Rich Text: Formatting, Lists, And Links

Goal: Write a passage that needs more than plain sentences.
Time: 3 minutes
You need: A page with a Main slot you can edit

Steps

  1. In the Main slot, select Add Block, then choose Rich Text.
  2. Type your text in the editor. The toolbar gives you bold, italic, strikethrough, inline Code, Link, bullet and numbered lists, indent and outdent, Quote, and Clear.
  3. Select some text and use Link to turn it into a link.
  4. Start a list with the list button, or by typing - or 1. at the start of a line. Inside a list, Tab and Shift+Tab change the level.
  5. Use Undo and Redo when you need to reverse or repeat an edit. For a longer passage, select Focus mode to write with a larger area, persistent toolbar, and word count. Select Return to block when finished.
  6. Select Save New Block. Focus mode keeps changes in the same form; returning does not save the block.
Rich Text block editor showing the formatting toolbar and a formatted paragraph with a list.
Public page showing formatted rich text with bold, italic, and a bullet list.

Shortcuts Worth Knowing

  • Ctrl/Cmd + B bold, Ctrl/Cmd + I italic, Ctrl/Cmd + K link
  • Ctrl/Cmd + Z undo; Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + Z redo, or Ctrl + Y on supported keyboards
  • Type > at the start of a line to begin a quote
  • Clear strips formatting from the selection — useful after pasting from a word processor

Notes

  • Rich Text deliberately does not do headings. Use a Header block instead, so the page keeps a real heading structure that screen readers and search engines can follow.
  • Formatting is limited on purpose: paragraphs, bold, italic, strikethrough, inline code, links, quotes, and nesting lists. Anything the editor refuses to keep was never going to render safely.
  • Undo and redo keep a bounded history for each Rich Text field, including typing, paste, lists, quotes, and link changes. They restore the caret or selection and are not a substitute for page version history.
  • Pasted headings and table cells keep their text as body paragraphs. Create a Header or Table block when you need their original structure.
  • Pasted markup is cleaned up, not trusted. If you need raw markup, that is the HTML block — and it has its own warnings.
  • For a plain paragraph with no formatting at all, Plain Text is lighter.
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