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TinyMCE’s WYSIWYG document editor increases the productivity and efficiency of the knowledge workers using your Document Management System (DMS). Your developers have full control of the code, UI, configuration and integrations, while your non-technical users – lawyers, medical experts, analysts, researchers or technical writers – can quickly create, manage and modify every type of content needed, including formulas and equations, for their work.
DMS editor starter config
The basic editing experience every DMS should start with: includes all the editing controls your users expect plus PowerPaste, Comments, Image Editing and more.
1<!DOCTYPE html>
2<html>
3<head>
4 <meta charset="utf-8">
5 <title>TinyMCE DMS Starter Config</title>
6 <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
7 <script src="https://cdn.tiny.cloud/1/no-api-key/tinymce/7/tinymce.min.js" referrerpolicy="origin"></script>
8
9 <script>
10 tinymce.init({
11 selector: "#editor",
12 plugins: "ai advcode advlist advtable advtemplate anchor autocorrect autolink autosave casechange charmap checklist codesample directionality editimage emoticons footnotes formatpainter help image insertdatetime link linkchecker lists markdown media mediaembed mergetags nonbreaking pagebreak permanentpen powerpaste searchreplace table tableofcontents tinycomments tinymcespellchecker typography visualblocks visualchars wordcount math",
13 toolbar: "undo redo spellcheckdialog | aidialog aishortcuts | blocks fontfamily fontsizeinput | bold italic underline forecolor backcolor | link image addcomment showcomments | align lineheight checklist bullist numlist | indent outdent | inserttemplate | removeformat typography math",
14 editable_root: false,
15 height: '700px',
16 toolbar_sticky: true,
17 autosave_restore_when_empty: true,
18 spellchecker_active: true,
19 spellchecker_language: 'en_US',
20 spellchecker_languages: 'English (United States)=en_US,English (United Kingdom)=en_GB,Danish=da,French=fr,German=de,Italian=it,Polish=pl,Spanish=es,Swedish=sv',
21 typography_langs: [ 'en-US' ],
22 typography_default_lang: 'en-US',
23 tinycomments_mode: 'embedded',
24 tinycomments_author: 'rmartel',
25 tinycomments_author_name: 'Rosalina Martel',
26 tinycomments_author_avatar: 'https://www.tiny.cloud/images/avatars/avatar-RosalinaMartel.jpg',
27 sidebar_show: 'showcomments',
28 mergetags_list: [
29 {
30 value: 'Document.Title',
31 title: 'Document Title'
32 },
33 {
34 value: 'Publish.Date',
35 title: 'Publish Date'
36 },
37 {
38 value: 'Author.Name',
39 title: 'Author Name'
40 }
41 ],
42 advtemplate_templates: [
43 {
44 title: 'Non-compete clause',
45 content: '<h3>NON-COMPETE</h3>\n<p>This agreement contains a non-compete clause, which prohibits the {{Employee.Name}} from directly or indirectly engaging in similar activities to those performed in their employment with the Company, within {{Distance.Miles}} miles of the Company’s business premises, for a period of {{Noncompete.Years}} years after the termination of their employment. This clause shall apply regardless of whether the Employee is employed by a competitor or any other third party.</p>'
46 },
47 {
48 title: 'Corporate hierarchy diagram',
49 content: '<p><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="https://i.postimg.cc/tJ82QN1H/corporate-hierarchy.png" width="282" height="248"></p>'
50 },
51 {
52 title: 'More reusable document content',
53 content: '<p>Insert any HTML content as a template!</p>'
54 }
55 ],
56 ai_shortcuts: [
57 { title: 'Summarize content', prompt: 'Provide the key points and concepts in this content in a succinct summary.' },
58 { title: 'Improve writing', prompt: 'Rewrite this content with no spelling mistakes, proper grammar, and with more descriptive language, using best writing practices without losing the original meaning.' }
59 ],
60 content_style: `
61 body {
62 background: #fff;
63 }
64
65 /* Disable the blue "focus" border for the editable region */
66 .editable-section:focus-visible {
67 outline: none !important;
68 }
69
70 .header,
71 .footer {
72 font-size: 0.8rem;
73 color: #ddd;
74 }
75
76 .header {
77 display: flex;
78 justify-content: space-between;
79 padding: 0 0 1rem 0;
80 }
81
82 .header .right-text {
83 text-align: right;
84 }
85
86 .footer {
87 padding:2rem 0 0 0;
88 text-align: center;
89 }
90
91 /* Apply page-like styling */
92 @media (min-width: 840px) {
93 html {
94 background: #eceef4;
95 min-height: 100%;
96 padding: 0.5rem;
97 }
98
99 body {
100 background-color: #fff;
101 box-shadow: 0 0 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, .15);
102 box-sizing: border-box;
103 margin: 1rem auto 0;
104 max-width: 820px;
105 min-height: calc(100vh - 1rem);
106 padding: 2rem 6rem 2rem 6rem;
107 }
108 }
109 `,
110 });
111 </script>
112 <style>
113 body {
114 margin: 4rem auto;
115 padding: 0 2rem;
116 background-color: #f9f9fb;
117 }
118
119 main {
120 width: 100%;
121 }
122 </style>
123</head>
124<body>
125 <main>
126 <textarea id="editor">
127 <div class="header">
128 <span class="left-text">This is a non-editable header</span>
