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General Guidelines

Important: Do not copy and paste text directly into the text editor unless you remove the formatting.

 

To remove formatting in the LibGuides text editor, either:

  1. Paste the content as is, then click Remove format icon to remove formatting.
  2. Or, select:
    • Paste from Microsoft Word - to paste from Microsoft Word with formatting stripped, or
    • Paste as plain text - to paste as plain text outside of Microsoft Word
  3. Or, on a PC, press ctrl + shift + v to paste text without formatting
  • Before creating any page, box, or asset, check if a similar page, box, or asset has already been created by:
  • When creating an original asset, box, or page that potentially could be reused by you or others on a separate page in the future:
    • make the original within the *homepage/reusable guide

      Exception: If you are pulling from content in a guide dedicated to that topic (e.g. APA, Phone Directory), this should be housed in the topic guide itself, not the *homepage/reusable guide

      • then, choose to "reuse" it within your actual guide
    • name it something that is easily identifiable