SharePoint RichText Boost dramatically enhances the functionality of the default SharePoint rich text editor without creating a new column type. It adds the ability to upload and insert images, hyperlinks, and flash movies directly into any rich text column without first storing them in a document library, making it ideal for storing complex and formatted content in any SharePoint list. Moreover, SharePoint RichText Boost adds the option to automatically resize images as they are uploaded to the rich text editor area or preserve the original dimensions of the image.

Once an image or flash movie has been added, users have the option to quickly increase or decrease the size of the rich text editor area without changing list settings: maximize the rich text editor area to window borders, or gradually increase or decrease the height and width of the rich text editor area to ensure that all important content is visible as the item is edited. An integrated memory function will store the rich text editor area dimensions between item edits for a more user-friendly viewing experience, meaning that the next time the item is edited, the rich text editor area will automatically resize to the appropriate dimensions.

Original size of the rich text editor area:

New extended rich text editor:

A fully customizable rich text editor control panel allows administrators to enable or disable any RichText Boost functionality, allowing for full content control within each individual SharePoint list. The RichText Boost button control panel can be configured on list-level, site-level, or site collection level, meaning that functionality can be limited or custom-tailored to each list from one convenient location.

SharePoint RichText Boost is an extension for multiple lines of text columns that are using rich text. It changes the user interface of these columns by providing an additional toolbar. This allows the user to:

• Increase/decrease the size of SharePoint rich text area, and save these settings;
• Upload and insert images/flash as specified without entering a full URL;
• Upload files and insert them as hyperlinks without entering a full URL.

Another feature of SharePoint RichText Boost is that it allows the user or administrator to configure the rich text toolbar according to their preferences. This can be either done in the List Settings for each column that has rich text enabled, or globally in the Site Collection Settings. This approach allows for an easier way to configure and administer the column settings, so the administrator could turn off features that he recognizes as an issue, e. g. inserting pictures or flash into a list.

Administrating RichTextBoost columns

To change the settings globally, the administrator has to navigate to the Site Collection Settings page.

Then, by clicking the RichText Boost Settings Center button the user will be directed to the RichText Boost Settings page. This page allows the administrator to set the default settings for each newly added rich text column, apply the default settings to every rich text column, and display each rich text column in each site to change the settings according to his preferences.

Changing the default settings is accomplished by checking, or unchecking the button icons. After changes have been made, the administrator should confirm them by clicking the Set as default button. Clicking OK will also save the default settings.

Clicking the "Apply Default Settings To Site Collection" button will change the settings for each rich text column in each site of the site collection to the default settings.

The drop-down button on the left allows the administrator to navigate to each site in the site collection. For each site, all lists and all rich text columns in these lists will be displayed with their current settings. To only change the settings for one site, click the "Apply Default Settings To This Site" button.

Afterwards, the administrator can configure each rich text column individually from the top-level settings page, making the set-up process more convenient and efficient.

After changing the settings, click "OK" to confirm. Clicking Cancel without saving the settings will open a popup window, asking the user if he really wants to leave the settings page.

To configure rich text columns locally, the administrator can navigate to the List Settings page of the list that contains the rich text columns he wants to change.

There, clicking on the RichText Boost Settings button the administrator will be directed to the RichText Boost Settings page for this list. Every rich text column in this list will be displayed here with details about which buttons are enabled or disabled. The administrator can then change the settings for each single column according to his preferences.

After changing the settings, click "OK" to confirm. After saving the changes the results of the changed settings are displayed as shown below.

Using RichText Boost

A typical example of how SharePoint RichText Boost improves working with rich text columns is illustrated below. Here, a user is trying to change the size of the column editing area, insert an image, and finally insert a flash movie.

Increasing/decreasing the size of the SharePoint rich text area

In the default SharePoint rich text editor, the editor box is very small. This makes editing and formatting text difficult.

RichText Boost gives the user the option to change the size of the text input area by clicking the buttons , , or .

