Paste plain text not working like it used to?

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  harfga · Member · Jul 5, 2008 at 8:52 pm

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  I like to edit my posts in a text editor and then upload them into WordPress. In the plain text I put all of the simple HTML codes that I want (paragraphs, headers, and links). I typically do this by clicking the Paste as Plain Text button, unchecking the Keep linkebreaks button, and inserting the paste.

  I just tried this for a new post, and it is not working. The HTML codes are appearing in my post.

  Did something change? How can I compose a post off-line and then publish it on WordPress.com?

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  ellaella · Member · Jul 5, 2008 at 9:14 pm

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  I’m not aware of anything changing — doesnt mean it hasn’t — but instead of going through all that rigamaroll for pasting, why not just paste directly into the HTML tab of your editor?

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  harfga · Member · Jul 5, 2008 at 9:20 pm

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  When I paste directly into the HTML tab, the newlines are all messed up. It treats every new line from the paste as a hard new-line. So it will insert breaks in the middle of words, etc. I don’t know how to paste with it ignoring newlines.

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  raincoaster · Member · Jul 6, 2008 at 1:17 am

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  In your text program, can’t you chose not to use Word Wrap? That should solve the problem.