Text Area fields in "Add/Edit Requirement", "Add/Edit Feature",and "Add/Edit Use Case" pages contain a Rich Text Editor (RTE). RTE enables you to enter "rich text content" such as:

• Bold text
• Italic text
• Underlined text
• Different text colors
• Different highlight colors
• Different text sizes
• Lists (bulleted lists, numbered lists)
• Tables
• Images

This article provides you a quick introduction to using the RTE in Accompa.

Buttons:

The following table lists the buttons present in the "Toolbar" area of RTE and their functionality.

Button	Function	Usage
	Save & Keep Editing	Save the text you're entering while remaining on the page to enter more text or to edit other fields. Click this button to save the requirement and keep editing it further. Pressing Ctrl + S on your keyboard (Cmd + S on Mac) has the same effect as pressing this button. Tip: When entering a lot of text into a field, keep pressing this button (or "Ctrl+S") at regular intervals. This will avoid the loss of text you've entered if your browser crashes, or your internet connection is disrupted.
	Paste as Plain Text	Paste the text you've copied from sources such as other software, or web pages. Click this button, then paste the copied text into the box that appears and follow on-screen directions. While you can directly paste the text into a RTE field, we recommend that you use this button to avoid unpredictable results. Please note that using this button will remove all formatting and hyperlinks from the pasted text.
	Paste from Word	Paste the text you've copied from Microsoft Word. Click this button, then paste the copied text into the box that appears and follow on-screen directions. While you can directly paste the text into a RTE field, we recommend that you use this button to avoid unpredictable results. Using this button will maintain most of the formatting of the pasted text. This button can also be used to paste text copied from web pages - doing so will retain the hyperlinks.
	Bold Italic Underlined Strikethrough	Create text with different styles - as shown to the left. Highlight the desired text, then click one of these buttons.
	Text Color	Create text with different colors. Highlight the desired text, then click this button.
	Color of Text "Background" or "Highlight"	Create text with different highlight colors. Highlight the desired text, then click this button.
	Format Painter	Easily apply format of already-formatted text to new text. Click here for more information on how to use this.
	Remove All Formatting	Remove all formatting from a section of text, and reset it to default format. Highlight the desired text, then click this button.
	Undo, Redo Edits	Undo/redo your recent edits. Click these buttons to undo or redo the edits.
	Insert Numbered Lists	Create numbered lists. Click this button to insert a new numbered list. By default, the list will be numbered "1, 2, 3, 4, 5...". You can right-click on the list, then select  Change list... to modify the list to other formats such as "A, B, C, D, E...", etc. You can use TAB key or button to indent items in a list. You can use "Shift+TAB" key or button to remove indenting from items in a list.
	Insert Bulleted Lists	Create bulleted lists. Click this button to insert a new bulleted list. You can use TAB key or button to indent items in a list. You can use "Shift+TAB" key or button to remove indenting from items in a list.
	Indent	Indent text or lists. Like this... and this... and this! Highlight the desired text, then click this button.
	Remove Indent	Remove indenting from text or lists. Highlight the desired text, then click this button.
	Align Text	Align text to left, center, or right. Highlight the desired text, then click one of these buttons.
	Insert or Remove Hyperlink	Insert or remove hyperlinks (such as web page URL or email address) from text. Highlight the desired text, then click to insert hyperlink. Highlight the desired text, then click to remove any hyperlinks associated with the text.
	Insert Image	Insert images. Click the button, and follow on-screen directions to insert an image. While you can resize the image after inserting - for best results, we recommend that you create images of proper size before inserting them.
	Insert Table	Insert tables. Click the button, and follow on-screen directions to insert a table. To assign background color - place cursor inside a table cell, then right-click and select  Cell > Cell Properties  and follow on-screen directions. You can also highlight multiple cells & assign background color - on some browsers, this action will work only when the cells already have text content. To insert a row - place cursor inside a table cell, then right-click and select  Row > Insert Row ... . To insert a column - place cursor inside a table cell, then right-click and select Column > Insert Column ... . To adjust table width, click and drag the right-edge of the table.
	Insert Horizontal Line	Separate the sections in a body of text, using a horizontal line. Click this button to insert a horizontal line.
	Insert Special Characters	Insert special characters such as currency symbols, math characters, etc. Click this button and follow on-screen directions to insert a special character.
	Find & Replace	You can quickly search for every occurrence of a specific word or phrase. And you can automatically replace text — for example, you can replace "Acme" with "Apex." To find a specific word or phrase, click this button. Then type the word you'd like to find in the "Find:" field, and every occurrence will be highlighted in green. Click either the "Prev" or "Next" buttons to highlight each occurrence of the found text. If you'd like to automatically replace text, type the replacement text into the "replace with:" field. Then click the "replace" button to replace only the currently selected occurence of the found text. Or you click the "replace all" button replace all occurrences of the found text.
	Check Spelling	Perform spell checking of text content in a Rich Text Editor field. You can do spell checking in more than 10 languages. To perform a spell check, click this button. Incorrectly spelled words will be highlighted in yellow. Clicking on a highlighted word will bring up a menu that displays suggested corrections (if needed, you can also change the language used for the spell check from this menu). Click this button again to remove all yellow highlights from the incorrectly spelled words.
	View HTML Source	For Advanced users only. Useful to view and edit the "HTML source" corresponding to the rich text you've entered. Click this button to view the HTML source, and click it again to return to normal mode. Use this with caution - if HTML source is incorrectly edited, it can lead to highly unpredictable results and even loss of data.
	Preview	Very handy way to preview the content you're entering. Click this button to see a preview. You can also use this to print the contents of a single field. Click the button, then in the browser window that opens - select   File > Print  from the browser menu to print the content.
	Maximize	Enter or edit text in "Full Screen" mode. Click this button to enter "Full Screen" mode, and click it again to return to normal mode. This can be very useful when entering a large body of text. When using this mode, we recommend that you keep pressing button (or "Ctrl+S" on your keyboard) at regular intervals. This will avoid the loss of text you've entered if your browser crashes, or your internet connection is disrupted. On some browsers (such as Internet Explorer), entering and leaving "Full Screen" mode can be quite slow - while on other browsers (such as Firefox or Google Chrome), this action will be faster.
	Resize Field	This is actually not a button in the toolbar of RTE - rather, it's a "control" present at the bottom-right corner of RTE fields. Click and drag this to resize the field. This is useful when you're entering more content into a field, but don't want to enter the "Full Screen" mode yet.

Tips:

• When entering a lot of text into a RTE field, keep pressing "Ctrl+S" (Cmd + S on Mac) at regular intervals. This will save the contents of the field - you can avoid the loss of text you've entered if your browser crashes, or your internet connection is disrupted.
• When you press the "Enter" key - that will introduce a "double" line spacing. When you prefer "single" line spacing, you can achieve that by pressing "Shift + Enter" key instead. This behavior is similar to word processors such as Microsoft Word.