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How to edit content

Editing content in SIM+CMS is very easy. If you're familiar with Windows or if you've used any other content management systems before, you'll quickly discover that using the SIM+CMS system is not complicated at all. Follow the step-by-step instructions below to find out how to edit content...

Step 1

Let's assume you're already logged in. From the home page illustrated below you'll want to click on the Content Pages icon on the Desktop. Go to step 3 if you're familiar with the SIM+CMS workspace already.

Step 2

OK, so you've landed on the Content Pages area. It should look like the screen below:

You'll see a list of folders and files, so navigate to the page you're going to edit by clicking on the folders. Once you've found the page you intend to edit, simply click on the file name, for example index.htm.

Step 3

After clicking the name of the file you want to edit, you'll see a screen similar to the one below.

With just one more click of your mouse you can edit the content in this web page... Simply click the edit button on the SIM+CMS browser toolbar.

Step 4

Once you've clicked the edit button, you will see a screen similar to the one below.

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Note how the editable regions of the page template have a dashed line boundary.

And now you're able to start editing content.

Adding text to a page

To add text to a page in SIM+CMS, you can type text directly in the editable region window, or you can cut and paste from a Microsoft Word document or other applications, for example Microsoft Excel, Internet Explorer, Adobe Acrobat.

When you paste text into a page in SIM+CMS, you can either:

use the Paste icon
select Edit > Paste from the browser menu bar
use the Ctrl+V Windows keyboard shortcut

When you copy text from another application, switch to SIM+CMS, position the cursor where you want to insert the contents of your clipboard, and then paste your content.

Working with colours

There are two ways to use the colour management system in SIM+CMS:

change foreground colour
change background colour

Both work the same way once you've selected whether you want to change the foreground or background colour...

For example if you want to change the colour of text, select the text with your mouse then simply click the Set Foreground Colour icon in the editor toolbar:

In another example, if you want to change the background colour of some text, select the text with your mouse then simply click the Set Background Colour icon in the editor toolbar:

Clicking either the Set Foreground Colour icon or the Set Background Colour icon will activate a dialog box like the one below:

You'll notice that there are two tabs: Custom Colour (as selected in the screenshot above) and Web Colours (as shown in the screenshot below).

When using the Custom Colour selection you have complete control over which colour you would like to use. A cross hair can be moved around the square region to select with pinpoint accuracy the exact colour you want and the slider can be dragged up and down the colour spectrum gauge to the right to change the range of colour you can select from.

You'll notice that the colour you've selected will be displayed along with its hexidecimal reference above the colour selection tool.

The Web Colours selection provides the full range of web safe colours for you to choose from. Simply click the colour cell from the table and away you go.

As soon as you've selected the colour you want to use, click the Update button.

Formatting paragraphs and document structure

How to align text:
First select the text you want to align, or position the cursor inside the paragraph you want to modify. SIM+CMS will apply text alignment to the whole paragraph, even if you only select one word in the paragraph.

Then click an alignment button on the Editor toolbar.

With SIM+CMS you can choose from four text alignment options: Left, Center, Right, and Justify.

How to indent text:
First select the text you want to indent, then click the Indent button on the Editor toolbar.

How to outdent text:
First select the text you want to outdent, then click the Outdent button on the Editor toolbar.

How to add paragraph spacing:
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How to add a horizontal rule:
Position the cursor where you'd like to insert a horizontal rule, then click the Insert Rule button on the Editor toolbar.

How to add a numbered list:
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How to add a bulleted list:
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Formatting text

With SIM+CMS you can apply text formatting to one letter or to whole paragraphs and blocks of text.

How to adjust text size:
First of all select the text you want to modify. Then select a size from the Font Size dropdown menu in the Editor toolbar.

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How to alter text font:
Firstly select the text you want to modify. Then select a font from the Font Name dropdown menu in the Editor toolbar.

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How to apply the bold, italic, or underline style to text:
First of all select the text you want to modify. Then click the Bold, Italic or Underline button in the Editor toolbar.

Alternatively you can use one of the following Windows shortcuts:

Ctrl+b for bold
Ctrl+i for italic
Ctrl+u for underline

Tip: It's good practice to not apply the underline style to normal text in web pages as people visiting your website will confuse the underlined text for a hyperlink. It's a good to apply the bold style when you want to emphasize text.

How to apply the strikethrough style to text:
First of all select the text you want to modify. Then click the Strikethrough button in the Editor toolbar.

How to change the text colour:
First of all select the text you want to modify. Then click the Set Foreground Colour button in the Editor toolbar.

See Working with colours for more information.

How to remove text formatting:
Firstly select the text you want to alter. Then click the Remove All Formatting button in the Editor toolbar.

How to insert special characters:
First select the place where you want to insert a special character. Next click the Special Characters button on the Editor toolbar.

Once you've clicked this button a pop-up window will display containing a table of special characters.

Simply place your mouse over the special character to preview in the right hand panel of the pop-up window.
Click a character to add it to the selection box, you can add more than one special character at a time.
Click the Select button to add the selected character(s) to your web page.

How to check spelling:
Click the Check Spelling button on the Editor toolbar.

Once you've clicked this button a pop-up window will display.

Using the spell check in SIM+CMS is like using a spell check in a word processing application. Except this one checks the source code of your page too!

Inserting Images

1 Inserting an image
2 Aligning an image
3 Resizing an image

Linking

1 Creating links
2 Changing a link
3 Checking for broken links

Saving web pages

Advanced: Selecting elements in the editable region

Setting page properties