how to preserve the & n b s p ; code when I want to edit

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  irisoniris · Member · Apr 13, 2013 at 11:38 pm

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  Hi. I have three poetry blogs in WordPress and I used the & n b s p ; (without the spaces) code every time I want to indent some lines. I’d hit Publish then the indentation shows. But then, say, I want to remove a picture I inserted, so I’d hit Edit. Then all the & n b s p ; formatting would be gone.

  Or, when I do the typing under the “Text” tab, then convert to “Visual” tab, the correct formatting shows, but then clicking the “Text” tab again makes the & n b s p ; codes disappear again. It’s very frustrating.

  Since 2009 I’ve been doing copy-paste on the text body with visible & n b s p ; tags, pasting it on Notepad, doing photo edits on “Visual”, then when I return to “Text” I paste the text body from Notepad again.

  Is there a better and less cumbersome way? Thanks.

  My poetry blogs are
  sheisiris.wordpress.com
  irisisms.wordpress.com
  irisoniris.wordpress.com

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  raincoaster · Member · Apr 13, 2013 at 11:42 pm

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  I’m afraid this is what happens when you flip between the Visual and Text editors, and I think the way you’re doing it is unfortunately the most efficient way.

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  justpi · Member · Apr 14, 2013 at 6:50 am

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  Yes there is a better way. See this post of mine, under “Single line indents”:

  Formatting text pt. 2: indents and blockquotes

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  irisoniris · Member · May 12, 2013 at 5:17 am

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  The invisible characters seems to work nicely after I’ve tried it a few times. So far I haven’t encountered any trouble. Thank you!