Copy and Paste

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  debbysdishaboutatlantarealestate · Member · Aug 13, 2013 at 11:22 am

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  Recently, when i copy and paste content to a new blog post, it appears normal, but when i publish the post, the following shows up before my actual content:
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  /* Style Definitions */
  table.MsoNormalTable
  {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”;
  mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
  mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
  mso-style-noshow:yes;
  mso-style-priority:99;
  mso-style-qformat:yes;
  mso-style-parent:””;
  It does not show when i “preview” the post, only once it’s published. I then have to go back and “edit” the post and then it shows up so i can delete it. Anyway to avoid this? It never used to happen and i’ve always copied and pasted for new posts.
  Thanks,
  Debby

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  kraftbj · Staff · Aug 13, 2013 at 8:10 pm

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  Hi Debby,

  That’s from a quirk in Microsoft Word that includes a ton of HTML that can gunk things up quite a bit. We have a “Paste from Word” option in our editor that should remove the vast majority of that material.

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  If it doesn’t strip it out, switching to the Text Editor after pasting should reveal all of the gunk in advance so you can remove it prior to publication. (Our doc explaining how to switch and the difference: http://en.support.wordpress.com/editors/ )

  Thanks for using WordPress.com and please let me know if you have any questions.