Text Formatting

The Text Editor toolbar provides a comprehensive set of formatting tools for styling text in your Good Gallery content areas.

Paragraph Format

Click on the Paragraph Format drop-down to style selected text as Normal, Heading 1, Heading 2, Heading 3, Heading 4, Heading 5, Heading 6, or Code.

To format text:

1. Sign in to your Good Gallery administrator account.
2. Hover your cursor over the Pages menu.
3. Under the Your Pages menu heading, select the appropriate page.
4. In the Content area, position your cursor in a text block.
5. Click the Paragraph Format dropdown list on the Text Editor toolbar.
6. Choose the appropriate format.
7. Click the Save Changes button.

Normal

Select a block of text and choose Normal from the drop-down list to remove all formatting from selected text.

Headings

Select a block of text and then choose Heading 1 through Heading 6 from the drop-down list to apply that heading style to selected text.

Headings provide structure to content areas. They indicate boundaries between major content sections or subsections. Heading formatting is commonly applied to page titles and section titles.

Although heading styles are not a direct SEO ranking factor, headings highlight the primary focus of page content for both search engines and visitors. Every page should include a page title. In most cases, that title should be assigned to Heading 1. Other heading styles are assigned to less important headings.

Warning: Do not change heading font characteristics using the Font Family, Font Size, or Colors tools in the Text Editor. Changes to heading formatting should be managed with Good Gallery's Typography settings.

If you have previously used the Font Family, Font Size, or Colors tools and Typography settings are no longer affecting Content, you may need to clear all page formatting:

1. Sign in to your Good Gallery administrator account.
2. Hover your cursor over the Pages menu.
3. Under the Your Pages menu heading, select the appropriate page.
4. Place the cursor in the Content area.
5. Press CTRL+A to select all content.
6. Press CTRL+C to copy all content.
7. Right click in the Content area and select Paste as plain text.
8. Choose the appropriate formatting using Paragraph Formatting tools.
9. Click the Save Changes button.

Code

Select a block of text and choose Code from the drop-down list to apply code-style formatting to selected text. Code-styled formatting is used to indicate programming language code.

Quote

Select a block of text, click on the Quote button, and then choose Increase from the drop-down list to assign blockquote formatting to selected text. Blockquote text is indented from both margins.

To format text as a quote:

1. Sign in to your Good Gallery administrator account.
2. Hover your cursor over the Pages menu.
3. Under the Your Pages menu heading, select the appropriate page.
4. In the Content area, position your cursor in a text block.
5. Click the Quote button on the Text Editor toolbar.
6. Choose the Increase option.
7. Click the Save Changes button.

Bold

Select a block of text and click on the Bold (B) button to assign a bold font style to selected text.

Bold text is thicker than surrounding text and emphasizes important content. Use bold sparingly to avoid diluting emphasis.

Italic

Select a block of text and click on the Italic (I) button to assign an italicized font style to selected text.

Italic text is slanted and emphasizes important content. Use italics sparingly to avoid diluting emphasis. Italics works best with serif fonts.

Underline

Select a block of text and click on the Underline (U) button to assign an underlined font style to selected text.

Note: Underlined website text is typically reserved for links, so this formatting should be used sparingly or not at all.

Strikethrough

Select a block of text and click on the Strikethrough (S) button to assign a strikethrough font style to selected text.

Superscript

Select one or more characters and click on the Superscript button to assign a superscript font style to selected text.

Subscript

Select one or more characters and click on the Subscript button to assign a subscript font style to selected text.

Font Family

Select a block of text and click on the Font Family (A) button to apply a new typeface to selected text.

Warning

Warning: Do not use the Font Family feature to make page-wide font changes. The feature is for changes to individual words or short phrases only. Modifying large text areas using this tool may cause unpredictable display issues. All heading and body text formatting changes should be managed with Good Gallery's Typography settings.

If you used the Font Family tool on large content blocks, you can reset all page formatting using the clearing steps described in the Paragraph Format section above.

