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1. sillybooks
   Member
   Oct 20, 2008, 8:14 AM

   Despite some very positive help from thesacredpath (Aug 19, 2008) I continue to find large areas of white space appearing in my blog (URL below) several days after posting.
   These spaces can be up to half a screen deep.
   I have just (daytime, Australia, 20 October) cut them out of the present entry page, as I frequently need to. There were a lot there.

   An additional problem someone may help on: "Enter" spaces in "plain text" are suddenly failing to take. Adding a >br/< (brackets backwards so this does not enter as script) in the "HTML" option works, but seem to have gone (although the space remains) when I go back later. Seems odd.

   Roger
   http://staywarmworld.wordpress.com

2. justjennifer
   Member
   Oct 20, 2008, 12:57 PM

   Hi Roger, are you still pasting from a text editor?

   At the moment I don't see any huge spaces, but as you've said you cut them out, it won't be possible to see what is causing the problem.

   Cheers!

3. sillybooks
   Member
   Oct 21, 2008, 5:37 AM

   "... are you still pasting from a text editor?" ~ Yes, Jennifer, MS Notepad. Odd how the page stays nice and even for a bit, then slabs of white space appear. I was hoping it was a known problem. I never did want to be unique...

   Can you assist on the need to write breaks into the html? This also has a strange aspect. After I script the break in, I then have to remove a space when I go back to plain text. Returning to the html I find the scripted break has been removed, but the break I need remains where I need it. Odd.

4. raincoaster
   Member
   Oct 21, 2008, 7:25 AM

   Notepad has some unexpected errors. Try doing Pasting without Format or similar. I was rather shocked to find Notepad didn't wipe everything out, but no. You might have to tweak the paste.

5. sillybooks
   Member
   Oct 21, 2008, 8:32 AM

   "You might have to tweak the paste." ... Thanks, raincoaster; but it causes me to plead ignorance. The only format options I have in Notepad are wrap and font. What can I tweak? Is there another text editor you could advise which is wholly clean?

6. raincoaster
   Member
   Oct 21, 2008, 8:38 AM

   Sure.

   Do your thing. Look at it. If it has extra spaces, delete them. Etc,

   Otherwise: I've heard that Wordpad will do the trick, if you set it to Post Plain Text.

7. sillybooks
   Member
   Oct 21, 2008, 8:59 AM

   Thanks, raincoaster... loaded and now searching for "Post Plain Text".

8. justjennifer
   Member
   Oct 21, 2008, 9:14 AM

   http://faq.wordpress.com/2006/05/15/what-do-all-the-icons-mean/

   :)

9. sillybooks
   Member
   Oct 21, 2008, 10:58 AM

   Cool, Jennifer... many thanks. Y'all will get me honest, yet...

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