Content Editor Toolbar

Tracks changes in the Content Editor. When toggled on, changes made to content are highlighted in a colored font, and a track changes rectangle is added to a sidebar to the right. For example the rectangle indicates if content is added or deleted.

Shows or hides colored shading (and in some cases a colored square) where conditions have been applied.

Reverses the most recent action.

Repeats the most recent action that you reversed.

Adds an annotation rectangle, extended to a sidebar to the right, with a line pointing to the selected content. This rectangle will hold annotation text after you type it. Also, the selected content is shaded, indicating that the annotation refers to that text. However, the shading will not be displayed in the output; it is for internal use only.

Removes the selected annotation from the document.

Lets you apply formatting to selected content:

• Bold Applies bold typeface to the content selected in the topic.

• Italic Applies italic typeface to the content selected in the topic.

• Underline Underlines the content selected in the topic.

Lets you insert or edit a text hyperlink in a content file. See Inserting and Editing Text Hyperlinks.

Removes a hyperlink, leaving the text in place. See Removing Text Hyperlinks.

Lets you insert or edit a cross-reference in a content file (e.g., topic, snippet). See Inserting and Editing Cross-References.

Removes a cross-reference link, leaving the text in place. See Removing Cross-References.

Lets you apply basic styles to block-level content:

• Paragraph Applies a paragraph tag to the content.

• Heading 1 - Heading 6 Applies a heading tag (H1 through H6) to the content.

Lets you create and set list styles on content (see Lists):

• Bullet List Applies a bulleted list tag to the content.

• Ordered List Applies a numbered list tag to the content.

• Definition List Applies definition list tags to the content.

• Decrease Indent Outdents the list item(s). This option pertains only to lists, not other kinds of content.

• Increase Indent Indents the list item(s). This option pertains only to lists, not other kinds of content.

Select from the drop-down a proxy to insert or edit. It opens a dialog the proxy where you can interact with proxy properties. See Proxies.

Opens the Image dialog. Use to locate an image file, add alternate text, and set width and height attributes of the image to put in the editor. See Images.

Opens the Insert Multimedia dialog. You can locate a multimedia element (such as a video) in the project and then insert it into the Content Editor. Alternatively, you can enter the URL for a web video, such as YouTube. See Inserting and Editing Multimedia Elements.

Opens AI Assist, which lets you converse with ChatGPT. You can then insert or replace content with ChatGPT's response. This is available when authoring and editing files, not for topic reviews. See AI Assist.

Opens a dialog that lets you select a variable set on the left and then choose a specific variable on the right to insert into the file. This is available when authoring and editing files, not for topic reviews. See Inserting Variables.

Opens a dialog that lets you navigate to and select a snippet on the left. This is available when authoring and editing files, not for topic reviews. See Inserting Snippets.

There are two types of snippets: text and block. This is determined by the way you insert the snippet. See Text and Block Snippets.

Opens a drop-down that lets you select the number of columns and rows that you want to add as you insert a new table. See Tables.

Converts the selected content to a drop-down, with the first line serving as the hotspot and the content below as the body. In the output, users can click the hotspot to expand and collapse the body content. This is available when authoring and editing files, not for topic reviews. See Inserting and Editing Drop-Downs.