edits are not kept in final posting

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  crystaldelarm · Member · Sep 22, 2013 at 3:44 am

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  hi, when i make a post, i like the way it looks, then i upload it, and then i go to my blog to see it, and the spacing is off, there sometimes is no space between paragraphs, parts of the type are bolder or a different type set

  on some of my posts i have literally added dividers to separate the paragraphs
  like
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  this which looks horrible

  also when i upload a poem from my desktop file i am unable to change the font size, is this a natural thing?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · Sep 22, 2013 at 7:44 pm

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  Are you using Microsoft WORD or another word processing program and copying and pasting into the editor?

  Copying and Pasting
  Note that Microsoft WORD is a word processing program that’s not compliant with web standards. The result of copy and pasting from Microsoft Word into the Tiny MCE editor in WordPress blogs can be unexpected, and contain a lot of formatting code that’s not compliant unless you know how to use the built-in features in the Visual editor for using Word cleanly. http://en.support.wordpress.com/visual-editor/#pasting-text You need to click the kitchen sink icon #15 at the end of Row 1 to have Row 2 appear. http://en.support.wordpress.com/visual-editor/#row-1

  Go here and enable this > Settings > Writing
  Formatting
  _ WordPress should correct invalidly nested XHTML automatically
  “save changes”

  I recommend using Windows Live Writer for posting to your blog > http://en.support.wordpress.com/xml-rpc/windows-live-writer/

  Formatting and Spacing
  Blog editors and word processors are not the same and do not work the same way. The web standard is one blank line only, so you cannot add more blank lines by pressing return repeatedly like you would do with a typewriter or in a word processing application. If you want to learn how to format and space your posts and pages see:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/writing-and-formatting-poetry/

  If you are working in the Visual editor, to get single spacing between paragraphs hold the SHIFT key down and simultaneously click ENTER at the end of the paragraph.

  If you are working in the HTML (Text) editor, a single click of ENTER will give you a single-spaced line, and two clicks of ENTER will result in double spaced lines.

  Read more here > http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2011/09/13/wordpress-formatting-and-spacing/

  P.S. When you create a new post, always make sure the Format tool is set to Paragraph before you start typing. It’s in the Visual editor Row 2 first position “style”. See the illustration here http://en.support.wordpress.com/visual-editor/#row-2 If you forget to do that then edit the post, highlight all in the Visual editor, select Paragraph from the Format tool, switch editor to Text then switch back to Visual and click Update.

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  timethief · Member · Sep 22, 2013 at 7:45 pm

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  Changing font size

  These are 3 ways to change fonts on WordPress.com blogs.

  (1) Changing font families, colors and size in text in posts or pages either post by post or page by page by coding into the Text HTML editor. http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2009/07/11/formatting-text-pt-5/

  (2) Changing font colors in text in posts or pages either post by post or page by page using the #4 icon (Select text color – change the text color) in Row 2 the Visual editor. http://en.support.wordpress.com/visual-editor/#row-2

  (3) Changing all font families, colors and sizes throughout the whole blog by purchasing an annually renewable Custom Design upgrade and using Typekit Fonts via CSS editing
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/#custom-fonts

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  crystaldelarm · Member · Sep 23, 2013 at 1:01 am

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  thank you, you have been very helpful