The Med App text editor or rich text is a great way to add content to the app that is
Available offline
Optimised specifically for mobile devices
Contents page generated automatically
Tracks edit history
Set review dates
What does a nice looking Article Look like?
Following a few basic principles will greatly improve the readability and structure of your document.
The Content Editor Toolbar
The below image shows all of the different tools available for formatting your content.
Summary of Buttons (click heading to view)
Summary of Buttons (click heading to view)
Quick Add - add in images, video, tables, lists etc. from anywhere in the document
Bold - Bolds the text, you can also use the shortcut ctrl+b (or cmd+b)
Italics - Italicises the text, you can also use the shortcut ctrl+i (or cmd+i)
Underline - Underlines the text, you can also use the shortcut ctrl+u (or cmd+u)
Insert table
Change font size
Change font colour
Clear formatting
More text formatting options
Align left
Align middle
Align right
Block align
Paragraph tools - numbered lists, dot point lists and heading formatting
Hyperlink
Add image
Add video (Youtube or Vimeo)
Add emoji
Add special characters
Add horizontal line
Internal link - Add a link to another Heading or Article within your Med App account
Undo
Redo
Other options - HTML code view, full screen editor, select all and editor help menu
Text Entry and Formatting
Headings structure
Where you use the heading feature, follow the structure below:
Heading 1 for the main heading
Heading 2 for subsequent headings and ideas
Normal text for your body
Remember to be neat and to be consistent.
How to change text headings
Highlight the text you want to change
Select the text & heading type
Removal of Anchors
If you copy text from Word into the editor, it might include internal references or links that create anchors in the text. Anchors make headings or other text look like hyperlinks (see example screenshot). Remove them when you edit the text.
Horizontal lines
Horizontal lines should be used above each heading or obvious break in sections of an article. This is because it helps to break up the document and looks good in the app
External Links
Links that are copied into the app will automatically hyperlink (they will appear blue and underlined).
To create a link highlight the text and select the link button
Internal Links
To link to other content in the app, use the ‘insert content’ button in the toolbar. This way, you can avoid repeating content across different Med App. To do this:
Select insert content button (as seen below) in the toolbar
Find the location of the content
Select either the Heading or Article you want to link to.
The internal link will appear as blue text in the Article, the same as the document name
Styles
These are boxes and highlighting that is applied to pieces of text. Use it to draw attention to key pieces of information in uploaded documents. If the original highlights or accents something, try to use relevant styles to achieve the same effect.
See example
See example
Text Colour
This exists only on JD2. Use it to draw attention to/accentuate important pieces of content in the uploaded documents.
Special Characters
Sometimes when text is copied or imported special characters may go missing (eg. arrows etc.). You can add these back in using the special characters button in the toolbar.
see examples
see examples
Tables
Tables can be copied from various documents/web pages etc. When they are copied in the editor should strip out the width/other formatting, so that it appears consistent.
In JD2 you can make edits to the table by clicking into a cell inside the table.
PDFs
TIP: You can upload a PDF as a 'content type' - i.e. PDF only when you add a new article. But you can also add it to the editor directly as well.
PDFs can be uploaded simply by dragging and dropping them from their file location to the editor.
When you release the PDF file inside the editor box it will automatically upload and create a link to it.
Images
Images must be added to articles using the 'image' tool in the toolbar. Don't copy and paste image in as it results in a poorer user experience on the app.
REMEMBER - Check the uploaded content in the app! If the resolution on your screenshot or the image is too low, then no one will be able to read it in the app. If no one can read it, it is useless.