lang/en_utf8/help/lesson/useeditor.html

   1 <h1>Use of the HTML Editor</h1>
   2
   3 <p>When editing pages this option enables the use the HTML editor (called the
   4     editor from this point) instead of simple textarea boxes. The editor
   5     allows the simple formatting of text and the easy addition of
   6     &quot;advanced&quot; features such as links.</p>
   7
   8 <p>The editor is switched on by clicking on the box next to <b>Use Editor</b>.
   9     The editor is associated with the items on an individual basis. For
  10     example, switching the editor on for, say, the <b>Response 1</b> item just
  11     sets the editor on for that item, it does <i>not</i> set it on for all the
  12     Response boxes.</p>
  13
  14 <p>If the editor is  required for some of the items of a page, first click on
  15     the <b>Use Editor</b> boxes (They should then contain ticks.) The page is
  16     then re-displayed to activate the use of the editor. This is done by
  17     clicking on the <b>Redisplay Page</b> button at the foot of the page.</p>
  18
  19 <p>Note that care should be taken when using the editor. In most cases it
  20     should not cause any problems. However, it is <i>not</i> recommended for
  21     <b>Answers of Short Answer and Numeric type questions</b>. The editor can
  22     add extra &quot;invisible&quot; HTML tags which <b>stop</b> comparisons
  23     working as expected. Further, the <b>Descriptions</b> in Branch Tables are
  24     used in Buttons and again if they contain any HTML tags this can cause
  25     problems. There are no problems with Answers which are used only for
  26     display, such as those in Multichoice type questions. Again use of the
  27     editor for Response items should not cause any problems.</p>
  28
  29 <p>If a problem is suspected with any of the text items it is quite safe to
  30     switch the editor off (by removing the tick in the <b>Use editor</b> box).
  31     When the page is redisplayed, the &quot;raw&quot; text can then be seen in
  32     the textarea box. The text can be edited as required. In fact, switching
  33     the editor on and off repeatedly for a particular item should <i>not</i>
  34     change the text.</p>
  35
  36 <p>The &quot;state&quot; of the <b>Use editor</b> option is saved with each
  37     item. Thus if a page is re-edited the items which were using the editor
  38     will again appear within the editor.</p>
  39
  40 <p>Finally, the editor is quite &quot;expensive&quot; in terms of resources
  41     within the browser. If items do not require the use of the editor it is
  42     quicker and less prone to resource problems to just use the standard
  43     textarea boxes.</p>
  44