How can I prevent these 2 consistent formatting problems creating new posts?
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Background (if it matters): I create new posts by composing them as a Word document (Arial Narrow, 10pt) then copy/paste them via Posts >> Add New. Every time I create a new post two formatting problems happen, one of them minor and the other a major hassle.
Minor: The first paragraph always has wider line spacing (perhaps 1.5) while the rest of the post is single spaced the way I want. I don’t like it, but it’s a nuisance I’ve unwillingly learned to live with.
Major: Except for the line spacing in the first paragraph, the rest of the post looks fine but when I Preview it dozens and dozens of code are visible (very brief sample below). When I go back to the post, the extra code has appeared in the Visual tab. I can delete it easily enough, but when I look at the Text tab all I’ve accomplished is to create a gap in an even longer string of code – MUCH longer.
To make a bad situation worse, getting rid of *that* code is especially difficult because the actual content of the post is interspersed within the code. That makes no sense to me at all because the document I originally created in Word rarely includes any format changes at all (boldface, italics, ec.)
What am I doing wrong? Thanks. (Sample “garbage code” follows.)
/* 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-parent:””;
mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-indent:.5in;
line-height:12.0pt;
mso-line-height-rule:exactly;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:”Arial Narrow”,”sans-serif”;
mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} -
Hi there, we don’t recommend directly pasting in text from rich-text applications like Word, for the very reasons you’re seeing. :-)
There are two workarounds:
1) Use the Paste from Word button. Learn more here:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/microsoft-word/2) Paste in plain text only. To turn your Word document into plain text, use the “Save as” option and choose the plain text / txt / text only option. Then, open a plain-text program like Notepad and open the .txt document you just created. Ensure that there is no formatting still present, and then paste from this new plain-text document into WordPress.
Just let me know if you need further help.
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