Paste from Word Option – Word Tables

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  pspaireland · Member · Jul 31, 2014 at 4:13 pm

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  Hi, i am having great trouble doing some formatting and wanted to bring a two column word table in to help. I can no longer find the paste from word option. i have searched the forum which refers to the kitchen sink toggle – is this gone ?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  bocraw · Member · Jul 31, 2014 at 4:23 pm

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  I have the same problem, actually. That button seems to be gone since the last time I used wordpress.com.

  There used to be a program called Windows Live Writer that you could use to make blog posts and use tables. But I don’t know if that program is still around.

  Tables have always been a pain with WordPress. They like clean themes that look good across all devices, so I understand why.

  Good luck! I’ll be watching this thread too.

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  timethief · Member · Jul 31, 2014 at 4:27 pm

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  I search the support forums before posting answers.

  On March 24th, Staff introduced new features to WordPress.com and eliminated some old ones from the editor. https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/the-paste-as-word-button-has-been-removed-from-the-visual-editor?replies=8

  They removed the “Paste as (Microsoft) Word” button from the Visual Editor toolbar in your post/page editor window. All we have now is the paste as plain text icon that we can use and it removes all formatting. http://en.support.wordpress.com/visual-editor/#pasting-text

  Note: Firefox users on Windows machines may need to clear the browser cache with ctrl+shift+del in order to get Firefox to recognize the formatting.

  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/posting-of-word-files-with-tables?replies=6

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  bocraw · Member · Jul 31, 2014 at 4:56 pm

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  That is great, Timethief. But I think the central question he is asking is how to get a two column table into a post.

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  timethief · Member · Jul 31, 2014 at 5:02 pm

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  @bocraw
  Okay and thanks so much for the reminder.

  @loretothegreenpa
  You do not need to create a table to have 2 columns in posts or pages. See https://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2009/06/10/formatting-text-pt-1/

  NOTE: As you are copying and pasting some content do enable this setting please:
  Settings > Writing
  WordPress should correct invalidly nested XHTML automatically
  “save changes”

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  timethief · Member · Jul 31, 2014 at 5:03 pm

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  P.S. To create your own HTML tables see here > http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2013/04/09/table-coding-for-wordpress-com-users/

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  galois · Member · Jul 31, 2014 at 5:08 pm

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  @bocraw: If you only need two columns, it is not necessary to use tables:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/advanced-html/#columns