Creating bold text

Background

Starting point

The procedure in this topic assumes Skribenta is installed and configured for normal operation, and:

You have logged into Skribenta.
You are assigned to one of the following user roles: content provider, technical writer or administrator.
You have selected the workspace you want to work in.
A content file or a configuration file is created in the workspace.
You have browsed to and opened the file in the Workspace view or the Publications view.
The file has an XML element that can contain text, such as a paragraph, a title, or a table caption.

Your need

You need to create bold text in your file content.

The possibility

It is possible to make text in bold. You can make certain words bold or all make all content in an element bold.

About this task

What you will learn

This instruction tells you how to create bold text in a content or configuration file.

The result

Typing text in bold

This is the file content before typing text in bold:

This is the file content after typing text in bold in the body part:

In the shown images, the XML tags are visible. To show XML tags, see Turning XML element tags on or off.

Making existing text bold

This is the file content before making existing text bold:

This is the file content after making existing text bold in the body part:

In the shown images, the XML tags are visible. To show XML tags, see Turning XML element tags on or off.

Making an element content bold

This is the file content before making an element content bold:

This is the file content after making a paragraph element content bold in the body part:

In the shown images, the XML tags are visible. To show XML tags, see Turning XML element tags on or off.

Overall steps

Open the file, then type new text in bold or make existing text bold in the file.

Time

Less than 1 minute

Procedure

Typing text in bold

In the shown images, the XML tags are visible. To show XML tags, see Turning XML element tags on or off.

1. Make sure that the step(s) in section "Starting point" (see section "Background" above) are performed.

2. In your file content, put the caret where you want to create bold text.

3. On the top toolbar, click Format > Bold (or press Ctrl+B).

A paragraph element containing an empty bold element is created.

4. Type your text in the bold element.

Alternative procedure: Making existing text bold

In the shown images, the XML tags are visible. To show XML tags, see Turning XML element tags on or off.

1. Make sure that the step(s) in section "Starting point" (see section "Background" above) are performed.

2. In your file content, select the text that you want to make bold.

3. On the top toolbar, click Format > Bold (or press Ctrl+B).

The selected text is placed inside a bold element.

Alternative procedure: Making an element content bold

In the shown images, the XML tags are visible. To show XML tags, see Turning XML element tags on or off.

1. Make sure that the step(s) in section "Starting point" (see section "Background" above) are performed.

2. In your file content, right-click the element that you want to make bold.

A pop-up list opens.

3. In the pop-up list, select the element icon.

A toolbar opens.

4. On the toolbar, click Format > Bold.

The element content is now bold.

The attribute style with the value font-weight:bold has been added to the element.