Some new ELOG improvements are now available. The SLAC ELOG system now has the FCKeditor integrated into the  Elog entry and supercede forms. This open source software allows users to use a WSIWYG editor to create a rich entry with functionality just like MS Word. The FCKeditor, which we are referring to it as the Advanced Editor, will allow users to write text, insert links, create a table, use a spell checker and much more. Some of the features have been disabled in our integration since some of them are not compatible with our system but  you might see these features referred to in the documentation.

 

Since not all users will want to use the Advanced editor, or will be using a browser that is supported, the Advanced editor will be toggled off by default. Users will need to switch to the Advanced editor on each entry form by using the button above the entry’s text field.  Users can easily switch back and forth freely without the loss of information

 

In addition to the Advanced editor feature, we have added a button which will insert a link into the an ELOG entry that links to Artemis. It will prompt the user for an Artemis ID # and create the link inside the text of the entry. This feature is only available while in the Advanced editor mode.

 

Information and help about the Advanced editor can be found by pressing the Image:About.png icon while in the Advanced editor mode and then following the external SLAC link for more information.  

 

A helpful quick reference of functions can be found below (links are to external site):

Compatible browsers

 

Windows

Mac

Linux

Internet Explorer 5.5+

YES

N/A

N/A

Firefox 1.5+

YES

YES

YES

Safari 3.0+

YES

YES

N/A

Opera 9.5+

YES

YES

YES

Netscape 7.1+

YES

YES

YES

Camino 1.0+

N/A

YES

N/A

 

 

Common Toolbar Functions

Toolbar Element

Function

Image:Source.gif

View or edit the document source code (for advanced users). See Source Editor.

Image:New.png

Removes all contents, creating a new blank page.

Image:Save.png

Saves the page you were editing.

Image:Preview.gif

Preview what the HTML page will look like for users.

Image:Templates.gif

Select a layout template. See Templates

Image:Cut.gif

Cut the highlighted text to the clipboard. See Cut, Copy and Paste.

Image:Copy.gif

Copy the highlighted text to the clipboard. See Cut, Copy and Paste.

Image:Paste.gifImage:Pastetext.gif

Paste the data copied to the clipboard (with or without formatting). See Cut, Copy and Paste.

Image:Pasteword.gif

Paste content copied from Microsoft Word or similar applications. See Cut, Copy and Paste.

Image:Print.gif

Print the current document. See Printing.

Image:Spellcheck.gif

Spell check the text in the document. See Spell Checking.

Image:Undo.gifImage:Redo.gif

Undo or redo the most recent action taken. See Undo and Redo.

Image:Find.gif

Find a word or phrase within the document. See Find and Replace.

Image:Replace.gif

Find and replace a word or phrase within the document. See Find and Replace.

Image:Selectall.gif

Select the entire text in the document.

Image:Removeformat.gif

Remove the formatting from the highlighted text.

Image:Bold.gifImage:Italic.gifImage:Underline.gifImage:Strikethrough.gif

Applies bold, italic, underscore or strikethrough formatting to the highlighted text.See Text Formatting.

Image:Subscript.gifImage:Superscript.gif

Superscript or subscript the highlighted text.See Superscript and subscript in Text Formatting.

Image:Insertorderedlist.gifImage:Insertunorderedlist.gif

Creates numbered or bulleted lists. See Creating Lists.

Image:Outdent.gifImage:Indent.gif

Increase or decrease the text indentation.

Image:Blokquote.png

Format a block of text to identify quotations (text provenient from other sources).

Image:Justifyleft.gifImage:Justifycenter.gifImage:Justifyright.gifImage:Justifyfull.gif

Sets the text alignment (left, centered, right or justified). See Text layout and format in Text Formatting.

Image:Link.gifImage:Unlink.gif

Converts or removes the text in hyperlinks. It may also by used to manage file uploads and links to files on the web server. See Links, E-Mails and Anchors.

Image:Anchor.png

Inserts or modifies a link anchor. See Links, E-Mails and Anchors

Image:Flash.png

Inserts a Adobe Flash element into the page.

Image:Table.gif

Creates a table with the defined number of columns and rows. See Tables.

Image:Inserthorizontalrule.gif

Inserts a divider line (horizontal rule).

Image:Specialchar.gif

Inserts symbols & special characters (accented characters, trademark, currency symbol, etc.).

Image:Pagebreak.gif

Inserts a printing page break. Only impacts printed version.

Image:FCK_style.gif

Styles & formatting determine the appearance and semantic value of you document. You may use the drop down boxes to apply styles, set the font, its size, etc. To remove the applied style select the style name again. See Text Formatting.

Image:Textcolor.gif

Changes the color of the text. See Size and color in Text Formatting.

Image:Bgcolor.gif

Changes the background color of the text. See Size and color in Text Formatting.

Image:Maximize.png

Maximizes the editor size inside the browser.

Image:Show_blocks.png

Shows where the block elements boundaries in the text.

Image:About.png

Shows information about the FCKeditor.

Form Functions

Toolbar Element

Function

Image:Checkbox.png

Inserts a checkbox to the page.

 

Keyboard Keystrokes

From FCKeditor Docs

Many functions in the FCKeditor have their keyboard keystrokes. They make the work with the editor faster and easier. Below you will find an alphabetical list with all of the keyboard shortcuts: