Rich Text Editor
You can use a Rich Text Editor to format the Message text when creating/modifying the following Notification types, Comments and Notes:
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Workflow Notifications, such as:
- Resource Request Workflow Notifications (Setup > Workforce Planning)
- Work Item Workflow Notifications (Setup > Work)
- Financial Workflow Notifications (Setup > Financial)
- Expense Workflow Notifications (Setup > Expense)
- Timesheet Workflow Notifications (Setup > Timesheet)
- Project Workflow Notifications (Setup > Work)
- Work Processes Notifications (Setup > Work Processes)
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Notifications, such as:
- System Notifications (Setup > Notifications > System Notifications)
- Budget Notifications (Setup > Notifications > Budget Notifications)
- Workforce Planning Notifications (Setup > Notifications > Workforce Planning Notifications)
- Client PO Notifications (Setup > Notifications > Client PO Notifications)
- Announcement Notifications (Setup > Notifications > Announcement Notifications)
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Notes, available in the following areas:
- Project Notes:
- Project Edit (Project List > Project Edit > Attachments > Notes)
Note: You can mention users in Project Notes. For further details, refer to Using Mentions in Comments and Notes.
- Status Reports (Project List > Project Edit > Status Reports > Attachments > Notes)
- Project Edit (Project List > Project Edit > Attachments > Notes)
- Organization Breakdown Structure (OBS)
- User Edit (Setup > Organization > Users > User Edit > Attachments > Notes)
- Work Plan Booking/Resource Request Notes
- Group Work Plan: Setup > Organization > Groups > Group Edit
- User Work Plan: Setup > Organization > Users > User Edit
- Role Work Plan: Setup > Organization > Roles > Role Edit
- Project Work Plan: Project List > Project Edit > Planners Or Project List > Context Menu
- Resource Scheduling Work Plan: Entries > Resource Scheduling
- Project Scheduling Work Plan: Entries > Project Scheduling
- My Work Plan: Entries > My Work Plan
Note: You can mention users in Work Plan Booking Notes. For further details, refer to Using Mentions in Comments and Notes.
- Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
- Client Edit (Setup > Work > Clients> Client Edit > Attachments > Notes
- Client Contact Edit (Setup > Work > Clients > Client Edit > Contacts > Contact Edit > Attachments > Notes)
- Client Invoice Edit (Setup > Work > Clients > Client Edit > Invoices > Invoice Edit > Attachments > Notes)
- Client PO Edit (Setup > Work > Clients > PO Edit > Client POs Prepayment Charge > Notes)
- Portfolio Edit (Setup > Work > Portfolios > Portfolio Edit > Attachments > Notes)
- Portfolio Projects Edit (Setup > Work > Portfolios > Portfolio Edit > Projects > Project Edit > Attachments > Notes )
- Work Type Edit (Setup > Work > Work Types > Work Type Edit > Attachments > Notes)
- Task Edit (Setup > Work > Tasks > Task Edit > Attachments > Notes)
- Entries
- Leave Request Edit (Entries > Leave Request Manager > Leave Request Edit > Attachment > Notes)
- Work Item Manager (Entries > Work Item Manager > Work Item Edit > Attachment > Notes)
- Charges My Entries/Approval (Entries > Charges > My Entries/Approval > Charge Entry Edit > Attachments > Notes)
- Products My Entries/Approval (Entries > Products > My Entries/Approval > Product Entry Edit > Attachments > Notes)
- Timesheet Notes (Entries > Timesheet Manager > Notes > Attachments > Notes)
- Program Edit (Program List > Program Edit > Attachments > Notes
- Financial
- Invoice (Financial > Invoice Manager > Invoices > Invoice Edit > Attachments > Notes)
- Batches (Financial > Invoice Manager > Batches> Invoices> Invoice Edit > Attachments > Notes)
- Project Notes:
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Work Item Comments, accessible through the following entry points:
- Entries > Work Item Manager > Expand drawer > Comments tab
- Entries > Work Item Manager > Work Item Edit > Comments tab
- Project List > Project Edit > Work Items tab > Expand drawer > Comments tab
- Project List > Project Edit > Work Items tab > Work Item Edit > Comments tab
Note: You can mention users in Work Item Comments. For further details, refer to Using Mentions in Comments and Notes.
