The WYSIWYG editor

In certain tools, you can control the appearance of your text using the WYSIWYG editor. The WYSIWYG toolbar has icons for editing and formatting your text.

Note: Pasting text from Microsoft Word directly into the WYSIWYG editor may result in garbled output, even if the text appears correct in the editor. Instead, to insert formatted text from a Word document, click the Paste from Word icon, and paste using Ctrl-v or Command-v. For details, see Pasting from Microsoft Word.

Some users have reported problems using Paste from Word in Internet Explorer 9; for best results, use a supported browser. See Which browser should I use?

The WYSIWYG editor is based on an open-source application called FCKeditor. To see what each icon in the toolbar does, refer to the Toolbar page in the FCKeditor Users Guide.

Browser considerations

To ensure that the WYSIWYG editor appears and functions properly, use a supported browser; see Which browser should I use?

However, Internet Explorer is currently the only browser that supports the spellcheck feature. To use spellcheck, you must first download and install the ieSpell extension from the ieSpell download page; you may only download ieSpell on a personal computer, not on a university-owned workstation.

Note: Errors have been reported when using the WYSIWYG editor in Internet Explorer 9; for example, you may be unable to use the button to insert an image.