Text Area Paragraph
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Text Area Paragraph is the most flexible tool you have with a variety of typography, image, and link styles. It makes it easy to update web pages without any knowledge of HTML.
The Text Area Paragraph is the meat and potatoes Paragraph. It includes all of the options you'll need to display your text through the "Normal" menu and "Styles" menu. You can set the different alignment of your text, add links (and style those links as buttons or action links), add images and video, unordered or ordered lists, tables, and quotes. You'll inevitably use is across your website (as generally speaking, the majority of Stanford websites are for text purposes). This section outlines how best to use your Text Area.
Working with the Text Editor
Learn about the most flexible tool you have with the Text Area Paragraph.
Text Editing Toolbar
Learn more about the text editing toolbar
Add styling to text
Learn about how to add styling to text.
MathJax: Displaying math notation on your page
The JavaScript display engine MathJax allows you to display beautiful and accessible math in all browsers.
Work with images and other media in a text area
Learn more about how to add images, video and other media in a text area.
Tables
Tables are a great option to provide a structured way of showing large amounts of information and they make organizing information in a clean and readable way very easy.
Add Font Awesome icons
Using symbols such as icons to augment the text on your website can improve comprehension and clarify your message.
Checking Page Accessibility
Stanford Sites provides the Editora11y Accessibility Checker for checking accessibility after saving the page.