So now you should have a new post opened and have created some text.

It doesn't matter what it is as long as you have at least a few paragraphs added.

It could be just a bunch of mumble jumbo text as long have you have some paragraphs there.

Remember it is easier to have a practice page than try it out the first time on a piece of content you already have that way if you make a mistake no harm is done and no added stress trying to figure out how to fix it.

Step 1

Highlight the group of text your wish to create a block around. Here is a sample shot of what to do when highlighted.

Once you have highlighted your text a box will appear at the top when you click the box with the 3 dots and click the options box.

A new box window will appear which will lead you to Step 2

Step 2

Here a new window appears and as you can see there is a selection of options.

Towards the bottom, you will see Group click that and now your selected group of texts will show an outline around your text.

Once done proceed to the next page for steps 3 and 4



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SCannella Premium
Thanks for the blog as i wanted to know how to do these different things on my site. What else Id really like to know is how to make charts with checks next to the words instead of the dots or numers. I want to soon get really good with the designing like this.
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Hi Stephanie,

You are most welcome with the training here.
Great to see your interest in further enhancing your website with these options.
With the other part on charts here are three training for members and Kyle that may help you further. Wishing you well along your online journey

Andre
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FrankB-1 Premium Plus
Great explanation, Andre! 👍

Enjoy your weekend! 😊
Frank
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Thank you Frank appreciated.
Enjoy your weekend too.
Andre
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Mattylinc Premium
Thanks heaps for putting this together for us all Andre, very appreciated, as I have wondered about things like this on more than one occasion.


My only question, what if you highlight text in a new post in wordpress and it DOESNT appear with the options box you displayed above? Is there some kinda setting i should've changed or something?


Any feedback heaps appreciated, but thanks again brother, this is super helpful stuff.
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Hi, Matty thank you.

Instead of doing it the way is shown in the training with a new post you can once you create a new paragraph select the plus sign and you should see the word group.
As shown in the first image below

Once you click group it will create that box outline for you and then you can type or copy and paste your text.

Once done you can then go to the right side of the block editor and then do what background or colours you wish to use as normal.

If you can't see group when you click the plus sign in the search box above that same section type in a forward slash then group

This will be the quickest way to find group rather than looking down the left-hand side for that name.

As shown in the second image below

Once found the same deal click group a new outline will appear and then type or copy and paste your selected text and then go to the right side to do the background and colours you wish to use.

Hope that helps

Andre
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Mattylinc Premium
Awesome, thanks heaps Andre, very appreciated.

Once I'm done with work tomorrow, I'll have a better look at your guide above so i can implement some of these handy features etc

Thanks again brother, hope you're doing ok these days in your part of oz!
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You are very welcome Matty
Enjoy the training when you get the chance and wishing you a great week ahead.

Andre
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TheAbiePPlus Premium Plus
Great resource. I like the two bits of lesson 1, I'd aim to keep it discreet, relevant, and straightforward, and the aim is to always write to humans. Content is KING.

Great job, Andre!
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Thanks Abie appreciated.

I don't use the second part only thought about it when I started to create the training but guess it can be useful for some to highlight more important aspects within that same block.
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Zoopie Premium
Great stuff Andre.
There is something else In block editor I’ve been using too. However it may be this…just seems a bit different..Ali I look later..
Thanks
Stephen
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Thanks Stephen there is so much more available that I haven't even checked out all that is available.
Andre
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