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Now, let’s take a look at some specific tasks that are integral to any email campaign.
Write / Paste / Edit Text
You can write your entire message within the Canvas itself, write it in another program (like
Microsoft Word) and then copy & paste it in, or do a mixture of both. The Canvas includes
a full range of text editing options (like altering Font type and size, changing colors, adding
bullets, and other similar options), so writing & editing text is pretty straightforward and
should not be all that different than using any other text editor.
Pasting text from another document editor like Microsoft Word or Google Docs is also
straightforward – generally speaking you just copy and paste the text into our system the
same way you would do it between programs on your own computer. The copy shortcut is
CTRL-C on a PC and Command-C on a Mac. The paste shortcut is CTRL-V on a PC and
Command-V on a Mac.
The only snag here is that Microsoft Word, specifically, uses proprietary formatting that can
leave behind some foreign or malformed characters if it is pasted directly into an HTML
document like an email, website or a blog. To help you get around this problem, we’ve
included a Paste from Word option in the toolbar that will remove that proprietary
formatting and ensure all your recipients can see your text without any problems.
Add / Edit / Delete Images
Add
To add an image, just select where in the message you’d like to place it and click the
Insert Image button
in the top row of the toolbar. This will open up your Library,
where you can select any image you’ve previously uploaded or chosen from our Stock
Photo Gallery.
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