129 <span class="right-text">August 12, 2023</span>
130 </div>
131 <div class="editable-section" contenteditable="true">
132 <h1 style="text-align: center;"><span class="mce-annotation tox-comment" data-mce-annotation-uid="mce-conversation_95621585221662750341026" data-mce-annotation="tinycomments">What’s</span> your Document Management editing project? </h1>
133 <p style="text-align: center;">Are you:</p>
134 <table style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;" border="1"><colgroup> <col style="width: 50%;"> <col style="width: 50%;"> </colgroup>
135 <tbody>
136 <tr>
137 <td style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: 36pt;">📝</span><br><br>Building a next-generation document creation solution</strong> and want to offer the best rich text editing experience to your content creators?</td>
138 <td>
139 <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 36pt;"><strong>🗂️</strong></span></p>
140 <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Developing an innovative documentation system</strong> to organize, track, store, and share documents, and you want to add editing capabilities?</p>
141 </td>
142 </tr>
143 </tbody>
144 </table>
145 <p style="text-align: center;">Or perhaps it’s both? Then use the only WYSIWYG editor that’s trusted by <a href="https://tiny.cloud" target="_blank" rel="noopener">1.5M developers</a>.</p>
146 <h3>Curious about TinyMCE?</h3>
147 <p>Play with this demo to see how TinyMCE works! Try out these popular document creation functions:</p>
148 <ul>
149 <li>Copy complex rich content from another app into the editor</li>
150 <li>Add or resolve a comment</li>
151 <li>Drag-and-drop an image from your computer, then edit it within TinyMCE</li>
152 <li>Insert {{dynamic.content}} into the document using Merge Tags (start typing "{{")</li>
153 <li>Any other functionality that you would expect in a document editor!</li>
154 </ul>
155 <p>Watch the video below to see how easy it is to get started (embedded in one click using <em>Enhanced Media Embed</em>):</p>
156 <div style="left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 0px; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; max-width: 650px;" data-ephox-embed-iri="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Pp1xnhQqec"><iframe style="top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; border: 0px;" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_Pp1xnhQqec?rel=0&controls=0" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></div>
157 </div>
158 <div class="footer">
159 Copyright 2023 ACME Document Solutions
160 </div>
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162 </textarea>
163 </main>
164</body>
165</html>
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"TinyMCE has allowed us to stand apart from our competition. We can now say that we have a solution that truly allows our users to customize how their content looks as easily as they would a Word document, but still keep our own branding."
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- Directly import MS Word documents. Export your content to MS Word or PDF with Document Converters
- Create cleanly formatted equations and formulas with the Math Equations feature
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- Enhanced Media Embed adds media previews from the most popular sources like YouTube, Facebook, and others
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- Insert predefined or user-defined content easily with Templates
- Merge Tags allows for dynamic content insertion, opening up document automation opportunities
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Give users either unrestricted creative freedom, or just enough to create what they need:
- Generate true WYSIWYG document templates with editable regions using Mutli-Root Editing
- Only enable the functionality needed and use Quick Toolbar and keyboard shortcuts to speed up content creation
- Control the output with a variety of options around HTML and CSS
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- Basic rich text editor configurations for simple document, folder or taxonomy descriptions
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- Directly import MS Word documents. Export your content to MS Word or PDF with Document Converters
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- Offer tag, category or assignee suggestions with the Autocompleter and Mentions plugins
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Ensure user-generated content is aligned with corporate and regulatory standards:
- Maintain regulatory standards and avoid potential fines and lawsuits with Accessibility Checker (WCAG)
- Identify document changes over time with Revision History
- Build custom dictionaries to ensure content is on-brand with Spell Checker
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- Upload and browse files, and insert images inside TinyMCE
- Import existing assets from any connected Google Drive or Dropbox account
- Minimal configuration, integrates seamlessly
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