How to stop WordPress from strippping out my formatting

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    lhcizewski · Member ·

    I compose in two ways:

    In Microsoft Word’s blog editor then upload it to WordPress as a draft.

    Online.

    WordPress strips out some or all of my formatting either way.

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    honeysilvas · Member ·

    Hi,

    What kind of formatting is it removing?

    You might have to paste your content as text. See how to do that here: http://en.support.wordpress.com/visual-editor/#pasting-text

    If you are using Microsoft Word, you can also follow the instructions explained here:
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/microsoft-word/

    Hope that helps!

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    lhcizewski · Member ·

    Thanks for replying.

    On another WordPress forum, Microsoft Live Writer was suggested as an offline standalone composer. So far, my font style and size have not been stripped out. I think that is because I directly upload to WordPress without first going through my Desktop.
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    When I publish a post directly from Word, WordPress.org strips out the font style and size I used in Word.

    Sometimes it adds line breaks and <p>.

    I lose almost all my formatting when I copy and paste from Word to WordPress.
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    I’m composing a new post with Microsoft Live Writer. I’ll let you know if my formatting survives publishing.

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    auxclass · Member ·

    WLW usually works OK

    Here are some code guidelines: http://en.support.wordpress.com/code/

    Pasting from M/S Word is almost always a problem and seems to be erratic

    Have you set: Dashboard >> Settings >>Writing >>WordPress should correct invalidly nested XHTML automatically? That will also help with some other formatting problems

    WordPress strips out some stuff when you switch from Text to Visual editor modes – some allowed code seems to get stripped at times if my memory is correct (I only use a couple of pieces of html formatting)

    Pasting from Word is supposed to work – but the last time I tried it I had some serious formatting issues – so when I write in Word I paste it in as plain text and fix the formatting later (I don’t do a lot of fancy formatting except for keeping pictures from getting in the wrong place on my how to do things articles

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    lhcizewski · Member ·

    Thanks.

    Just changed the setting you suggested.

    I can move between WLW’s “edit” and “source” options without losing formatting as happens with “text” and “visual” in WP’s composer.

    If WLW continues to work well, I’ll keep using that.

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