Content Editor
The Content Editor is available in any content or communication area of Blackboard where you can enter text. Students also have access to the Content Editor when submitting discussion threads or assignments, or when adding entries to their personal calendar or task list.
Take Note
- Full screen - you can maximise the Content Editor to full screen
- Show more / Show less - you can show or hide any toolbars beneath the first row
- Word count - shows the number of words in your text
- Math Editor - new WIRIS formula editor

Content Editor functions / commands
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Bold |
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Italic |
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Underline |
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Strike-through |
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Text format |
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Font family |
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Font size |
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Text colour |
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Highlight |
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Help |
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Full screen |
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Show more |
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Show less |
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cut |
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Copy |
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Paste |
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Undo |
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Redo |
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Bullet list |
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Number list |
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Align left |
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Align centre |
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Align right |
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Align full |
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Indent |
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Outdent |
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Superscript |
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Subscript |
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Direction left to right |
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Direction right to left |
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Toggle spellchecker |
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Remove formatting |
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Find |
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Insert / Edit link |
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Remove link |
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Line |
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Horizontal rule |
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Show non printing charactors |
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Blockquote |
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Symbol |
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Emotions |
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Insert file |
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Insert / edit image |
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Insert / edit embedded media |
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Insert mashup |
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Open Math Editor |
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Preview |
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Insert / edit table |
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Table row properties |
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Table cell properties |
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Insert row before |
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Insert row after |
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Delete row |
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Insert column before |
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Insert column after |
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Delete column |
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Merge table cells |
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Split merged table cells |
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HTML code view |
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Anchor |
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Insert non breaking space charactor |
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Edit CSS style |






























































