How do I edit a text mistake on a post?

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  ldlagarino · Member · Dec 16, 2012 at 6:22 pm

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  I posted something today and noticed a mistake. I’m having difficulty correcting it. I wrote the hyphenated word drum-role. It should read drum-roll.

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  timethief · Member · Dec 16, 2012 at 6:37 pm

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  You can edit the post and change that.
  Dashboard > Posts > All Posts
  hover over the title of the post and click the edit link
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/edit-posts-screen/

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  andymckell · Member · Jan 18, 2013 at 9:04 pm

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  When I edited a post – to correct a spelling – the post was re-issued! Is there any way to edit/correct old posts without re-distributing them?

  Thanks for any help

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  raincoaster · Member · Jan 19, 2013 at 2:28 am

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  Hmmm, it shouldn’t do that unless you change the date.

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  andymckell · Member · Jan 21, 2013 at 7:56 am

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  So, I publish a post, then realise it has the wrong category. I edit the post, change the category and then click “update”? And it will not re-post?

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  raincoaster · Member · Jan 21, 2013 at 5:46 pm

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  No, it shouldn’t.

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  andymckell · Member · Jan 21, 2013 at 6:29 pm

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  It seems to have worked. I have no idea what happened last time, but I seem to have got it right now.

  Many thanks!