HTML Formatting on Posts Not Working

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  dijeratic · Member · Feb 24, 2011 at 12:48 am

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  This has been an ongoing problem and not seen anything quite like it on the support blogs, but hear that it is common – from time to time (and I’ve no way of knowing when or what, seems random) I will copy text into a post to publish, format for spacing, paragraphs, etc – and once I’ve saved and published, all the formatting is gone. All the text is rushed together and it’s as if no code was ever placed. I use the accepted HTML, I’ve followed all the usual documentation and tips and yet, nothing seems to work. I’m not trying to do anything complicated here, just add a post and format it the way I’d like. The correct number of spaces, and so forth. Any thoughts on this? And if this has been discussed elsewhere, perhaps you can direct me. Thanks.

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  timethief · Member · Feb 24, 2011 at 1:21 am

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  Please be sure this setting is enabled on the blog in question.
  Settings > Writing
  ___ WordPress should correct invalidly nested XHTML automatically” and then scroll down and click “Save Changes.”

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  timethief · Member · Feb 24, 2011 at 1:23 am

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  I will copy text into a post to publish, format for spacing, paragraphs, etc – and once I’ve saved and published, all the formatting is gone.

  I suspect that that you have been copying and pasting text from elsewhere without using either icon 5 or icon 6 in Row 2 of the visual editor. Please see here so you know how to do this correctly in the future. http://en.support.wordpress.com/visual-editor/#pasting-text

  See also > http://en.support.wordpress.com/microsoft-word/

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  timethief · Member · Feb 24, 2011 at 1:25 am

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  For more help with formatting see > http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2009/06/10/formatting-text-pt-1/

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  dijeratic · Member · Feb 24, 2011 at 1:39 am

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  The settings are correct. I’ve tried all of this – the posts still come out as so much oatmeal. I’ve pasted as Word, pasted as text – the formatting is still a mess and if I try to clean it up, it doesn’t take. As I said before – this happens randomly, not on every post, so….? Bug, perhaps?

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  timethief · Member · Feb 24, 2011 at 1:47 am

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  Perhaps. When Staff return om March 2nd, 2011 let them know about this.

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  dijeratic · Member · Feb 24, 2011 at 1:54 am

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  Thanks for trying. :-)

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  timethief · Member · Feb 24, 2011 at 1:58 am

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  You’re welcome. :)

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Feb 24, 2011 at 2:14 am

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  We cannot know what your idea of “accepted HTML and “all the usual documentation and tips” is. Please be more specific and tell us exactly what you’re trying to do.