GameFAQs Help: Formatted FAQ Editor

As the name suggests, it is an online rich text editor used for composing Formatted FAQs. Instead of having to manage traditional .txt files on your computer or working with the Formatted FAQ markup directly, you can use the Formatted FAQ Editor to do it all with simple button clicks and keyboard shortcuts as you type. For more information on Formatted FAQs, go here.

You simply need to be logged in with your account to access it, as with most of Contributor Central.

As for browser requirements, generally if you are using the latest version of Firefox, Chrome or Safari with JavaScript enabled, you should be fine. We strongly discourage using Internet Explorer as the Editor may not function properly in that browser.

To start using the Formatted FAQ Editor, you begin on the File Select page. There, you can either begin a brand new document within the Editor directly, or you can upload an existing Formatted FAQ .txt file (with the proper markup on the first line) which will be automatically converted for use in the Editor.

When you are working in the Editor, your work is automatically saved every 60 seconds. If you made no changes to your content between the automatic save-checking intervals, nothing will happen. There is also a "Save Content" button on the Editor toolbar, allowing you to save your content immediately.

On the File Select page, you will be able to see the five most recent saves for each document created. Simply click on the "Save #" link you want to view, and you will load up that save in the Editor.

Yes. The only requirement is that you have an existing save, and access it from the File Select page. When you do that, you will see a "Download File" button on the Editor toolbar. The text file you will be prompted to download will have been converted to the standard Formatted FAQ markup used outside of the Editor. To indicate that the text file has been generated from the Editor, the first line will read as

;format:gf-markup:wysiwyg

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Of course. Go to the Submit a File page as you normally would, and pick a new game or an existing file to update. When you get to the part where you can upload your file, a new option will appear next to it, provided you have saved Formatted FAQ Editor documents in the system. You can choose the "Choose FAQ Editor Document" option, then select the title of your document in the dropdown menu. Remember that the most recent save data for a given document will be what gets submitted, so be sure this is what you want to submit first!

Upon submission, you will be able to preview your Formatted FAQ as usual. The only difference is that if you have image markup in your content, you will not be allowed to upload images. You need to upload your images within the Editor itself for that document, so make sure you do that before submitting your FAQ!

On the Editor page itself, look on the toolbar for the Img button. Click it and a popup will appear. There, you will see a place where you can choose an image to upload, as well as the size of it (large or small). If your image is wider than the size you choose, it will be automatically resized to conform to our requirements.

Below that, you will see a list of images you already uploaded for the current document. Press the button next to the image you want, pick an alignment value (left or right; default is left), and insert it into your guide.

To add a caption, hover over the image when it is placed in your document and hit the caption button on the image toolbar that appears. You can simply type in your caption in the given space. To remove the caption altogether, simply highlight the text and hit Backspace or Delete on your keyboard, and the caption space will be removed.

In lieu of pressing buttons, there are some handy keyboard shortcuts available to make the writing process flow more easily. Here is a list of the currently available shortcuts:

Ctrl+B: Bold
Ctrl+I: Italic

Ctrl+D: Definition (indented) list
Ctrl+O: Ordered (numbered) list
Ctrl+U: Unordered (bulleted) list

Ctrl+H: Horizontal line (divider)
Ctrl+S: Spoiler block
Ctrl+T: Highlighted text block

Yes. For text/spoiler blocks, when you are done typing your content inside, press Enter to go to a new line. Then, press the text/spoiler button (or use the keyboard shortcut) to toggle off that box, leaving you below and outside of it. For preformatted text, when you are done typing on a line, press Shift+Enter to return to regular text.

As the Formatted FAQ Editor is still in a "beta" stage, there are several issues remaining to be fixed. This list will be updated as issues are resolved. If you spot any issues not on this list, please submit a feedback ticket.

• Tables: Column/row span not yet supported. Individual cell/column/row text alignment not yet supported either. If you upload a Formatted FAQ with col/rowspan, they will appear in the Editor but can not be edited at this time.
• Preformatted Text: Whitespace is not being preserved, affects ASCII maps and such.
• Uploading .txt File to Editor: Non-standard ASCII characters (accented letters, overscore) do not display properly if they are in your Formatted FAQ when uploaded for use with the Editor. If you enter these characters directly into the Editor, they will be saved properly, so that is the fix for now.