{"id":21011,"date":"2015-12-08T21:23:02","date_gmt":"2015-12-09T05:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/?p=21011"},"modified":"2018-03-09T04:40:16","modified_gmt":"2018-03-09T12:40:16","slug":"how-to-convert-a-rich-text-field-to-an-html-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/21011\/how-to-convert-a-rich-text-field-to-an-html-field\/","title":{"rendered":"How to convert a Rich Text field to an HTML field"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<!-- Start ScreenSteps Content --><\/p>\n<div class=\"LessonContent\">\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size:20px;\">Overview<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepInstructions\">\n<p>You can enable editing of <i>Rich Text<\/i> fields in <i>TopTeam Web <\/i>by converting <i>Rich Text<\/i> fields to HTML. When you convert a <i>Rich Text<\/i> field to the HTML format there won&#8217;t be any data loss, however, some text formatting may change due to change in field type.<\/p>\n<p>To enable this conversion, use the Records Type Fields editor of <i>TopTeam Desktop App<\/i> and convert the fields as per your requirements.<\/p>\n<p>This article describes the procedure to convert a <i>Rich Text <\/i>field to an <i>HTML<\/i> field.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size:20px;\">Who should read this?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepInstructions\">\n<ul>\n<li>TopTeam Administrators<\/li>\n<li>TopTeam Users<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size:20px;\">Step 1. Navigate to the Administration screen in TopTeam Desktop App<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin:10px 0px;\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding:3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wpid21050-media_1424868658136.png\" width=\"441\" height=\"251\" alt=\"wpid21050-media_1424868658136.png\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size:20px;\">Step 2. Click Configure System Record Types<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin:10px 0px;\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding:3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wpid21051-media_1424868788003.png\" width=\"733\" height=\"517\" alt=\"wpid21051-media_1424868788003.png\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size:20px;\">Step 3. Click Customize Record Type Fields<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin:10px 0px;\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding:3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wpid21052-media_1424868851773.png\" width=\"680\" height=\"363\" alt=\"wpid21052-media_1424868851773.png\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size:20px;\">Step 4. The Record Type Fields editor opens, select a Record Type<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin:10px 0px;\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding:3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wpid21053-media_1424868935422.png\" width=\"658\" height=\"519\" alt=\"wpid21053-media_1424868935422.png\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size:20px;\">Step 5. Go to System Fields and select a Rich Text field that you want to convert<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin:10px 0px;\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding:3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wpid21054-media_1424869172820.png\" width=\"691\" height=\"465\" alt=\"wpid21054-media_1424869172820.png\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size:20px;\">Step 6. Click Change Field Type<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin:10px 0px;\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding:3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wpid21055-media_1424869292398.png\" width=\"686\" height=\"366\" alt=\"wpid21055-media_1424869292398.png\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size:20px;\">Step 7. Type &quot;Yes&quot; in the confirmation window and click OK<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin:10px 0px;\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding:3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wpid21056-media_1424869416981.png\" width=\"449\" height=\"211\" alt=\"wpid21056-media_1424869416981.png\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size:20px;\">The Rich Text field is converted to an HTML field<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin:10px 0px;\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding:3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wpid21057-media_1424869570911.png\" width=\"625\" height=\"361\" alt=\"wpid21057-media_1424869570911.png\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size:20px;\">Invoke Startup Wizard to specify format of all Rich Text fields in bulk<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin:10px 0px;\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding:3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wpid21058-media_1449659819978.png\" width=\"760\" height=\"533\" alt=\"wpid21058-media_1449659819978.png\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"StepInstructions\">\n<p><strong>NOTE<\/strong>: Invoke Startup Wizard from the TopTeam main menu.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<div class=\"StepInstructions\">\n<p>Revised: December 9th, 2015<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- End ScreenSteps Content --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview You can enable editing of Rich Text fields in TopTeam Web by converting Rich Text fields to HTML. When you convert a Rich Text field to the HTML format there won&#8217;t be any data loss, however, some text formatting may change due to change in field type. To enable this conversion, use the Records Type Fields editor of TopTeam Desktop App and convert the fields as per your requirements. This article describes the procedure to convert a Rich Text field to an HTML field. Who should read this? TopTeam Administrators TopTeam Users Step 1. Navigate to the Administration screen <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[168],"class_list":["post-21011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-topteam-web","tag-rich-text"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paoaNA-5sT","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21011"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39297,"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21011\/revisions\/39297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}