What is the context?
The Document Editor within Meddbase is a powerful tool designed to enable users to create, format, and edit documents efficiently. It offers a familiar interface for anyone accustomed to working with text editors, ensuring ease of use and flexibility. Whether drafting reports, letters, or notes, the Document Editor streamlines the process of content creation, providing essential tools to maintain consistency throughout documents.
What is the purpose of the article?
The purpose of this article is to provide users with a comprehensive overview of the features available in the Meddbase Document Editor.
What is the Document Editor?
The Document Editor provides users with a comprehensive and intuitive platform for template and document creation and management. Key features include a highly-customisable Styleset tool, which allows users to pre-define the look and feel of various document elements like tables, headings, and formatted text. To learn more, see Document Editor Stylesets.
This ensures uniformity and professionalism in documents. The following section outlines the features available within the Meddbase text editor to help users make the most of its capabilities.
Features and Functionality of the Document Editor
The table below identifies and explains the features and functionality within the Meddbase Document editor.
| Label | Feature | Description |
| A | Save | Save the current document. |
| B | Print the document. | |
| C | Zoom | Zoom in or out of the document view. |
| D | Header and Footer | Add or modify headers and footers in the document. |
| E | Source Code | View or edit the source code of the document. |
| F | Undo and Redo | Undo or redo the last action performed. |
| G | Paste | Paste copied content into the document. |
| H | Typography Settings | Bold, Italic, Underline, Strike Through, Subscript, and Superscript. |
| I | Copy Formatting | Copy the formatting of selected text. |
| J | Lists | Numbered and Bullet Point lists. |
| K | Indent | Decrease or Increase the indent of text. |
| L | Blockquote | Apply a blockquote style to the text. |
| M | Text Alignment | Align text (left, right, centre, justified). |
| N | Link | Insert or edit a hyperlink. |
| O | Image |
Insert an image into the document, either web-hosted via a URL or upload from your device. Also click on this when selecting an image in the document to edit image settings. |
| P | Table |
Insert a table or modify an existing table in the document. |
| Q | Insert Horizontal Line | Insert a horizontal line in the document. |
| R | Insert Page Break | Insert a page break to start a new page. (For printing) |
| S | Style Set | Apply a predefined style set to the document. |
| T | Pre-set text styles | Choose from pre-set text styles. |
| U | Font | Change the font style. |
| V | Size of Font | Adjust the size of the selected font. |
| W | Font Colour and Highlight Colour | Change the font colour and apply the highlight colour. |
| X | Body of Document | The main content area of the document. |
Helpful hints and tips
Tables - Fixed Column width (with CSS styling)
When adding a table to the editor, you may notice the column width changing as you type in the cell.
To stop this from happening, we can fix the layout. To do this, click Source and look for <table style="">
If you have a set width, after the px, paste in
;table-layout: fixed;
The source code should now look like:
Click OK to apply changes.
Review date
This article was last updated on 29th January 2025.