formatting issues when i cut/paste text into my post

osweatman · Member · May 7, 2007 at 12:13 am
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Hi – I’ve tried cutting/pasting text from Word into a post, but the formatting goes haywire after I “publish” my post. (I am using the Rich Text Editor.) What’s the best way to avoid this? Thanks
raincoaster · Member · May 7, 2007 at 12:18 am
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Don’t cut and paste from Word or other websites without using an interstitial paste into a plain text editor like Notepad to strip out the formatting. Format in WordPress itself or use a desktop blog publishing program like Blogdesk. See this thread for more details:

https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic.php?id=10702&page&replies=29
timethief · Member · May 7, 2007 at 12:21 am
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This is also noted in the FAQs http://faq.wordpress.com/2006/11/09/why-not-to-use-word/
osweatman · Member · May 7, 2007 at 12:33 am
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Thanks. I checked out the links. If I have original copy in Word, what’s the easiest way to complete “an interstitial paste into a plain text editor like Notepad to strip out the formatting”? (I have a Lenovo Laptop with Microsoft Office – does that come with Notepad?).
raincoaster · Member · May 7, 2007 at 12:52 am
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Select All, Copy All, Paste into a blank Notepad document (yes, your laptop will have it under Accessories). Then copy all of what’s in the Notepad doc, and paste that into your blog. You have to re-format it online. Putting it in Notepad strips out all the weird, random tags Word adds.
osweatman · Member · May 7, 2007 at 12:56 am
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that’s beautiful. done. thank you very much for the swift & helpful responses.
raincoaster · Member · May 7, 2007 at 6:19 am
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Glad it worked for you. YW.

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