HTML Editor

Use

In the configuration of the HTML editor, you can specify the security mode and activate or deactivate security-relevant editing functions, such as the insertion of HTML text.

Integration

You can use a secure HTML editor for the following applications:

Feedback
Reviews
Personal notes
Discussions
Editing HTML files
Editing HTML properties for documents
Structuring forms
Tasks
Meeting records
Session records
Groupware (for example, e-mail text)

Features

You can activate or deactivate the following settings and editing functions:

Note

Note that not all functions configured using the parameters in the table are available in all above listed applications. For example, you cannot insert graphics in feedback and reviews.

Secure HTML Editor Parameters

Parameter	Description
`Always Use Secure HTML Editor`	If you activate this parameter, users of the HTML editor can only change the formatting (bold, italics, underlining). All other functions are deactivated for security reasons. You can allow other editing functions or further limit the functions provided (see the following parameters). This parameter is deactivated in the standard system.
`Allow Only Basic Formatting`	If you activate this parameter, the editor only allows changes to the formatting (bold, italics, underlining). No other editing functions are supported and insertion of HTML-formatted text is not possible. Choose this option to provide the HTML editor in the most secure mode. The `Always Use Secure HTML Editor` parameter must be activated.
`Allow Links`	Specifies whether or not links can be used. The `Always Use Secure HTML Editor` parameter must be activated.
`Activate Clipboard Buttons`	Specifies whether or not the cut, copy, and paste functions can be used. The `Always Use Secure HTML Editor` parameter must be activated.
`Allow Preview`	Specifies whether or not the preview can be used. The `Always Use Secure HTML Editor` parameter must be activated.
`Allow Indenting`	Specifies whether or not text can be indented. The `Always Use Secure HTML Editor` parameter must be activated.
`Allow Tables`	Specifies whether or not tables can be used. The `Always Use Secure HTML Editor` parameter must be activated.
`Allow Bullets and Numbering`	Specifies whether or not bulleted lists and numbered lists can be used. The `Always Use Secure HTML Editor` parameter must be activated.
`Allow Images`	Specifies whether or not graphics can be used. The `Always Use Secure HTML Editor` parameter must also be activated.
`Allow Text Size and Font Settings`	Specifies whether or not font and font size settings can be used. The `Always Use Secure HTML Editor` parameter must be activated.
`Allow Color Settings`	Specifies whether or not color formatting can be used. The `Always Use Secure HTML Editor` parameter must be activated.

Note

Caution

The deactivation of editing functions can affect existing documents. When saving an existing document that contains deactivated elements, for example, tables, the system hides these elements (and displays, for example, only the text in the table cells). Graphics in documents are removed.

Activities

To change the configuration of the secure HTML editor, choose in the portal System Administration → System Configuration → Knowledge Management → Content Management → Utilities → Editing → HTML Editing.