Edit Toolbar

The “Save” button saves any changes you've made to the page content.

If you click outside of the “Editable” field without saving your work, a confirmation box will open that instructs you to you to “Press OK to save your changes” or “Press Cancel, or click the X at the top right, to exit without saving.”

The “Undo” and “Redo” buttons will undo or redo the last change you made to the content.

Check your content for any spelling errors. If you only wish to check a certain section of content, highlight that text prior to clicking the “Spell checking” button. You should always check your spelling before publishing content to your public website.

Remove any kind of code (formatting) that is carried over when doing a copy and paste into the content area. If possible, use the “Paste as Plain Text” option in the toolbar.

You can cut, copy and paste text from one part of the page to another, or from another document onto your page using these buttons. You can also use keyboard shortcuts when cutting, copying and pasting content in i:Create.

Cut

• The “Cut” tool will remove any selected text and transfer it to the clipboard to be pasted elsewhere
• The cut shortcut is Ctrl+X

Copy

• The “Copy” tool will copy any selected text and transfer it to the clipboard to be pasted elsewhere
• The copy shortcut is Ctrl+C

Paste

• The “Paste” tool will insert the cut or copied text where your cursor is sitting within your content
• The paste shortcut is Ctrl+V

Paste any copied text into your content area as plain text. This means any code or formatting will be stripped and only the words will paste. Learn more about how to insert or paste text in i:Create.

Paste any copied text into your content area and will keep any accessible formatting. Learn more about how to insert or paste text in i:Create.

Find

1. Use the Find Button to locate specific pieces of text within the content
2. Enter the search term in the “Find What” field
3. Click the “Find Next” button to see the search results

You can filter your search with these options:

• “Direction” allows you to search the document either before or after the current entry
• “Match Case” makes your search case sensitive

Find and Replace

The “Find/Replace” button allows you to locate a term and then replace it with a new term.

To use this:

1. Click the button to open the “Find/Replace” pop-up box
2. Enter the text to be replaced in the “Find What” field
3. Enter the text that will replace it in the “Replace With” field
4. Filter your search using the “Direction” and “Match Case” options
5. Click “Find Next” to find the next instance of your search term
6. Click “Replace” to replace one instance at a time or click “Replace All” to replace all instances of your search term on the page

Create content that can be embedded on multiple pages of your website. Learn how to create shared content and some of the benefits of using this tool.

The i:Create Poll allows you to embed a one-question poll with voting options on a content page. You'll need to create a poll in the i:Create Polling module before you can add a poll to a page. This can be a great way to engage with your stakeholders and gather feedback.

The i:Create YouTube Player tool allows you to embed a YouTube channel on the page. This includes a large feature video and a scroll bar showing additional videos as smaller previews.

The i:Create Twitter Timeline button allows you to embed a Twitter feed directly into the page content.

The i:Create News Feed allows you to embed news items right onto a content page. This is useful if you want to share a specific project update or new by-law passed by council.

The i:Create Calendar Feed allows to you embed events from one of your calendars directly on a content page.

Apply bold, italic or underline features to your content. When using these tools, make sure to follow the content accessibility guidelines and use these font stylings sparingly, if at all.

You can add a superscript or subscript to a word using this Edit Toolbar feature.

To add superscript to a word:

1. Highlight the text you want to add superscript to
2. Click the “Superscript” button

To add subscript to a word:

1. Highlight the text you want to add subscript to
2. Click the “Subscript” button

Add headings to your content. Select the appropriate heading level from the dropdown menu.

To create numbered or bulleted lists:

1. Type the list items one at a time and separate them with a paragraph break (inserted by hitting the enter key)
2. Highlight the entire list and click the “Insert/Remove Numbered List” button or the Insert/Remove Bulleted List” button to apply the styling

Removing bullet formatting

Once you've completed your bulleted or numbered list, click the bullet or numbered list button and you will return to regular text alignment.

Create nesting bullets

If you want to create a sub-bullet, press the “Enter” key to take you to a new line and then press the “Tab” key to add a nesting bullet.

The text alignment tools allow you to change the alignment of text, images and tables on your page. You can align right, centre and left.

To add or remove space at the left margin of your text:

1. Highlight the text or item you want to indent
2. Click the “Increase Indent” or “Decrease Indent” button

You can also use this tool to create sub-bullets. The amount/margin that is indented is defined by the style sheet that formats your page. The editor cannot control this.

Convert selected text to a block quote. This is intended to denote a quotation from an outside source.

Block quote text is indented on both the left and right and will include a solid vertical line before the text. The colour of the line is based on the styles used to develop your website and cannot be changed in the editor.

The Insert Horizontal Line tool inserts a thin graphic divider onto the page.

Create a secure email link. It will allow the indicated recipient to receive mail from your site without having to display their email address on the page. You'll need to add email addresses to Contact Manager before using this tool.

The anchor links tool allows you to hyperlink within a document, e.g., in your introduction, you may want to link to something that is described in more detail further on down the page.

The Insert/Edit Link and Unlink tools allow you create hyperlinks to:

• Other pages within your site
• External web pages
• Documents
• Anchor links

The “Styles” dropdown menu allows you to add pre-styled colours or features to your text, such as:

• Buttons
• Emphasis

Learn how to add styles to your text.

To convert text into a citation:

1. Select the text you want to cite
2. Click the “Citation” button to open the “Citation” pop-up box
3. Enter a title

The title text will appear if a site visitor moves their mouse over the citation text.

Create an annotation explaining the meaning of an abbreviation or acronym. This display when passing your mouse over the specified text.

To create an abbreviation:

1. Highlight the desired text
2. Click the “Abbreviation” button to open the “Abbreviation” pop-up box
3. Enter the full text of the abbreviation into the title box
4. Click “Submit”

You may choose to add title text to abbreviations, e.g., if you use the abbreviation SEO, you would enter “Search Engine Optimization” in the “Abbreviation” pop-up box.

To add characters to your content that are not normally part of your keyboard:

1. Place your mouse where you would like to insert the character
2. Click the “Insert Special Character” button to open the “Character Selection” pop-up box
3. Click the applicable character

Insert Date

Place a year-month-day date stamp in your document at the current mouse location. The date is taken from the clock on your computer. It will not continue to update, but instead remains the exact date that initially displays.

Insert Time

Place a time stamp into your document at the current mouse location. The time is taken from the clock on your computer. It will not continue to update, and will remain the exact same time that initially displays.

The Insert Image tool allows you to add images to your page. Consider using Layout Builder to arrange images and written content on your page.

The Embed Media tool allows you to embed a variety of multimedia files such as Flash and YouTube video directly on your page.

The Photo Gallery module allows you to insert a rotating photo gallery on your page.

This tool will allow you to view the HTML code, which is used to format the page's content. If you are familiar with HTML, you can make modifications directly to the code.

Accessibility consideration

i:Create can be restrictive when it comes to making modifications directly to the HTML. This has to do with accessibility requirements and compliance. If you click the “Submit” button and nothing happens, this means that you have made a change that i:Create will not accept.

The Tables tool allows you to add or modify tables on your page.

The Accordion tool allows you to add collapsible text fields, which expand when a visitor clicks on them, such as this one that this content is displayed inside. This tool allows you to place large amounts of collapsible content on a page while keeping the page length reasonable for best practices and navigation.

The FAQ tool allows you to add structured data mark-ups to frequently asked questions you add to a content page. This will make it easier for website visitors to find answers to their most pressing questions.