To format your submission, you can either prepare your listing in another program (such as Microsoft Word), or create and edit it directly in Culture Blast. An in-browser text editor is included for you to edit your submissions.

Note that any content pasted from another program may still require some editing afterwards, to cleanup paragraph breaks, etc. If you have formats in your submission which do not fall within our formatting guidelines, they will be ignored when the submission is published (even if you can see them in the text editor).

The text editor

Bold

Select the text you want to bold, then click this icon to apply the bold format.

Italics

Select the text you want to italicize, then click this icon to apply the italics format.

Underline

Select the text you want to underline, then click this icon to apply the underline format.

Left Justify

By default, your text and images will be left justified. If you have changed the justification, you can select the text and click this icon to make it left justified again.

Center

Select the text and/or images you want to be centered, then click this icon to center it.

Right Justify

Select the text and/or images you want to be right justified, then click this icon to apply the format.

Block Justify

Select the text and/or images you want to be block/full justified (words will be spaced to fill the entire line), then click this icon to apply the format.

Insert/Remove Bulleted List

Option 1: Start a new line, click this icon, then type your list. Press Enter twice to start a normal paragraph.

Option 2: Create your list, select the text, then click this icon to apply the bullet format.

Insert/Remove Numbered List

Option 1: Start a new line, click this icon, then type your list. Press Enter twice to start a normal paragraph.

Option 2: Create your list, select the text, then click this icon to apply the numbered list format.

Indent

Select the text you want indented, then click this icon to indent it.

Outdent

Select the text you want outdented, then click this icon to outdent it.

Insert/Edit Link

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Remove Link

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Insert/Edit Image

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Blockquote

Select the text you want in blockquote format, then click this icon to apply the format.

Cut

Select the text you want to cut, then click this icon to cut the text. Note: your browser security may not allow for this function. If this is the case, use your standard keyboard commands.

Copy

Select the text you want to copy, then click this icon to copy the text. Note: your browser security may not allow for this function. If this is the case, use your standard keyboard commands.

Paste

1. Place your cursor where you want to paste the text.
2. Click the icon
3. Click inside the text box
4. Press Ctrl + V to paste into the box
5. Click OK

Paste as Plain Text

This works the same as the Paste feature, only it removes all formatting when the content is pasted.

Paste from Word

This works the same as the Paste feature, only it keeps all formatting from content copied from Microsoft Word.

Remove Format

To remove formatting from text, you can select the text, then click this icon to remove the formatting.

Check Spelling

Click this icon to spell-check your content. Note that depending on your browser and internet speed, it may take a while to connect to the online spell-checker.