When you write notes, comments, replies, and other text, you often use the Rich Text Editor (RTE). You can type text directly into the RTE or add content by pasting or dragging-and-dropping from another application.
The following table describes the tools available in the RTE.
Table 9.1. Formatted text editing tools
| Tool | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|
 | Gives access to comment editing options, such as undo, redo, delete, and select all. With Microsoft Internet Explorer, additional choices are also available: cut, copy, paste, and remove styles. | ||
 | Adds graphics. The Insert Image dialog box opens, and provides controls for choosing, and uploading one .bmp, .gif, .jpeg, or .png image at a time, which is then shown inline in the editing area. | ||
 | Creates hyperlinks. The Insert Link dialog box opens. Set the title, and URL of the hyperlink, and choose whether to have the link open in a new window. | ||
 | Checks spelling. (You will be prompted to download a plug-in.) When the spell-checker finds a possible misspelling, the word is selected, scrolled into view, and the Check Spelling dialog box opens. The word in question appears in the Change box with a suggested alternative in the To box. You can edit the text in the To box, or select a word from the list. Spelling commands are as follows:
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Note
In general, the RTE can display any HTML content that the web browser can display. However, if you paste into the RTE content that was created outside of the RTE, you might be unable to edit some elements of that content. For example, if you paste an HTML table into the RTE, it displays appropriately, and you can edit text in the table’s cells, but you cannot edit the table itself.