When you paste text from the Microsoft word desktop app (using standard paste), all supported formatting is kept. The following formatting is supported:

• Links to other webpages
• Bulleted and numbered lists
• Basic styles (Bold, Underline, Italic, Strikethrough)
• Text alignment (left-align, right-align, center-align, justify)
• Basic tables

NOTE: If you paste text from a source other than the Microsoft word desktop app (including the web-based Microsoft word app), you might see differences in the supported formatting.

The following formatting is not supported and is removed:

• Colors and highlights
• Font (The text is automatically converted to the correct font for your site.)
• Size (All text is pasted in normal paragraph size.)

To use standard paste:

1. Copy the text to your clipboard.
2. Position the cursor where you want to insert the text.
3. Paste the text using the Ctrl + V / ⌘ Command + V keyboard shortcut.

When you paste as plain text, all formatting is removed.

To paste as plain text:

1. Copy the text to your clipboard.
2. Position the cursor where you want to insert the text.
3. In the text editor bar, hit the Paste as plain text button.
4. Under Content, paste the text using the Ctrl + V / ⌘ Command + V keyboard shortcut.
5. Hit Add.

To apply an inline style:

1. Highlight the text you want to style.
2. Select a style in the text editor bar or via Styles > Inline styles.

To remove an inline style:

1. Highlight the styled text.
2. Hit the Remove formatting button in the text editor bar.

To apply a block style:

1. Highlight the block of text you want to style.
2. Select a block style via Styles > Block styles.

To remove a block style:

1. Highlight the styled text.
2. Hit the Remove formatting button in the text editor bar.

To apply a format:

1. Highlight the block of text you want to format.
2. Select a format in the Formats selector.

To remove a format:

1. Highlight the formatted text.
2. Go to Formats > Normal text.

To insert an embed:

1. Position the cursor where you want to insert the item.
2. Hit the Insert embedded content button in the text editor bar.

For detailed instructions, see the relevant article below:

• Embed images
• Embed external media
• Directly embed your content
• Embed See also links

After you insert an embed, you see a placeholder representing the embed in the Pangea text editor.

To see exactly how the embed will look on the published page, select Preview in the left panel. You see a preview of the published page. You can check how the page will look when viewed on desktop, tablet, and mobile.

To update the settings for an embed, select Edit on the placeholder. (This option is not available for all types of embeds.)

You cannot edit the actual content, but you can change how the embed is displayed on the current page. For example, for an embedded image, you might change the caption or size.

To remove an embed, select Remove on the placeholder.

To insert a simple link:

1. Highlight the link text.
2. Hit the Add / Edit link button in the text editor bar.
3. Under Link, ensure Link to URL is selected.
4. Under URL and Protocol, define the URL for the link.
5. Under Link option, choose how the link will open.
6. Hit Add.

The following rules apply when you enter the URL:

• You do not need to include www. or the protocol (https://). For example, you might enter just 'rferl.org/Farda-English'.
• Relative links to the same site are not supported. For example, you need to enter 'rferl.org/Farda-English' (not 'Farda-English').
• If you face issues, ensure the URL does not include a trailing space at the end. You will not be able to add the link if the URL includes a space.

To edit a simple link:

1. Right-click the link.
2. Hit Add / Edit link.

To remove a simple link:

1. Right-click the link.
2. Hit Unlink.

To insert an Expandable note:

1. Position the cursor where you want to insert the Expandable note.
2. Hit the Add Expandable note button in the text editor bar.

A placeholder appears for the new expandable note. Click inside the placeholder to add the title and content. The title for an Expandable note can include just basic text. The content might include:

• Paragraphs and headings
• Styled text
• Links
• Lists
• Embedded content

When adding content to an Expandable note, you can use the options in the main text editor bar.

To delete an Expandable note, manually delete all the text and embeds from inside the placeholder. When it is empty, the placeholder disappears.

To insert a quote:

1. Position the cursor where you want to insert the quote.
2. Hit the Add quote button in the text editor bar.
3. Under Quote, enter the quote. You do not need to include quotation marks.
4. Under Footer text, optionally add the source of the quote (normally the person who said the words).
5. Under Footer URL, optionally enter a URL to link from the footer.
6. Tick Display quotation mark to show an enlarged quotation mark.
7. Hit Add.

To edit a quote, hit the Edit button in the placeholder.

To remove a quote, hit the Remove button in the placeholder.

To insert a list:

1. Enter the list items. After every item, press the enter key on your keyboard.
2. Highlight all the list items.
3. Hit the relevant button in the text editor bar:
   • Add / remove bulleted list
   • Add / remove numbered list

To remove a list:

1. Highlight the list.
2. Hit the relevant button in the text editor bar:
   • Add / remove bulleted list
   • Add / remove numbered list

To change the text alignment:

1. Highlight the text you want to align.
2. Hit the relevant button in the text editor bar:
   • Align left
   • Center
   • Align right
   • Justify

To create an anchor:

1. Highlight the anchor text.
2. Hit the Add anchor button in the text editor bar.
3. Under Anchor name, create a name for the anchor.
4. Hit Add.

When you create the Anchor name, consider the following:

• We suggest using only lower-case letters with no spaces.
• You cannot use the same anchor name multiple times on the same page.
• When you insert a link to the anchor, you will need to enter the anchor name.
• The name will be visible in the URL after a visitor clicks a link to the anchor.

To insert a link to an already created anchor on the same page:

1. Highlight the link text.
2. Hit the Insert link button in the text editor bar.
3. Under Link, select Link to anchor in the text.
4. Under Anchor name, enter the anchor name for the relevant anchor.
5. Hit Add.

To insert a link to an anchor, you need to know the anchor name. To check the anchor name:

1. Right-click the anchor text (marked with a red flag).
2. Select Add / Edit anchor.

To remove an anchor:

1. Right-click the anchor text (marked with a red flag).
2. Select Remove anchor.

To insert a table:

1. Position the cursor where you want to insert the table.
2. Hit the Add table button in the text editor bar.

Provide the following details:

• Rows: Specify the number of horizontal rows. You will be able to add and delete rows later if needed.
• Columns: Specify the number of vertical columns. You will be able to add and delete columns later if needed.
• Caption: Optionally provide a caption to display above the table. The caption typically summarizes the table contents.
• Headers: Specify which cells (if any) will be header cells. Header cells have a gray background.

When you are ready, hit Add.

The empty table appears in the text editor. Click inside any cell to start entering text. The width and height of each cell is set automatically, according to the amount of text.

To add a new row to an existing table:

1. Right-click inside a cell and select Row.
2. Click Insert row before or Insert row after.

To add a new column to an existing table:

1. Right-click inside a cell and select Column.
2. Click Insert column before or Insert column after.

To delete a row from an existing table:

1. Right-click inside the row you want to delete.
2. Go to Row > Delete rows.

To delete a column from an existing table:

1. Right-click inside the column you want to delete.
2. Go to Column > Delete columns.

To merge two cells into one:

1. Right-click inside the left-most or top-most cell you want to merge.
2. Go to Cell.
3. Select Merge right or Merge down.

To split one cell into two:

1. Right-click inside the cell you want to split.
2. Go to Cell.
3. Select Split cell horizontally or Split cell vertically.

To delete a table:

1. Right-click inside the table.
2. Select Delete table.

To insert a special character:

1. Position the cursor where you want to insert the special character.
2. Hit the Insert special character button in the text editor bar.
3. Select the special character you want to insert.