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WordPress Basics | UWM Post
  • Introduction
  • Accessing the News Site
    • Accessing UWM Post
    • Logging in to UWM Post
    • Resetting Your Password
    • Switching from Dashboard to Live Site
  • Working with Text and Links
    • Creating a Post
    • Adding Categories and Tags
    • Working with Content in the Visual Editor
    • Working with Content in the Text Editor
    • Creating a Link
    • Editing a Link
    • Editing the URL of a Post
  • Working with Media
    • Working with a Style Guide
    • Adding an Image to a Post
    • Wrapping Text Around an Image
    • Changing the Size of an Image
    • Adding a Caption to an Image, MP3, or Video
    • Adding Alt Text to an Image
    • Removing an Image from a Post
    • Setting a Featured Image
    • Adding an MP3 to a Post
    • Removing an MP3 from a Post
    • Adding a Video to a Post
    • Removing a Video from a Post
    • Adding a PDF to a Post
    • Removing a PDF from a Post
    • Adding a Horizontal Line to a Post
    • Removing a Horizontal Line from a Post
    • Adding an Image with MP3 to a Post
  • Administrator Actions
    • Working with Roles and Adding Users
    • Publishing a Pending Post
  • Troubleshooting
    • Unable to Log Into News Site
    • Post has Weird Formatting or Spacing
    • Text and Images are Totally Misaligned
    • Featured Image is Wrong or Upside Down on Social Media
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  1. Working with Text and Links

Working with Content in the Visual Editor

The Visual editor is a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor similar to Microsoft Word.

To format text in the Visual editor, select the text and use the formatting tools at the top of the editor.

  1. When working with a post, select the the Visual tab.

  2. You may need to click the Toolbar Toggle button (in the formatting toolbar) to see all of the formatting options.

  3. To add content, click within the editor and type (or paste) your content. Note: If you're pasting content copied from website (or Google Drive, email, etc.), click the Paste as text button in the formatting toolbar.

  4. If necessary, highlight text in the Visual editor and apply formatting using the formatting toolbar.

  5. When finished, click Submit for Review or Publish.

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