copy and pasting into a post

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    kamiller887c0b8a60 · Member ·

    When I copy and paste a TABLE that I have in a Word doc, into a new post, I’ve tried pasting it into ‘Start writing or type / to choose a block’. When I paste that table in there, then when I preview it, it cuts off the right hand side of the table or else it splits a word into two at the end of the right hand side of the page). I have tried different formatting to paste into but I can’t figure out how to do it so that it shows up correctly once pasted and in Preview. Does anyone know which ‘block’ I should choose to paste into so that the table shows up properly?

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    galois · Member ·

    Hi.

    Does anyone know which ‘block’ I should choose to paste into so that the table shows up properly?

    Maybe you can use the table block:

    Table Block

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    kamiller887c0b8a60 · Member ·

    Thank you Galois, but I tried that and it won’t let me paste into it (unless I’m doing something wrong). I would have to copy and paste each and every single row and column from my Word doc. I want to copy and paste one entire table (form a Word doc) right into the block.

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    galois · Member ·

    I want to copy and paste one entire table (form a Word doc) right into the block.

    I think it is quite difficult to do in WordPress.com because Microsoft Word produces very messy HTML.

    See here, please:

    Microsoft Word

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    galois · Member ·

    Hi, again.
    I have added modlook tag into the sidebar tags on this thread for Staff help.
    Cheers.

  • staff-mckluskey · Staff ·

    Thanks for tagging it @galois :)


    @kamiller887c0b8a60    , our blocks were prepared for creating your content directly on your site, rather than copy-pasting it. As @galois mentioned, if you copy-paste from Microsoft Word you’ll probably need to manually check the HTML. For that, you’d click on the three vertical dots and choose Edit as HTML

    I do recommend creating the table directly in the editor though, using the Table Block.

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    galois · Member ·

    You’re welcome! :)

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    kamiller887c0b8a60 · Member ·

    Hi, I have tried creating the table directly (after I gave up on copying and pasting) and it still has word breaks.

    It looks like this:

    When I type into a tab
    le, some of the words g
    et cut off and this happe
    ns when I copy and pas
    the into a table and also
    when I type directly int
    o a table.

  • staff-blorbo · Staff ·

    Your theme might actually be built to wrap words that way. It sounds crazy, I know, but some themes just are.

    What’s the URL of the post with the problem?

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