The changed settings of the textbox size will be saved so that it will remain the same size the next time it is edited by the same user and browser.

Inserting images with SharePoint RichText Boost

Click the button, and the "Insert attached image" dialog will pop up:

Click the Browse button to select an image from your computer. Then, click "Upload", so that the image can be uploaded to the server as an attachment to the item. The image name will be displayed in the "Select image" field. Next, specify the image width and height, or keep the original size by checking the "Keep original size" checkbox.

Click "OK" to confirm, and the picture will be inserted into the rich text editing area.

Inserting flash with SharePoint RichText Boost

Click the button, and the "Insert attached flash" dialog will pop up:

Click the Browse button, and select a flash file from your computer. Then, click "Upload" to upload the flash file to the server as an attachment to the item. The flash name will be displayed in the "select flash" box. Next, specify the width and height of the flash, or keep the original size by checking the "Keep original size" checkbox.

Finally, click "OK" to save the item you edit. The picture and flash you inserted will be displayed in the View Item form as shown below:

Inserting Hyperlinks with SharePoint RichText Boost

Click the button and the "Insert attached Hyperlink" dialog will pop up:

The inserted Hyperlink will be displayed as shown below:

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Support Languages: English, Chinese, Japanese.

System Requirements

Operating System:	Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x86/x64 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x86/x64
Server:	SharePoint Release: - Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services v3 or Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 - Microsoft .NETs Framework 2.0 or 3.0 Note: This product is not compatible with SPS 2003 and WSS v2
Browser:	Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or greater is recommended for Advanced Administration features

Release Notes

1.11.107.0 Jan 14th, 2010	Licensing module upgraded.
1.10.1208.0 Dec 9th, 2009	New Features: - Allows users to customize rich text editor control panel from list level or from site collection level; - Offers memory function to store rich text editor area dimensions between item edits. Bugs Fixed: - Remove "alternative text" from flash inserting dialog; - Browsers that did not support flash crashed when inserting flash with Rich Text Boost.
1.9.820.0 Aug 21st, 2009	Licensing module upgraded.
1.9.610.0 Jun 10th, 2009	New Feature: - Support Japanese.
1.9.522.1 May 22nd, 2009	Licensing module upgraded.
1.8.218.0 Feb 18th, 2009	New Features: - Users can maximize the size of RichText editor till the edge of the web and restore to the default size with buttons on toolbar; - Enable users to remove template files and directories after editing. Bug Fixed: - Files cannot be added as attachments in some cases.
1.7.1231.0 Dec 31st, 2008	New Features: - Allow users to insert hyperlink; - Improve user experience with UI enhancements. Bug Fixed: - Fixed errors happening when deleting items in edit form.
1.6.1210.2 Dec 10th, 2008	Bugs Fixed: - Failed to insert attached images into wiki page in some cases; - Failed to insert files whose names contain special characters, such as ~, #, &, etc; - Failed to insert attached images when the user names are numbers, such as 1, 2, etc.
1.5.1205.0 Dec 5th, 2008	New Feature: - Availability of farm license. Bug Fixed: - Resolved the error: images were saved to incorrect paths when creating new wiki pages.
1.4.1114.0 Nov 17th, 2008	New Features: - Users are allowed to insert flash into Richtext editor; - Users can set width and height of inserted images and flashes.
1.3.1031.3 Oct 31st, 2008	Bug Fixed: - Fixed errors happened when inserting images to wiki item.
1.2.3.0 Sep 16th, 2008	Bug Fixed: - Fixed errors happened when users inserting an image into a new item, but failed to save it for certain reason, such as the title is empty.
1.1.1.0 Aug 12nd, 2008	Bug Fixed: - Resolved the error: image cannot be inserted when the file’s name contains space.
1.1.0.0 Ju 28th, 2008	New Feature: - Allow attaching and inserting images to RichText when user creates a new item.
1.0.0.0 Jul 17th, 2008	Initial Release

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