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[en] By using the emphasis element, you can create bold, italic, and underlined text. There are several ways to add the emphasis attribute to your content, and we will explain them all in this article.

Anmerkung

[en] Some other inline elements are automatically styled to have bold text for emphasis. For example, guilabel is designed for user interface labels and appears as bold text. You can apply guilabel and other inline elements by using the Element Context Menu. For instructions, see [en] Block elements and inline elements.

Tipp

[en] To apply more than one type of emphasis to the same text, use the toolbar options on the Edit toolbar. This is the only way to use a combination of emphasis styles.

[en] Add Emphasis from the Edit Toolbar

[en] To add emphasis from the Edit toolbar:

  1. [en] In the Content Manager, select a topic to open it in the editor.

  2. [en] Highlight the word or sequence of words that you want to be emphasized.

  3. [en] On the Edit tab, select the type of emphasis you want:

    Close-up of the left side of the Edit tab's toolbar. There are a series of icons. Going from the left, the third, fourth, and fifth icons are bold, italic, and underline. There are callout labels to highlight these options and bold is labelled 1, italic is labelled 2, and underline is labelled 3.

    1. [en] Bold

      [en] Bold uses the emphasis element. The emphasis element has a role attribute with a value of bold.

    2. [en] Italic

      [en] Italic uses the emphasis element on its own, with no role attribute.

      [en] Note that some people may find italic difficult to read, especially for long sequences of words. For readability, it may be better to use a different style for emphasis.

    3. [en] Underline

      [en] Underline uses the emphasis element with a role attribute that has its value set to underline.

    [en] Note that with the toolbar options, you do not have to manually add the emphasis element or its role attribute and value. You highlight your text, select the toolbar button, and Paligo applies the element, attribute, and value for you.

[en] Add Emphasis using Keyboard Shortcuts

[en] To use keyboard shortcuts to add emphasis:

  1. [en] In the Content Manager, select a topic to open it in the editor.

  2. [en] Highlight the word or sequence of words that you want to be emphasized.

  3. [en] Use the appropriate keyboard shortcut:

    • Fettdruck: Strg + B (Windows) ODER Command ⌘ + B (Mac)

    • Kursiv: Strg + I (Windows) ODER Command ⌘ + I (Mac)

      [en] Note that some people may find italic difficult to read, especially for long sequences of words. For readability, it may be better to use a different style for emphasis.

    • Unterstrichen: Strg + U (Windows) ODER Command ⌘ + U (Mac)

[en] Add Emphasis using the Element Context Menu

[en] To use the Element Context Menu to add emphasis:

  1. [en] In the Content Manager, select a topic to open it in the editor.

  2. [en] Highlight the word or sequence of words that you want to be emphasized.

  3. Drücken Sie Alt + Enter ⏎ (Windows) oder Command ⌘ + Enter ⏎ (Mac), um den Kontextmenü „Elemente“ anzuzeigen.

  4. [en] Select the emphasis element to apply it to your selected text.

    [en] If you want to use italic as the emphasis style, you can ignore steps 5 and 6. Continue from step 7.

    [en] If you want to use bold or underline as the emphasis style, continue from step 5.

  5. [en] Select the emphasis element in your text so that you can see it as the last entry on the Element Structure Menu.

    Close-up of Element Structure Menu, which is shown below the toolbar. It has from left-to-right section, simplesect, procedure, step, para, emphasis. A callout arrow points to emphasis.

  6. [en] In the Element attributes side panel, give the emphasis element the role attribute. Set the role attribute's value to the style that you want:

    • [en] bold

      Element attributes side panel. The emphasis element is selected and it has been given a role attribute with the value set to bold.

    • [en] underline

      Element attributes side panel. The emphasis element is selected and it has been given a role attribute with the value set to underline.

    Anmerkung

    [en] Italic text uses the emphasis element without a role attribute or value.

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