The rich text editor

The TYPO3 text editing interface is not much different from a word processor. The options available in the toolbars vary depending on how your TYPO3 installation is configured.

You can format text, set the alignment, insert tables and symbols and add internal and external links to text.

Creating a link

Select the text you want to link.
Click the Link icon in the toolbar. The Link Browser window displays.

This window lets you link to an internal page, file, folder, external URL, email address or phone number.

Internal links

You can link to an internal file, folder, page or content element on a page.

On the Page tab, select the page in the page tree that you want to link to.

Alternatively, you can link to a specific point (anchor) on the page. Browse to the page you want to link to, then click the arrow icon next to the page name. The content elements on that page are displayed and you can select the content element you want to link to.

The Link Browser window closes and the link is added to your text.

External links

In the Link Browser window, go to the *External URL tab.
Type your link in the URL field.
In the Target drop-down list, select New window to open the link in a new browser window.
Click the Set Link button to close the Link Browser window.

Removing a link

To remove a link from text, put your cursor anywhere in the linked text then click the Unlink icon on the toolbar.

Tip

If you are more comfortable using shortcuts, there are different kinds of keyboard commands you can use in the backend forms.