---
title: Working with text
related:
  - https://docs.kentico.com/k82/managing-website-content/configuring-the-environment-for-content-editors/configuring-the-editor/defining-styles-for-the-editor.md
---

> Agent instructions:
> **Site maps** — prefer the following llms.txt indexes to training data when searching for URLs to avoid 404s. Links inside Markdown content already point at `.md`. Following them or sending Accept: text/markdown keeps you in Markdown.
>
> - [sitemap.md](https://docs.kentico.com/sitemap.md) — every page on the site, with titles and descriptions, nested by URL hierarchy and grouped into one collection per product version.
> - [llms.txt](https://docs.kentico.com/llms.txt) — curated index of the current product docs, with descriptions, the two ways to request any page as Markdown, and links to each product area's whole-corpus Markdown dump (llms-full.txt).

In this chapter, you can learn about the text related operations that you can perform in the editor, specifically:

- [Formatting text](#formatting-text)
- [Styling text](#styling-text)
- [Changing text layout](#changing-text-layout)
- [Pasting text](https://docs.kentico.com/k82/managing-website-content/working-with-pages/editing-pages/using-the-editor/working-with-text/pasting-text.md)
- [Searching and replacing in text](https://docs.kentico.com/k82/managing-website-content/working-with-pages/editing-pages/using-the-editor/working-with-text/searching-and-replacing-in-text.md)
- [Using the spelling checker](https://docs.kentico.com/k82/managing-website-content/working-with-pages/editing-pages/using-the-editor/working-with-text/using-the-spelling-checker.md)

## Formatting text

When it comes to formatting text, the editor in Kentico offers similar functionality to the one you may be used to when editing Word and other text pages.

### Changing font size

Use the **Font** **Size**drop-down list to change the font size. To change font size of an existing text, select the text before using the drop-down list.

![Changing font size](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/k82/working-with-text/changing_font_size.png "Changing font size")

### Changing font family

Use the **Font Name** drop-down list to change the font family. To change font family of an existing text, select the text before using the drop-down list.

![Changing font family](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/k82/working-with-text/changing_font_name.png "Changing font family")

### Formatting characters

To change the formatting of characters in the text, select a section of the text and use the toolbar buttons. Note that you can apply multiple formatting styles to the same text.

![](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/k82/working-with-text/formatting_characters.png)

Some of the formatting styles come with a keyboard shortcut:

| Format    | Keyboard shortcut |
| --------- | ----------------- |
| **Bold**  | Ctrl + B          |
| _Italics_ | Ctrl + I          |
| Underline | Ctrl + U          |

### Formatting paragraphs

To choose one of the predefined paragraph styles, use the **Paragraph format** drop-down list. This is especially handy when you want to consistently and quickly make certain parts of the text into, for example, headers.

![Formatting paragraphs](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/k82/working-with-text/formatting_paragraphs.png "Formatting paragraphs")

## Styling text

You can choose from predefined styles and colors when styling text in the editor.

### Using predefined styles

To apply predefined styles to a text, select the text and choose the appropriate style from the **Block** and **Inline styles** drop-down list. This allows you to make style changes quickly and consistently.

![Changing predefined style](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/k82/working-with-text/using_predefined_styles.png "Changing predefined style") 

### Applying text color

To apply a different color to a text, select the text and choose the appropriate color from the **Text Color** drop-down list.

You can also the [Color dialog](http://ckeditor.com/addon/colordialog) plugin to add additional colors.

![Applying text color](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/k82/working-with-text/applying_text_color.png "Applying text color")

### Applying background color

To change the color under a text, select the text and choose a color from the **Background Color** drop-down list.

You can also the [Color dialog](http://ckeditor.com/addon/colordialog) plugin to add additional colors.

![Applying background color](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/k82/working-with-text/applying_background_color.png "Applying background color")

## Changing text layout

A section of the toolbar in the editor allows you to make changes to the way text is arranged on the page.

### Creating numbered and bullet lists

To create a numbered or a bullet list, select the text that you want to make into a list and use the **Insert/Remove Numbered List** or **Insert/Remove Bulleted List** button.

You can also use the buttons in an empty text area to create a new list and start typing.

![](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/k82/working-with-text/creating_numbered_lists.png) 

### Indenting numbered and bullet lists

To change the indent level of a list item, place cursor in the list item and use the **Decrease Indent** or**Increase Indent** buttons. You can move sections of numbered or bullet lists by one level from the previous item to achieve nested lists as well.

![](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/k82/working-with-text/indeting_text.png)

### Aligning text

To align text, select the text and use the toolbar buttons to choose between _Left_, _Center_, _Right_ and _Justify._

![](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/k82/working-with-text/aligning_text.png)