert an emoticon image (smiley or icon). See Inserting Smileys. |
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Insert a special character or symbol. See Inserting Special Characters. |
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Insert an inline frame (iframe ). See Inserting IFrames.
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Form Elements
Toolbar Button | Description |
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Insert a new form into the document. See Creating Forms. |
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Insert a checkbox into the document form. See Checkbox. |
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Insert a radio button into the document form. See Radio Button. |
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Insert a text field into the document form. See Text Field. |
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Insert a multi-line text area into the document form. See Textarea. |
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Insert a selection field into the document form. See Selection Field. |
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Insert a button into the document form. See Button. |
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Insert an image button into the document form. See Image Button. |
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Insert a hidden field into the document form. See Hidden Field. |