The text editor is the box in a Moodle course where users can write text. Note the editing toolbar in the screenshot of the text editor below.
![editing toolbar](http://media.royalroads.ca/owl/media/knowledgebase/Moodle-Text-editor-buttons/Editing-toolbar.png)
There are many options in the editing toolbar that allow you to customize the content you share:
![editing toolbar expanded](http://media.royalroads.ca/owl/media/knowledgebase/Moodle-Text-editor-buttons/Editing-toolbar2.png)
If you can't see all of these options, look for the expand icon. This button reveals hidden editing functions.
![expand button](http://media.royalroads.ca/owl/media/knowledgebase/Moodle-Text-editor-buttons/expand.png)
The different functions of the editing toolbar are shown below.
![Funtions 1](http://media.royalroads.ca/owl/media/knowledgebase/Moodle-Text-editor-buttons/Editing1.png)
- Paragraph formatting: reveals a drop-down menu of formatting options
- Bold: selected text appears in bold
- Italics: selected text is italicised
- Bulleted list: selected text appears as a list preceded by bullets
- Numbered list: selected text appears as a list preceded by sequential numbers
![Functions 2](http://media.royalroads.ca/owl/media/knowledgebase/Moodle-Text-editor-buttons/Editing2.png)
- Decrease indent: position of text will move to the left
- Increase indent: position of text will move to the right
- Left to right: changes the direction of writing to left-to-right
- Right to left: changes the direction of writing to right-to-left
- Insert special character: reveals a pop-up window with a selection of special characters
- Insert table: reveals a pop-up window to create a table
- Remove formatting: removes all formatting from selected text
- Accessibility checker: checks for issues that may make it difficulty for people with disabilities to read or use the text
- Screenreader helper: checks that links and images are labelled in a way that allows people using screenreaders to access text
- HTML editor: displays the code of the page; use this button to embed video and other content from other webpages (learn how here)
- Math editor: reveals a pop-up window that allows users to insert mathematical and chemical formulas
![Funtions 3](http://media.royalroads.ca/owl/media/knowledgebase/Moodle-Text-editor-buttons/Editing3.png)
- Insert image: reveals a pop-up window to insert an image (note that there may be file size restrictions depending on the course settings)
- Insert emoticon: reveals a pop-up menu to insert an emoticon, such as:
![(wink)](/wiki/s/-1247267630/6452/218f06526c42fbbb292070817077d289668cd0ab/_/images/icons/emoticons/wink.png)
- Insert video/audio: reveals a pop-up menu to upload and insert video or audio files (note: there may be file size restrictions when using this option; Kaltura recommended instead.)
- Manage files: reveals a pop-up menu to insert a file into the text that readers can download.
- Kaltura media button: reveals the Kaltura MyMedia library, allowing users to insert video and audio with almost no file size or file type restriction (learn more about sharing video/audio using Kaltura here)
- Undo: reverses the last action(s)
- Redo: repeats the last action(s)
![Functions 4](http://media.royalroads.ca/owl/media/knowledgebase/Moodle-Text-editor-buttons/Editing4.png)
- Underline: text will appear with an underline
- Strikethrough: text will appear with a line through the middle
- Subscript: selected text will appear below the rest of the text on the line
- Superscript: selected text will appear above the rest of the text on the line
- Left align: selected text will be aligned to the left of the screen
- Align centre: selected text will be aligned in the centre of the screen
- Right align: selected text will be aligned to the right of the screen
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