Edit the email body

Write and format the distribution email.

Tip: Some of these settings affect distribution emails in a language that reads from right to left, like Arabic or Hebrew. For more information, see Right-to-left (RTL) surveys.
Use these options on the email editor's toolbar.
Option Description

Source

Switch back and forth between the normal and HTML views of the email.

For more information about the HTML code you can use in emails, see Allowed HTML tags and attributes.

Preview
Print

Preview your email in a new browser tab, or print a paper copy for review.

Cut
Copy
Paste
Paste as Plain Text
Paste from Word

Cut or copy selected text.

Paste text as is, as plain text, or from Microsoft Word (so that it retains any special formatting).

Undo
Redo

Undo your last change, or reverse the Undo action.

Find
Replace

Search for text in your email, or search for and replace found text.

Select All

Select all of an email's content at once.

Bold
Italic
Underline

Apply bold, italicized, or underlined formatting to selected text.

Insert/Remove Numbered List
Insert/Remove Bulleted List

Format your text using numbered or bulleted lists.

Decrease Indent
Increase Indent

Change the size of the indent preceding a line of text.

Align Left
Center
Align Right
Justify

Change the alignment of your text.

Align text from left to right

Align text from right to left

Changes the alignment of a paragraph from left to right or from right to left.

Styles

Apply pre-set, specialized styling and formatting to selected text.

Paragraph Format

Apply heading or normal paragraph formatting.

Font Name

Choose a font type. The following fonts are available:

  • Arial
  • Georgia
  • Hand of Sean
  • Helvetica
  • Montserrat
  • Open Sans
  • Raleway
  • Roboto
  • Times New Roman
  • Verdana
Note: If the community locale is set to an Asian language, the only available font options are Serif and Sans-Serif.

Font Size

Choose a font size.

Text Color
Background Color

Choose text and highlight colors.

Maximize

Click this button to expand the email editor to the full width of the browser window. Click again to restore the email editor to its original size.

Show Blocks

Click this button to display dotted outlines around different blocks of text.

Link

Insert a link or turn selected text into a link.

Click the Link button. In the Link dialog, leave Link Type set to URL. From the Protocol menu, select the link protocol. The default protocol is http://.

In the URL field, type the link address (for example, yourWebsite.com/privacypolicy.html). Click OK.

Unlink

Remove a link. Place your cursor in a link, and click the Unlink button.

Anchor

Insert an anchor (<a id="anchorname" name="anchorname"></a>) where your cursor is; the anchor can then be used to create special links that point to exact places in the email.

Upload Image

Insert an image in the email.
  1. Click Upload Image.
  2. In the Upload Image dialog, click Browse.
  3. Browse for your image, select it, and click Open.

    Follow these image file guidelines:

    • The maximum file size is 10 MB.
    • Supported formats are GIF, JPG, JPEG, or PNG.
    • For email header images, the recommended width is 600 pixels.

Table

Insert a table in the email. In the Table Properties dialog, you can specify basic and advanced properties, including:

  • The number of rows and columns
  • Table width and height
  • Cell spacing (the amount of space between cells, in pixels)
  • Cell padding (the amount of space that surrounds text inside of cells)
  • Headers
  • Border size (in pixels)
  • Alignment
  • Caption text
  • Summary text
  • Language direction (right to left, or left to right)
  • CSS

Insert Special Character

Select and insert a special character from a character map.