Formatting the content in a form

If formatting buttons appear above a text box in a form (as shown here), you can format text.

The formatting buttons are described in the following table.

Table 14.1. Formatting buttons in a form

Formatting OptionDescription
Displays heading styles that can be applied to a selected line of text.
Displays the currently selected font family and allows the user to select another. If the font selected is not installed on the form user’s machine, the font defaults to a more common font within that family.
Displays the currently selected font size and allows the user to select another.
Copies selected text to clipboard and deletes it from current location. May not work for Mozilla and Netscape because of the browser security setting. Use the standard key combination CTRL+X instead.
Copies selected text to clipboard and leaves a copy in current location. May not work for Mozilla and Netscape because of the browser security setting. Use the standard key combination CTRL+C instead.
Pastes text in the clipboard into the selected location. May not work for Mozilla and Netscape because of the browser security setting. Use the standard key combination CTRL+V instead.
Makes the selected text bold.
Makes the selected text italic.
Makes the selected text underlined.
Aligns each line in a block of text to the left margin.
Centers each line in a block of text.
Aligns each line in a block of text to the right margin.
Stretches each line in a block of text to meet the left and right margins.
Indents a block of text.
Outdents a block of text.
Makes the selected text subscript (small text below the line).
Makes the selected text superscript (small text above the line).
Creates a numbered list.
Creates a bulleted list.
Controls the color of the selected text.
Highlights the background color of the selected text.

Undoes the previous action. Multiple undoes are allowed. Note the following constraints on Undo/Redo:

  • Undo/redo does not apply to actions that were invoked with the context menu (the menu obtained by right-clicking an object)

  • Undo/redo does not apply to table manipulations (creating tables, adding and deleting rows)

  • Netscape and Mozilla browsers do not support undo/redo for adding background color.

Restores the previous undo. Multiple redoes are allowed. See Undo for a list of constraints.
Allow insertion of a URL link to an image.
Creates a hyperlink from selected text.
Inserts a table into the rich text frame from the clipboard. The table can be in Word, RTF, or HTML format.
Checks the spelling of the text in the rich text frame.
Displays the HTML markup of the formatted text.