Text and styles

This advice applies to England. See advice for See advice for Northern Ireland, See advice for Scotland, See advice for Wales

You can type or paste content into the 'Body' field in advice collections or entries.

Image of the 'Body' field with example text.

You can use the options at the top of the Body field to:

  • make text into a header - the top level is header 2

  • make text bold

  • make text into a link

  • add a bullet point list or a numbered list

Linking to other pages and sites

Check how to add links.

Problems when you paste text

Sometimes when you paste text, a message will appear at the bottom of the Body field that says 'Only bold marks are allowed'. You can't publish changes while the message is there.

Warning at the bottom of the Body field - it says 'Only bold marks are allowed'.

The message appears because the pasted text included some formatting that isn't allowed.

The problem is usually a link - Google Docs automatically underlines links and underlining isn't allowed in Contentful. Select the text and press 'Cmd+U' (or 'Ctrl+U' on Windows) to remove the underline. This should fix the issue.

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