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The usual way to edit or create text that is part of the visual content of a course is by using a Text editor The default text editor in Moodle is known as the Atto editor. The popular TinyMCE editor is also available, along with a plain text editor. See Formatting text for other options.
The administrator decides which editors to enable or disable, from the Text editors area of Site administration.
Individual Moodle users can, if allowed by the admin, choose their own text editor from the Preferences link in the user menu top right.

Overview of the Atto editor

Text editing on a Moodle site

To edit the terms in the Moodle interface, rather than the course content, administrators can make changes by customising the language on a site wide basis.

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-<p class="note">'''Please refer to [[Page_notes#Editing text|these notes]] before editing this page.'''</p>
+*The usual way to edit or create text that is part of the visual content of a course is by using a [[Text editor]] The default text editor in Moodle is known as the [[Atto editor]]. The popular [[TinyMCE editor]] is also available, along with a plain text editor. See [[Formatting text]] for other options.
-The usual way to edit or create text that is part of the visual content of a course is with the [[HTML editor]]tool.
+*The administrator decides which editors to enable or disable, from the Text editors area of Site administration.
+*Individual Moodle users can, if allowed by the admin, choose their own text editor from the Preferences link in the user menu top right.
-The way to get to the content text, depends the role the user in a context.  A student will see the tool when they reply to a forum post but will not have the ability of changing a topic heading in the course.  A teacher will not have the ability to edit a topic heading in a course unless the "Turn editing on" button has been clicked.
+{{MediaPlayer | url = https://youtu.be/rFIxPGBrUD8 | desc = Overview of the Atto editor}}
-Teachers and administrators should be aware that the Moodle code contains "strings" of text that can be edited though [[Language customization|customizing the language]] on a site wide basis.
+==Text editing on a Moodle site==
+To edit the terms in the Moodle interface, rather than the course content, administrators can make changes by [[Language customisation|customising the language]] on a site wide basis.
+==See also==
+*[[Text editor FAQ]]
+[[Category:Editing text]]
+[[de:Texte editieren]]
+[[es:Editando texto]]
+[[it:Modificare un testo]]

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Editing text: Difference between revisions

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Text editing on a Moodle site

See also