About the Content Editor Web Part

You might use the Content Editor Web Part to add:

• An introductory, formatted paragraph to a page.
• A table of instructions to explain a chart on your page, the data behind the chart, and how it was graphed.
• A set of hyperlinks to more information.

Important  The HTML <FORM> element is not allowed in the Content Editor Web Part. If you need to add a Web Part to a page that uses the <FORM> element, consider using the Page Viewer Web Part or the Form Web Part.

Rich Text Editor    Using this editor, you can type formatted content automatically without prior knowledge of HTML syntax. Use the buttons on the standard and formatting toolbars at the top of the window to enter and format the content. Click Help on the standard toolbar to display a summary of the tasks you can perform and their corresponding buttons.

Source Editor    Using this editor, you can enter or modify HTML source code. The Source Editor is a plain text editor and is intended for users who have knowledge of HTML syntax.

Content Link    Instead of editing content, you can link to existing content by entering a hyperlink to a text file containing HTML source code. The two valid hyperlink protocols you can use are:

• Hypertext Transfer Protocol (http://)
• Hypertext Transfer Protocol with privacy, which uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption (https://)

You can use an absolute URL or a relative URL. However, you cannot use a file path.

Important  If the Content Link property links to a file that is located outside the Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services site and the site does not have anonymous user access enabled, then you cannot access the file. For assistance, contact your site administrator.