Overview
Some fields within Paradigm use a text editor known as TinyMCE. This will help you format text to improve the appearance of your content. This is commonly used in the communication events, editing for emails, and student reviews. This knowledge article will provide a detailed description of this feature that may be helpful in your content formatting experience within Paradigm.
Complexity: MEDIUM
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Key Terms and Concepts
Rich Text Editor
This feature can be found in most areas of the system where text can be entered and you have the option to improve the appearance of your content. The toolbar contains icons for editing and formatting your text.
Implications
NOTE: Content is saved in HTML format. When inserting images, the system will not embed a copy of the image. It is highly recommended to always keep the images in your institution’s images hosting site, as it will impact the image view in the future if the file for some reasons has been deleted or removed.
Workflow
STEP 1 Select the content you want to format.
Navigate to a page within Paradigm and locate the contents you want to format.
INFO: Only fields with TinyMCE can be formatted.
In the example above, the user is trying to edit and format the content of the Notes: field of a student from Student > Student Details > Edit Details.
STEP 2 Input content and start formatting.
NOTE: The character count showing below the field name has a few characteristics to be aware of when editing content.
It counts the characters of the HTML source code, not the letters on the screen. So the text “hi” is not equal to “hi” (bold formatting). This is because the editor needs to include hidden instructions to present the text as bold. These instructions are included in the character count.
Due to performance issues TinyMCE and many other plugins we looked through disable looking for changes to text as the user types. Instead the count is updated whenever the content has finished changing. This is often detected by a mouse click or navigating to another field. Clicking outside the editing area will trigger this update to the character count.
TinyMCE in Paradigm has the following editing features on its toolbar:
1 Undo and Redo – let you reverse and restore your formatting.
2 Insert, Edit or Remove Links – let you insert a link and unlink the inserted links. In inserting links, you will be prompted with the screen below:
3 Insert/Edit Images – see Inserting images
4 Horizontal line – lets you add a divider to organise your content.
5 Special Character --lets you add these special characters.
6 Text Formatting – let you format your texts into Bold, Italic, and Strikethrough.
7 Lists formatting, Increase Indent – let you set your lists into a Numbered list or Bullet list. The third button is for indention.
8 Blockquote – lets you insert a quotation of text from another source.
9 Formats – let you format your content with the following options:
10 Paragraph – lets you format the paragraphs of your content.
HOW TO Insert images
NOTE: Images can be added by referring to a URL where the image is stored externally. Check your institution’s images hosting site.
Click the Image button in the toolbar.
Enter the URL of the image that you want to add. In the example below, https://silverband.com.au/images/silverband-logo-web.png.
It also asks for an image description when inserting an image. This is useful for vision impaired users or when the image fails to load. It’s highly recommended to use this whenever an image is used.
Click Ok.
BE ADVISED: This will not embed a copy of the image in the Notes field. If the file is deleted, removed or inaccessible for some reason in the future, the person viewing it later will not be able to see the image.