The Text Capsule

The Text Capsule allows you to insert written content into your Hubs, either directly or cut-and-pasted from another text editor.

To use the Text Capsule:

1. Click the "edit" button.
2. Enter in a subtitle related to your text (this is optional).
3. Enter in text: If you have already written the content for this capsule in another application, such as Google Docs or Microsoft Word, simply cut and paste the content into the capsule. You also have the option to write content directly in to the Text Capsule.
4. Edit text: The capsule offers several editing options, including the ability to cut, copy, and paste text, bold, italicize and underline your words, check spelling, indicate large sections of quotations, adjust formatting, format numbered and bulleted lists, undo mistakes, insert special characters and URL links, and even add superscripts and subscripts. If you are more comfortable editing your content in HTML, you also have an option to enter and edit your text through an HTML source editor. To do so, simply click the HTML icon, make any necessary adjustments, and click the “update to editor” button.
5. When you are finished editing the content of your Text Capsule, click the “Save” button.

Thanks to Mark Painter, our wonderful engineer at HubPages, we have a new and improved Text Capsule. Below are the upgrades that Mark recently implemented!

1. Resizable edit area - After clicking "edit" on a Text Capsule, you can hold your mouse down when it is over the lower right corner of the edit box and drag the corner in order to size the edit window comfortably for your screen.
2. Keyboard short-cut - While typing text into a Text Capsule, you can strike ctrl-e. This will automatically select the nearest word and launch the link dialog. From there you can hit enter to search for relevant Hubs and use keyboard navigation to select the Hub you want to link to. This allows you to add links to your text without taking your hands away from the keyboard.
3. Word count - the number of words in your text will appear at the top of the edit dialog, while you are editing a Text Capsule.
4. Hub search via linking tool - search for Hubs that are relevant to your selected word, or phrase. This search takes into account the category of your Hub. So, the results should be both more convenient and more relevant while you edit your capsule than opening another browser window to search for Hubs to link to. To link to other Hubs, highlight the word you would like to hyperlink; click the link icon in the tool bar; use the drop down box to search for "Hubs"; and choose a Hub you would like to link to.
5. Search your own Hubs via linking tool - the link tool allows you to search the entire HubPages site for related links as well as your own Hubs. This tool should create a more convenient way to link to your own Hubs, especially if you have a lot of them. The instructions are the same as above except, when clicking the drop down box in the link tool, click "My Hubs".
6. Affiliate links via linking tool- the link tool will also allow you to search for Amazon products appropriate to your Hub and create links to them. The instructions are the same as above except when clicking the drop down box in the link tool, click "Amazon".

If you want to publish your Hub but are not ready to publish a particular Text Capsule within it, check the “Don’t display this capsule” box. You will be able to see this Text Capsule in your draft of a Hub, but it will not appear in your published Hub. When you are ready for this capsule to appear, simply un-check the box. This option is helpful if you want to wait for a certain amount of time before making certain parts of your Hub public.