Styling"

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Text styling determines the way your text will look in the document. Advanced capabilities in editing text format is what distinguishes CKEditor from a standard website form text area or a basic editor. Font styling, changing the size of the text and its color, applying a pre-defined set of consistent styles all happen within seconds, with one mouse click.
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Text styling determines the way your text will look in the document. Advanced capabilities in setting text format is what distinguishes CKEditor from a standard website form text area or a basic editor. Font styling, changing the size of the text and its color, applying a pre-defined set of consistent styles all take seconds and one mouse click.
  
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In CKEditor the text styling features are grouped on the toolbar. Some are simple buttons that turn the style on and off when you click them.
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In CKEditor the text styling features are grouped together on the toolbar. Some are simple buttons that turn the style on and off when you click them.
  
 
[[Image:CKEditor_textstyling_toolbar1.png|frame|center|Text styling buttons grouped on CKEditor toolbar.]]
 
[[Image:CKEditor_textstyling_toolbar1.png|frame|center|Text styling buttons grouped on CKEditor toolbar.]]
  
  
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Other text styling options are available in a form of a drop-down list. After you click them, the list opens, and you are able to select a styling option.
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Other text styling options are available as a drop-down list. Upon clicking them the list opens, and you can select a styling option.
  
 
[[Image:CKEditor_textstyling_toolbar2.png|frame|center|Text styling drop-down lists on CKEditor toolbar.]]
 
[[Image:CKEditor_textstyling_toolbar2.png|frame|center|Text styling drop-down lists on CKEditor toolbar.]]
  
  
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Experiment with various text styling options available in CKEditor to achieve a unique presentation of your documents. Among the styling features you will find:
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Try experimenting with various text styling options available in CKEditor to achieve a unique presentation of your documents. Among the styling features you will find:
 
* [[CKEditor_3.x/Users Guide/Common Tasks/Text Styling/Font|Font]] – the typeface that will be applied to the document text.
 
* [[CKEditor_3.x/Users Guide/Common Tasks/Text Styling/Font|Font]] – the typeface that will be applied to the document text.
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* [[CKEditor_3.x/Users Guide/Common Tasks/Text Styling/Size|Size]] – the parameter that determines how big or small a font will be.
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* [[CKEditor_3.x/Users Guide/Common Tasks/Text Styling/Size|Size]] – the parameter that determines how big or small the text will be.
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* [[CKEditor_3.x/Users Guide/Common Tasks/Text Styling/Bold, Italic, Underline, and Strike-through|Bold, Italic, Underline, and Strike-through]] – these parameters add bold, italics, underline and strike-through formatting to a text fragment.
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* [[CKEditor_3.x/Users Guide/Common Tasks/Text Styling/Bold, Italic, Underline, and Strike-through|Bold, Italic, Underline, and Strike-through]] – these parameters add bold, italic, underline and strike-through formatting to a text fragment.
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* [[CKEditor_3.x/Users Guide/Common Tasks/Text Styling/Text Color|Text Color]] – the option that changes the color of the document text.
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* [[CKEditor_3.x/Users Guide/Common Tasks/Text Styling/Text Color|Text Color]] – option that changes the color of the document text.
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* [[CKEditor_3.x/Users Guide/Common Tasks/Text Styling/Background Color|Background Color]] – the option that changes the color of the text background.
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* [[CKEditor_3.x/Users Guide/Common Tasks/Text Styling/Background Color|Background Color]] – option that changes the color of the text background.
 
* [[CKEditor_3.x/Users Guide/Common Tasks/Text Styling/Subscript and Superscript|Subscript and Superscript]] – the text with subscript and superscript formatting is smaller and placed below or above the baseline, respectively.
 
* [[CKEditor_3.x/Users Guide/Common Tasks/Text Styling/Subscript and Superscript|Subscript and Superscript]] – the text with subscript and superscript formatting is smaller and placed below or above the baseline, respectively.
 
* [[CKEditor_3.x/Users Guide/Common Tasks/Text Styling/Styles|Styles]] – pre-defined sets of formatting features that can be applied to block and inline elements of the document.
 
* [[CKEditor_3.x/Users Guide/Common Tasks/Text Styling/Styles|Styles]] – pre-defined sets of formatting features that can be applied to block and inline elements of the document.

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Text styling determines the way your text will look in the document. Advanced capabilities in setting text format is what distinguishes CKEditor from a standard website form text area or a basic editor. Font styling, changing the size of the text and its color, applying a pre-defined set of consistent styles all take seconds and one mouse click.

In CKEditor the text styling features are grouped together on the toolbar. Some are simple buttons that turn the style on and off when you click them.

Text styling buttons grouped on CKEditor toolbar.


Other text styling options are available as a drop-down list. Upon clicking them the list opens, and you can select a styling option.

Text styling drop-down lists on CKEditor toolbar.


Try experimenting with various text styling options available in CKEditor to achieve a unique presentation of your documents. Among the styling features you will find:

  • Font – the typeface that will be applied to the document text.
  • Size – the parameter that determines how big or small the text will be.
  • Bold, Italic, Underline, and Strike-through – these parameters add bold, italic, underline and strike-through formatting to a text fragment.
  • Text Color – option that changes the color of the document text.
  • Background Color – option that changes the color of the text background.
  • Subscript and Superscript – the text with subscript and superscript formatting is smaller and placed below or above the baseline, respectively.
  • Styles – pre-defined sets of formatting features that can be applied to block and inline elements of the document.
  • Paragraph Format – pre-defined sets of formatting features that can be applied to block-level elements only.

To read more about a particular CKEditor text styling option and see some usage examples, click the name of the feature in the list above.

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