Contribute Documentation

Adobe Contribute is a user-friendly program for updating web sites. You don’t need any knowledge of HTML to edit pages. Contribute functions much the same as familiar word processors like Microsoft Word.

These pages should help you get started with Contribute. If you have any questions, e-mail web@wcas.northwestern.edu or visit the Contact Us page.

Adobe Contribute Tips

#1: To create a line break without a line space, hold the shift key as you tap the "Enter" key.

Contribute indent button

#2: Need to indent a single line, or one or more paragraphs, of text? Use the indent button (see image) NOT the space bar. Why? Because using the spacebar will result in a string of non-breaking spaces that could size differently on different browsers, resulting in a ragged left margin, or create awkward and unnatural sentence wrapping.

Detailed information about using Contribute is also available on this site.

July 12, 2010