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Fresh Feature Alert: Text Editor Toolbar

July 11th, 2007 by James

Today is part three of our look at some of the new features we rolled out this weekend: our new text editor toolbar. (Part one, part two.)

This is a big step forward for our once-humble text editor: a full toolbar, just like our visual editor. But before I get ahead of myself, I should probably explain that our text editor is an optional way to look at the ‘wikitext’ behind your pages. It’s available by clicking ‘Text Editor’ when you’re working on a page or as an option in your account settings. Previously, our text editor was a bit spartan, just a big text box with the usual preview and save buttons. You had to know our wikitext syntax to make changes to your pages. Now the text editor toolbar works just like its visual editor cousin, and offers the same shortcuts to format and lay out text.

Wikispaces Text Editor Toolbar

If you’re a user of our regular visual editor, you’ll probably never see this change. But if you’re a fan of getting your hands dirty, we think the new toolbar will really speed up editing. Enjoy!

14 Responses to “Fresh Feature Alert: Text Editor Toolbar”

  1. on 14 Jul 2007 at 5:29 am1 Tracy

    When will you be adding a spell check features and additional features to change text, like colors and font style?
    Regardless, love this space!

  2. on 16 Jul 2007 at 5:02 am2 Mikebloke

    This is actually a great update, I have to admit I’ve walked back to the text editor, and switch to the visual only when I need it.

    No more switching for special characters at last.

  3. on 16 Jul 2007 at 7:44 am3 Adam

    Tracy,

    Font color and style are both up there on our priority lists. We get a lot of requests for that.

    Spell check is less critical as many of our users find browser based spell check very usable. Firefox 2 has spell check built in by default. But we’ll definitely consider it.

    Thanks too for the support.

  4. on 16 Jul 2007 at 7:44 am4 Adam

    Glad you like it Mikebloke.

  5. on 23 Jul 2007 at 2:51 pm5 Carol

    Is there a way to copy-and-paste text from a word processing document (Word or OpenOffice) into the editor for the wiki and preserve things like italics, bold text, etc?

    I’m considering using WikiSpaces for posting sections of a story I’m doing on my podcast.

    Thanks!

  6. on 23 Jul 2007 at 3:09 pm6 Adam

    Sure you can Carol. The formatting we support should be retained.

  7. on 09 Aug 2007 at 12:15 pm7 Rebecca

    Are you thinking about making the table properties easier to format in the visual editor?
    Thanks!

  8. on 13 Aug 2007 at 8:45 am8 Adam

    Yep. Table formatting is on our list.

  9. on 15 Aug 2007 at 7:11 am9 Barbara

    My work needs to be creative - lots of pictures, bold and creative text and photo graphs - mine to be added plus the students. Our focus is a ‘Room with a view. What are my chances, I’m sure its endless I know I’ll enjoy the discovery. The kids will too.
    Thanks!

  10. on 20 Aug 2007 at 9:55 am10 Jan

    How exactly do you copy and paste from Word?
    It was pretty easy to set up the basics but it would be perfect if copy and paste from Word was simple.

  11. on 20 Aug 2007 at 10:00 am11 Jan

    Never mind. I figured it out. Thank you for a great tool!

  12. on 22 Aug 2007 at 9:08 am12 J.N.A.

    Hi Adam or To Whom It May Concern:

    What differentiates a Wikispace from a Blogspot or a blog? I am trying to make a decision between the two and stick with it. Can I integrate it with Blogspot? Can I use it for profit? Do you think Google will buy you out? Thanks.

  13. on 22 Aug 2007 at 9:55 am13 Adam

    A blog is like a journal. You update it with new posts on a regular basis.

    A wiki is more like a whiteboard. You make some changes, other people make changes and the pages you are working on evolve over time. So it’s a collaborative workspace.

    You can use Wikispaces for profit.

  14. on 24 Aug 2007 at 1:42 pm14 cody

    spell check would be great for teachers who want students to edit from home (where it is much harder to say, ‘use firefox and its built in spell check function.’)