This article details the available options when using the Rich Text Editor.
Working with the Rich Text Editor
The controls comprise of icons on the toolbar. The toolbar setup here shows the basic icons and menus.
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Undo |
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Redo |
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Formatting |
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Bold |
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Bolds the current selection. | ||||||||||||||||
Italic |
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Italicises the current selection. | ||||||||||||||||
Underline |
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Underlines the current selection. | ||||||||||||||||
Strike-through |
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Applies strike though format to the current selection. | ||||||||||||||||
Background Color |
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Applies selected background color to the current selection. | ||||||||||||||||
Text Color |
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Applies selected color to the current selection. | ||||||||||||||||
Align left |
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Left-aligns the current block. | ||||||||||||||||
Align center |
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Center-aligns the current block. | ||||||||||||||||
Align right |
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Right-aligns the current block. | ||||||||||||||||
Justify |
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Justifies the current block. | ||||||||||||||||
Bullet list |
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Formats the current selection as an unordered bullet list.
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Numbered list |
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Formats the current selection as an ordered number list.
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Indent |
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Indents the current list item or block element. | ||||||||||||||||
Outdent |
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Outdents the current list item or block element. | ||||||||||||||||
Table |
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Insert/Edit link |
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Inserts a link to a Section. | ||||||||||||||||
Clear formatting |
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Clears current formatting. | ||||||||||||||||
Find and replace |
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Search and/or Replaces contents within the editor | ||||||||||||||||
Help |
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Access the help. |
Handy Shortcuts
Action |
Shortcut (PC) |
Shortcut (Mac) |
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Bold | Ctrl+B | Command+B |
Italic | Ctrl+I | Command+I |
Underline | Ctrl+U | Command+U |
Select all | Ctrl+A | Command+A |
Redo | Ctrl+Y / Ctrl+Shift+Z | Command+Y / Command+Shift+Z |
Undo | Ctrl+Z | Command+Z |
Heading 1 | Shift+Alt+1 | Ctrl+Option+1 |
Heading 2 | Shift+Alt+2 | Ctrl+Option+2 |
Heading 3 | Shift+Alt+3 | Ctrl+Option+3 |
Heading 4 | Shift+Alt+4 | Ctrl+Option+4 |
Heading 5 | Shift+Alt+5 | Ctrl+Option+5 |
Heading 6 | Shift+Alt+6 | Ctrl+Option+6 |
Paragraph | Shift+Alt+7 | Ctrl+Option+7 |
Div | Shift+Alt+8 | Ctrl+Option+8 |
Address | Shift+Alt+9 | Ctrl+Option+9 |
Open help | Alt+0 | Option+0 |
Focus to menu bar | Alt+F9 | Option+F9 |
Focus to toolbar | Alt+F10 | Option+F10 |
Focus to element path | Alt+F11 | Option+F11 |
Focus to contextual toolbar | Alt+F9 | Ctrl+F9 |
Open pop up menu for split buttons | Shift+ nter | Shift+Enter |
Insert link | Ctrl+K | Command+K |
Save | Ctrl+S | Command+S |
Find | Ctrl+ F | Command+F |
Switch to or from full screen mode | Ctrl+Shift+F | Command+Shift+F |
Formatted Notification delivery in MS Teams
You can display the following in MS Teams:
- Paragraphs
- Headings H1-H7
- Bold text
- Italic text
- Left alignment (default alignment) for text
- Bullet points for lists
- Numbered lists
- Hyperlinks
Note: Certain formatting features won't be preserved when sending Notifications through MS Teams. These include:
- Preformatted text
- Underscore
- Strikethrough
- Text with background color
- Font color
- Center/right-aligned text
- Tables
- Advanced numbered lists
- Indentations