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Text Element Overview
Text Element Overview

Using the Text Element, Text Color, Text Formatting, Text Styling, Text Editor, Creating a Blast

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Written by Robert Lanckton
Updated over a week ago

To use the Text Element, you first need to select it or drag and drop it where you want it placed in your Blast.

We utilize a widely-used text editor called Froala. It offers a modern HTML based text editor, designed for text creation that meets today's web standards. The features available for text creation and formatting are listed below.

Tools in the first row of the toolbar

  • Bold

  • Italicize

  • Underline

  • Font Family

  • Font Size (PX)

  • Text Color

  • Add Personalization Field

Tools in the second row of the toolbar

  • Insert table

  • Add or apply numbered list

  • Add or apply bulleted list

  • Insert or apply link

  • Text alignment

  • Line height

  • Clear formatting

  • More Miscellaneous Tools

Tools in the miscellaneous toolbar

To access these, click the three vertical dots at the end on the second toolbar row (shown above).

  • Paragraph Style

    • Gray: Turns text Gray.

    • Bordered: Adds black border lines above and below text.

    • Spaced: Adds 1 pixel space between letters.

    • Uppercase: Changes all letters to uppercase.

  • Paragraph Format

    • Apply heading formats 1-6 and default paragraph (body) format.

  • Increase Indent

  • Decrease Indent

  • Subscript

  • Superscript

  • Strike Through

  • Background color (Highlight)

Note: If a Header is applied after a new Font Size has been selected, the Header itself will be applied, but the selected Font Size will remain.

Layout Options

To learn about the layout options available for the Blast Elements, or to learn how to set default custom fonts and colors for your Blasts, check out these articles.

Pro-Cerkler Tip: When using Copy and Paste into the Text Editor, there can be a few unexpected occurences depending on the source application.
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When possible, we recommend pasting text without formatting applied, then applying formatting and links in our editor.
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If you are experiencing copy and paste issues inside the Text Element, please check out our article: Copy and Paste Issue Troubleshooting.
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If you have any questions at all, please don't hesitate to reach out to us at support@cerkl.com or use the support Chat toward the bottom right-hand corner of any cerkl.com page.

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