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description: "Learn more about: Using CRichEditCtrl"
title: "Using CRichEditCtrl"
ms.date: "11/04/2016"
helpviewer_keywords: ["rich edit controls [MFC], using", "CRichEditCtrl class [MFC], using"]
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# Using CRichEditCtrl

A rich edit control is a window in which the user can enter and edit text. The text can be assigned character and paragraph formatting, and can include embedded OLE objects. The rich edit control is represented in MFC by the [CRichEditCtrl](../mfc/reference/cricheditctrl-class.md) class.

## What do you want to know more about

- [Overview of the Rich Edit Control](../mfc/overview-of-the-rich-edit-control.md)

- [Classes Related to Rich Edit Controls](../mfc/classes-related-to-rich-edit-controls.md)

- [Rich Edit Control Examples](../mfc/rich-edit-control-examples.md)

- [Character Formatting in Rich Edit Controls](../mfc/character-formatting-in-rich-edit-controls.md)

- [Paragraph Formatting in Rich Edit Controls](../mfc/paragraph-formatting-in-rich-edit-controls.md)

- [Current Selection in a Rich Edit Control](../mfc/current-selection-in-a-rich-edit-control.md)

- [Word Breaks in a Rich Edit Control](../mfc/word-breaks-in-rich-edit-controls.md)

- [Clipboard Operations in Rich Edit Controls](../mfc/clipboard-operations-in-rich-edit-controls.md)

- [Stream Operations in Rich Edit Controls](../mfc/stream-operations-in-rich-edit-controls.md)

- [Printing in Rich Edit Controls](../mfc/printing-in-rich-edit-controls.md)

- [Bottomless Rich Edit Controls](../mfc/bottomless-rich-edit-controls.md)

- [Notifications from a Rich Edit Control](../mfc/notifications-from-a-rich-edit-control.md)

## See also

[Controls](../mfc/controls-mfc.md)