--- schema_version: "1" id: ac5e3d5bd12bd5881d7923c4c93a624670242c9373d2ed11980182637daf48a1 title: Lightning Article Editor collection: admin version: current locale: en-us portal_url: https://docs.salesforce.com/admin/current/en-us/service/264-0-0/knowledge_lightning_article_editor.md canonical_url: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=service.knowledge_lightning_article_editor.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 source_site: help.salesforce.com content_type: documentation content_hash: 3354f6bd5f38c5e876b042741532d3fb96bfdeaa555ef5a39dc8920f0deb3f38 description: Author knowledge articles easily and more effectively with the new Lightning Article Editor. Give your knowledge authors and managers a more user-friendly and powerful authoring experience, so they can create and maintain high-quality articles to better serve your customers’ needs. products: - Service Cloud release: "264" --- # Lightning Article Editor Author knowledge articles easily and more effectively with the new Lightning Article Editor. Give your knowledge authors and managers a more user-friendly and powerful authoring experience, so they can create and maintain high-quality articles to better serve your customers’ needs. ### Required Editions
Available in Lightning Experience. View supported editions.
To use the Lightning Article Editor, you must enable the Lightning Article Editor release update. See [Manage Release Updates](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.release_updates_manage.htm&type=5&language=en_US) for instructions about selecting and enabling a release update. ![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-service-support-264-0-0-production-enus/dd14551c-a772-4db6-9a1d-d84df8df2980/images/icon_note.png) Note Besides the Lightning Article Editor, the release update includes the Article Personalization for Knowledge feature. For information about the Article Personalization, see [Knowledge Article Personalization](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=service.knowledge_article_personalization.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Use Article Personalization for Knowledge to tailor knowledge content to your business needs and unlock support rep productivity."). After you enable the release update, the new Lightning Article Editor replaces the previous version of the Knowledge editor. The Lightning Article Editor is backward-compatible, meaning that all articles you authored in the old editor look the same in the new editor. Users can select an existing article (1) and click **Edit**, or they can click **New** (2) to work in the Lightning Article Editor. ![A screenshot shoiwng how to open the new lightning article editor.](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-service-support-264-0-0-production-enus/dd14551c-a772-4db6-9a1d-d84df8df2980/support/images/knowledge/knowledge_lightning_editor1.png) Some key features of the new Lightning article editor include a full-screen mode (1), advanced table editing support (2), an accessibility checker (3), and seamless copy/pasting from external sources. ![A screenshot of the lightning article editor highlighting key features and functions](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-service-support-264-0-0-production-enus/dd14551c-a772-4db6-9a1d-d84df8df2980/support/images/knowledge/knowledge_lightning_editor_features.png) ## Features Comparison The tables that follow list the capabilities available in the previous Knowledge Article Editor and the Lightning Knowledge Article Editor. Text Formatting Capabilities Comparison | Capability | Available in the Lightning Editor | Available in the Previous Editor | | --- | --- | --- | | Edit Font (size, family, color) | Yes | Yes | | Text Alignment (left, right, center) | Yes | Yes | | Text Direction (left-to-right and right-to-left) | Yes | Yes | | Text Highlighting | Yes | Yes | | List Creation (bulleted and numbered) | Yes | Yes | | Hyperlinks to external URLs | Yes | Yes | | Line Height (setting the vertical distance between two lines of type) | Yes | No | | Clear Formatting | Yes | Yes | | Intra-article Anchoring | Yes | Yes | | Seamless Copy and Paste from External Sources | Yes | No | Table Editing Capabilities Comparison | Capability | Available in the Lightning Editor | Available in the Previous Editor | | --- | --- | --- | | Insert Tables | Yes | Yes | | Add and Remove Table Rows and Columns | Yes | No | | Resize Table Cells | Yes | No | | Merge Table Cells | Yes | No | | Format Table Border | Yes | No | | Format Table Background | Yes | No | Media Support Capabilities Comparison | Capability | Available in the Lightning Editor | Available in the Previous Editor | | --- | --- | --- | | Upload Images | Yes | Yes | | Alternative Text (Alt Text) for Images | Yes | No | Productivity Enhancement Capabilities Comparison | Capability | Available in the Lightning Editor | Available in the Previous Editor | | --- | --- | --- | | HTML Editing | Yes | Yes | | Code Snippet Support | Yes | Yes | | Resizable Editor | Yes | No | | Full-Screen Editing Mode | Yes | No | | Text Search & Replace | Yes | No | | Word Counter | Yes | No | | Accessibility Checker | Yes | No | | Smart Links | Yes | Yes | #### See Also - [Considerations and Limitations for the Lightning Editor](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=service.knowledge_lightning_article_editor_limitations.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Before enabling the Lightning Editor, review the related considerations and limitations. They apply to the Knowledge article editor and the docked and case feed email composers in Email-to-Case.") - [Considerations and Limitations for Article Personalization for Knowledge and Dynamic Forms](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=service.knowledge_article_personalization_limitations.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "When you enable Article Personalization for Knowledge, the capabilities and benefits of Dynamic Forms are made available to your Knowledge record pages.") - [Article Personalization for Knowledge](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=service.knowledge_article_personalization.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Use Article Personalization for Knowledge to tailor knowledge content to your business needs and unlock support rep productivity.") - [Configure Knowledge Record Pages with Dynamic Forms](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=service.knowledge_configure_dynamic_forms.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Use the Article Personalization for Knowledge release update to upgrade your knowledge record pages with Dynamic Forms. With Dynamic Forms, you can migrate the fields and sections from your Knowledge record page layout as individual components into the Lightning App Builder. Then you can apply visibility rules to those fields and sections, so that your users see only the fields and sections that are relevant to them.") - [Manage Release Updates](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.release_updates_manage.htm&type=5&language=en_US)