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Using the HTML Text Editor

Need help with formatting your description but don't know how to write HTML? Learn how to use the HTML Text Editor. The text editor will help you format your text in much the same way a word software program helps.

Already know how to write HTML? Then use the "original" description form (non-text editor mode)
that will allow you to format and code your description using HTML code.

How to use the HTML Text Editor
You will find the text editor in Step 2 of the Sell Your Item form — "Title & Description". Click on the "HTML text editor" link above the description box to display the text editor.

  1. Specify the style, font, colour and/or font size you want.

  2. Select the text that you would like to format.

  3. Choose the option that you want from the drop down menus

Format your text to enhance your item description
Well thought out use of bold, italic , or underlined text can enhance your item's appeal. Aligning
text (left, centre, right), making bulleted or numbered lists, increasing/decreasing indents are additional ways to format your text. Highlight the text to be formatted and click on the appropriate buttons.

Viewing and editing HTML
In the text editor, you have the option of viewing or editing the HTML code that is generated for you.
If you are an advanced user of HTML and would like to insert features like tables or graphics, then eBay recommends that you use the "original" description form.

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