Apply Font Family

Apply a text font to individual words or short phrases:

1. Sign in to your Good Gallery administrator account.
2. Hover your cursor over the Pages menu.
3. Under the Your Pages menu heading, select the appropriate page.
4. In the Content area, select individual words or short phrases.
5. Click the Font Family dropdown list on the Text Editor toolbar.
6. Choose the appropriate font.
7. Click the Save Changes button.

Font Size

Select a block of text and click on the Font Size button to change the font size of selected text.

Warning

Warning: Do not use the Font Size feature to make page-wide font changes. The feature is for changes to individual words or short phrases only. Modifying large text areas using this tool may cause unpredictable display issues. All heading and body text formatting changes should be managed with Good Gallery's Typography settings.

Apply Font Size

To change the font size for individual words or short phrases:

1. Sign in to your Good Gallery administrator account.
2. Hover your cursor over the Pages menu.
3. Under the Your Pages menu heading, select the appropriate page.
4. In the Content area, position your cursor in a text block.
5. Click the Font Size dropdown list on the Text Editor toolbar.
6. Choose the appropriate size.
7. Click the Save Changes button.

Colors

Select a block of text and click on the Colors button to change the font color of selected text.

Warning

Warning: Do not use the Font Color feature to make page-wide font changes. The feature is for changes to individual words or short phrases only. Modifying headings, paragraphs, or large text areas using this tool may cause unpredictable display issues. All heading and body text formatting changes should be managed with Good Gallery's Typography settings.

Apply Color

Apply a text color to individual words or short phrases:

1. Sign in to your Good Gallery administrator account.
2. Hover your cursor over the Pages menu.
3. Under the Your Pages menu heading, select the appropriate page.
4. In the Content area, position your cursor in a text block.
5. Click the Colors dropdown list on the Text Editor toolbar.
6. Choose the appropriate color.
7. Click the Save Changes button.

Clear Formatting

Select a block of formatted text and click on the Clear Formatting button to remove the formatting.

1. Sign in to your Good Gallery administrator account.
2. Hover your cursor over the Pages menu.
3. Under the Your Pages menu heading, select the appropriate page.
4. In the Content area, position your cursor in a text block.
5. Click the Clear Formatting button on the Text Editor toolbar.
6. Click the Save Changes button.

Unordered List

Select a block of text and click the Unordered List button to style selected text as a bulleted list.

1. Sign in to your Good Gallery administrator account.
2. Hover your cursor over the Pages menu.
3. Under the Your Pages menu heading, select the appropriate page.
4. In the Content area, position your cursor in a text block.
5. Click the Unordered List button on the Text Editor toolbar.
6. Click the Save Changes button.

Ordered List

Select a block of text and click the Ordered List button to style selected text as a numbered list.

1. Sign in to your Good Gallery administrator account.
2. Hover your cursor over the Pages menu.
3. Under the Your Pages menu heading, select the appropriate page.
4. In the Content area, position your cursor in a text block.
5. Click the Ordered List button on the Text Editor toolbar.
6. Click the Save Changes button.

Align

Click on the Align button to align selected text.

Alignment affects readability:

• Left alignment works best for most text because it matches our common left-to-right reading style
• Right alignment works best for small text blocks like quotes or artistic text elements
• Justified text works best in print and is not commonly recommended for websites
• Centered text is not very readable and should not be used for lengthy copy

Warning

Warning: Do not use the Align Text feature to make page-wide alignment changes. The feature is for changes to individual words or short phrases only. All heading and body text alignment changes should be managed with Good Gallery's Typography settings.

Align Text

To align individual words or short phrases:

1. Sign in to your Good Gallery administrator account.
2. Hover your cursor over the Pages menu.
3. Under the Your Pages menu heading, select the appropriate page.
4. In the Content area, position your cursor in a text block.
5. Click the Align button on the Text Editor toolbar.
6. Choose the appropriate option.
7. Click the Save Changes button.

Outdent

Click the Outdent button to outdent the selected text (if possible). Outdenting decreases the space between the left and right paragraph margin.

Indent

Click the Indent button to indent the selected text. Indenting increases the space between the left and right paragraph margin.