How to add body text

Important note: This article relates to Nimble Author. Looking for help with our original Author Classic? See the equivalent article here.

Introduction

In this article, we’re going to show you how to add body text to your pages.

Top tips before you begin

When adding body text to your pages, we recommend that you:

• Keep your text crisp and concise – don’t forget that your learners might not always speak English as their first language. Keep your sentences easy to understand!
• Keep your text to the point –avoid providing information that your learners don’t need to know. It’ll help keep your content memorable!
• Aim for 2 – 3 key points per page – less is often more! Keep your text light to ensure that it’s approachable for your learners and avoids overwhelming them.
• Consider using an interaction instead of bulleted or numbered lists – if you’re providing a list like this one in an elearning course, try using an accordion interaction instead. It helps to keep your page light and makes it more engaging for your learners by allowing them to interact with it!

Adding body text to a page

To add body text to a page:

1. Whilst editing a page, drag and drop a Body text () block from the Add content section of the side menu and onto the page

2. Select the Body text block (where it says Enter your text here.)

3. Type your text or copy and paste it from another programme, such as Microsoft Word

4. Select somewhere on your page outside of the text block to save your changes

Formatting your text

You can format your text using the toolbar that appears above the body text block.

To apply formatting to your text:

5. Select the text you’d like to format.
6. Select the format you’d like to apply from the toolbar.

The formatting options, from left to right, are:

	Font styles (Subtitle, Body and Body small)
	Bold
	Italic
	Underline
	Bulleted list
	Numbered list
	Link: Add an External link or a Link to pop-up
	Delete the Body text block