Work with the Content Editor
Content Editor Known Issue
Footnotes get split up into multiple ones when a part of the footnote is formatted. We recommend to refrain from using any formatting with footnotes and apologize for the inconvenience.
Create and open articles
To start to edit your content, open an article or create a new article in censhare Web. Typically, an existing article is assigned to you for editing.
Display article content
The Content editor widget displays the structure and content of your article. Create, structure and edit your content directly in this widget.
Get familiar with the interface
Organize content
Your document has a predefined XML structure that specifies which content elements the document contains and in which position and order the content elements can be placed.
Organize content with elements
Edit text
Copy & paste, find & replace, apply inline styles.
Insert special elements
- Insert links - link to other documents, inside the same document, or to URLs
- Insert & style tables
- Insert and style graphics
Verify content
The Content editor supports you in verifying text content and element structure:
- Integrated spell-check functionality
- Validate XML structure - on-the-fly validation check and indication
- The Acrolinx widget provides rule-based checks of your content for spelling, grammar, style, tone, and terminology. You need an Acrolinx license to be able to use this feature. Acrolinx integration is available in censhare as of 2019.3.
Preview content
You can preview your document immediately after editing. Save the Article asset to update the preview. You can preview the article in the Preview widget or in a separate page in your web browser. Previews need to be configured beforehand. Your administrator takes care of this. Previews are provided for different output channels and for different languages.
HTML (generic)
PDF (via XSL-FO)
Print (via Adobe InDesign Server)
Web (via Online Channel)
Manage publication workflows of your content
Get an overview of the whole lifecycle of your content themes. Monitor the workflow steps of all the articles or related media of your publication.
Manage publication cycles on a Kanban board in censhare Web
Configure the Content editor widget
Configure further widget settings for the Content editor. For example, the XML view. Click the Options menu the three dots of the Content editor widget to access the configuration.
Set properties for content and article
Besides creating the actual content, you can set properties in the article asset that specify details such as the publication status, output channels, or usage rights of your content.