WYSIWYG

WYSIWYG editor

WYSIWYG is an acronym for What You See Is What You Get.
The term is used in computing to describe a system in which content (text and graphics) displayed onscreen during editing appears in a form exactly corresponding to its appearance when printed or displayed as a finished product, which might be a printed document, web page, or slide presentation.

In ZetaCMS WYSIWYG referes to the method used in updating the contents of a page.WYSIWYG implies a user interface that allows the user to view something very similar to the end result while the document is being created. In general WYSIWYG implies the ability to directly manipulate the layout of a document without having to type or remember names of layout commands.