Nothing makes the text spacing used in visual editing come out right when posted
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Nothing makes the text spacing used in visual editing come out right when posted (or previewed)
Not ‘removing formatting’, not making sure ‘paragraph’ shows, not double spacing, not typing text in, not copying & pasting text, not quadruple spacing, or even scrolling to the bottom of the window & putting all that space in between two lines.
No space ends up appearing in the post.The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Go here and enable this > Settings > Writing
Formatting
_ WordPress should correct invalidly nested XHTML automatically
“save changes”When copying and pasting note you need to click the kitchen sink icon #15 at the end of Row 1 to have Row 2 appear. http://en.support.wordpress.com/visual-editor/#row-1
Blog editors and word processors are not the same and do not work the same way. The web standard is one blank line only, so you cannot add more blank lines by pressing “return/enter” repeatedly like you would do with a typewriter or in a word processing application. If you want to learn how to format and space your posts and pages see:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/writing-and-formatting-poetry/If you are working in the Visual editor, to get single spacing between paragraphs hold the SHIFT key down and simultaneously click ENTER at the end of the paragraph.
If you are working in the HTML (Text) editor, a single click of ENTER will give you a single-spaced line, and two clicks of ENTER will result in double spaced lines. http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2011/09/13/wordpress-formatting-and-spacing/
P.S. When you create a new post, always make sure the Format tool is set to Paragraph before you start typing. It’s in the Visual editor Row 2 first position “style”. See the illustration here http://en.support.wordpress.com/visual-editor/#row-2 If you forget to do that then edit the post, highlight all in the Visual editor, select Paragraph from the Format tool, switch editor to Text then switch back to Visual and click Update.
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The standard is no multiple spaces, no multiple line breaks, no multiple paragraph breaks, no empty paragraphs. If you wish to modify the default spacing, you usually need some coding in the Text editor. You can link to specific examples and tell us exactly how you’d like them to look so we can tell you how you can do it.
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Ah hah.
That’s why what ought to be a twenty-minute task periodically takes four hours, & the most logic-defying random luck is about all that can eventually help—-after torrents of frustration.
And why some of my posts look more than usually unprofessional.I will, next time. Just here?
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Yes.
If working in the text editor is way out of your comfort zone, you can try using an offline editor like Windows Live Writer. I believe it is set up to retain that formatting.
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THANK YOU so much, everyone.
WLW looks like just the ticket – and free!
Installing as we speak.You’re all wonderfully helpful.
Now I know that this forum actually works—–
I wonder how I struggled through alone for so long . . .
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