Overview: Editing area

The editing area (Editing workflow step) is displayed as soon as you have created and opened a mailing.

The appearance of the editing area differs depending on which mailing format you selected and whether the mailing is based on a newsletter template.

This will determine which buttons are displayed in the editing area:

Button

Description

(Save)

Saves all changes

(Insert text from file…)

Calls up the dialog box for inserting text from a file (unformatted)

(Not displayed for mailings that were created based on newsletter templates.)

(Edit selection)

Calls up the dialog box for editing the current selection (for example, the link dialog box if a link is selected)

(Not displayed for mailings that were created based on newsletter templates.)

(Undo change)

Undoes the last change made to the mailing content

(Not displayed for mailings that were created based on newsletter templates.)

(Restore change)

Restores the last change that was made to the mailing content (and then undone)

(Not displayed for mailings that were created based on newsletter templates.)

(Add element)

Calls up the dialog box for adding a new element

(Only displayed for mailings that were created based on newsletter templates.)

(Copy)

Copies the currently selected object

(Cut)

Cuts the currently selected object

(Paste)

Pastes the previously copied object

(Link Management: Test whether links are active and check tracking)

Opens Link Management to check all the links inserted into your mailing (Performing a link test in Link Management)

(Insert link)

Opens the dialog box for inserting a new link (Inserting a link)

(Link image)

Opens the dialog box for inserting an image as a reference (Inserting an image as a reference (linking an image))

(Not for text mailings)

(Embed image)

Calls up the dialog box for embedding an image in the mailing. (The button can be accessed via the (Insert commands) menu item.)

(Not for text mailings)

(Attach file)

Opens the dialog box for attaching a file (Adding file attachments)

(Insert mailto link)

Opens the dialog box for inserting a mailto link (Inserting mailto links)

(Insert commands)

Drop-down list, for example:

  • to embed images
  • to include external content using the Content-Include command (Inserting external content (Content-Include))
  • to insert a subscribe or unsubscribe command

(Insert recipient data for personalisation)

Drop-down list for inserting recipient table columns; personalised text is selected for each recipient (Creating personalised texts)

(Insert modules)

Drop-down list for inserting modules (Inserting modules)

(Insert symbols)

Drop-down list for inserting symbols. (Only enabled if the UTF8 character set encoding is selected for the mailing list.) (Inserting symbols)

(Bold)

Formats the selected text with the ‘bold’ font style (HTML tag <b></b>)

(Not for text mailings)

(Italic)

Formats the selected text with the ‘italic’ font style (HTML tag <i></i>)

(Not for text mailings)

(Strikethrough)

Formats the selected text with the ‘strikethrough’ font style (HTML tag <s></s>)

(Not for text mailings)

(Insert break)

Inserts a line break (HTML tag <br/>)

(Not for text mailings)

(Insert paragraph)

Inserts a new paragraph (HTML tag <p></p>)

(Not for text mailings)

(Show/hide word wrap)

Adjusts the line length to the width of the editor (Show word wrap) or does not adjust it (Hide word wrap)

(Only for HTML and multipart mailings)

(Turn on/off form view)

Turns the form view on/off (Setting up a user template (text, HTML, multipart))

(Only for mailings that contain form fields)

(Search)

Calls up the dialog box to search for any chosen text in the editor

(Refresh quick preview)

Refreshes the quick preview if displayed ( (Show/hide quick preview) button)

(Show/hide structure tree)

Shows or hides the structure tree (positioned to the left of the mailing content)

(Only displayed for mailings that were created based on newsletter templates.)

(Show/hide quick preview)

Shows or hides the browser preview of the mailing (positioned to the right of the mailing content)

HTML

Opens the HTML preview

TEXT

Opens the text preview

Mobile

Opens the preview for how the mailing will appear on mobile devices

(Portrait)

Generates a mailing preview in portrait format for mobile devices

(Landscape)

Generates a mailing preview in landscape format for mobile devices

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