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How to add and use the Basic text component. This component has a toolbar that allows you to format your text as well as add headings, hyperlinks, buttons, images and other types of media.

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We follow the Australian Government Style Manual’s guidance on using links, such as writing link text that makes the destination clear.

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Read our how-to guide for more guidance on headings: Apply heading styles in the Basic text component

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The Source button that says “Source” will let you view the “source code” source code of the text – this means that the formatting won’t be visible, but will instead show as HTML tags. For example, bold text will show as “<strong>” <strong>.

It can be useful to view the source code if you want to copy and paste all the text into a different Basic text component, as it will ensure all the formatting transfers across.

Click Select the Source button again to revert back to the formatted display.

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