Text Feature FAQ

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  1. ASTRAEA

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    The Enhance Text Features

    Here is where you can customize your posts with the Enhanced text features.
    These options are seen when you Create a New thread or Post within the Forums. (As Shown Below)

    TextBar_zps267dfe1d.png

    DETAILED DESCRIPTION -

    FontColor_zps166f9532.png REMOVE FORMATING
    Using this option can remove all formatting in the text. You can also Highlight the entire text or just a portion. Then click on the Icon to remove formating.

    RemovingFormat_zps477069b3.png BOLD/ ITALIC / UNDERLINE / STRIKE THROUGH
    To use any of these features Highlight the desired text and choose the option.

    Bolditalic_zps1ed45898.png CHANGE TEXT COLOR
    To use this feature, highlight the text to change color and click on the Icon. Then choose a color.

    FontSize_zps2be58171.png TEXT FONT SIZETo use this feature, highlight the text to change size and click on the Icon. Then choose a size option. (Please keep this within the Forums Guidelines)

    FontStyle_zps0ae94725.png TEXT FONT STYLE
    To use this feature, highlight the text to change font and click on the Icon. Then choose a Font option. There are 8 different font styles to choose from.
    • Arial
    • Book Antiqua
    • Courier New
    • Georgia
    • Tahoma
    • Times New Roman
    • Trebucht MS
    • Verdana
    Linking_zps6c2b46ba.png LINK & UNLINK
    Adding and Removing Hyperlinks:
    To use this feature, highlight the text you want to add a hyperlink too. Then when the seconday window pops up place the link you want attached.

    Removing a link - Simply highlight the text and click the remove link Icon.


    MoveText_zpsde71f323.png ALIGNMENT
    Using this feature you have 3 options to align the text.
    • Align Left
    • Align Center
    • Align Right
    This feature can be used on the entire post or just sections. Just highlight the information to be realigned and click on the icon.

    Unorderedlist_zps16032831.png UNORDERED LIST
    This feature will help you to create nice lists. Simply highlight the items and click the icon. This will give a Dot in front of each item in your list.

    Orderedlist_zpsd1cfcb4d.png ORDERED LISTS
    This feature will help you to create nice lists. Simply highlight the items and click the icon. This will give a Number in front of each item in your list.

    MoveText_zpsde71f323.png MOVE TEXT
    This feature give you the option of Right (> Indent) or Left (< Outdent). When using this feature you can move left or right the highlighted parts of the text. This can also be very useful in creating more levels in your text. Example: Lists.

    Smiley_zps21bc63e5.png SMILIES
    Here you can choose a smily to add to your text. If you click on the Icon it will give you the following options:
    Smilies_zps01f8046f.png

    Please remember to follow the forums guidelines in reference to smilies in Post particularly Quantity.


    Image_zps241ebaa5.png IMAGE
    Using this feature you can insert and image into your post. Just click the Icon and then just put the link of the image into the input feild and click insert.


    Media_zpsd16194b5.png MEDIAUsing this feature you can share videos directly in your post.
    ** Only Videos that are Dark Orbit related
    The following service are enabled:
    • Dailymotion
    • Facebook
    • Liveleak
    • Metacafe
    • Vimeo
    • Youtube

    BBCodeEditor_zps61d2c79f.png BBCODE EDITOR

    Using this is only useful if you know the BBCodes.
    If you click this Icon the normal editor will disappear and the code editor will appear.

    Code_zps49e91368.png CODE
    This feature works similar to the Quote feature, where you can share with other users.

    This will give you the ability to share BBcode and it eill be in the code format.


    Quote_zpsb0a3364a.png QUOTE
    Using this feature you can make a quote from a text- just highlight the text you already created in the post editor text feild and click the Icon.

    If you want to quote an entire post, use the "REPLY" in corner of the post you want to quote.

    SaveDraft_zps538262d7.png SAVE DRAFT
    You can always save your post as a draft, however there is an automatic save funtion every 30 seconds while editing a post.

    If a post is saved as a draft, you can switch to other threads. You can close the forums - and if you come back to the same Forums/Thread, you can continue to edit.

    undoredobutton_zps54d64c7b.png UNDO / REDO

    This feature will allow you to undo or redo something that is in the text feild that you have made a error at such as Highlighting...

    Tables_zpsd7d1c3ca.png TABLES
    Due to security reasons HTML is not allowed in the Bigpoint Forums.
    For this reason the Tables feature was implemented. This Table feature provides specialized controls and renderers for table insertion and manipulation.
     

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