Suddenly I’m getting <em> instead of italics

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  adamschuitema · Member · Jul 11, 2009 at 5:00 pm

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  I don’t know what I did, but now when I try to edit any of my posts, the formatting is all screwed up and I can’t actually see the text in bold, in italics, etc. I’m sure it’s a simple fix to change it back. Any advice?

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

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jul 11, 2009 at 5:17 pm

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  We need a link to the blog and to a place where this is occurring.

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  adamschuitema · Member · Jul 11, 2009 at 5:40 pm

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  http://adamschuitema.wordpress.com

  It’s occurring on every page and post. Thanks.

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jul 11, 2009 at 5:49 pm

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  If you are using the “<i>” and “<b>” HTML tags, they have been depreciated for a while now and the preferred method is using the “em” and “strong” tags. That is what the visual editor will use, and I believe wordpress will automatically change them. Same for “<u>” and “<s>”.

  For italics: <em> and </em>

  For bold: <strong> and </strong>

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  adamschuitema · Member · Jul 11, 2009 at 6:34 pm

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  I don’t want to use HTML at all… just to be able to use the text boxes the way I’d use Microsoft Word…

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jul 11, 2009 at 6:46 pm

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  Apples and oranges. MS Word does not speak HTML – the language of the web. Word was designed for print media, not for the web.

  Are you trying to paste stuff into the wordpress editor from MS Word?

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jul 11, 2009 at 8:40 pm

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  This support document covers the post editor: http://support.wordpress.com/posts/post-screen/

  This FAQ explains about the various icons in the editor although it is a little out of date: http://faq.wordpress.com/2006/05/15/what-do-all-the-icons-mean/

  If you write your stuff in MS Word, and want to keep appropriate formatting, then my suggestion is to download the Windows Live Writer blog application which is very “Word” like. You can paste your stuff from Word into that and WLW will correct all the code so that it is compatible with the web. You can then publish your post directly from WLW.

  http://windowslivewriter.spaces.live.com/

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jul 11, 2009 at 10:52 pm

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  It just occurred to me that what you might be saying is that you are actually seeing the code when you make a post and apply italics.

  Go to users > your profile, and make sure that the “Disable the visual editor when writing” is NOT checked. If it is uncheck it and then click “update profile.”

  Then go to the post editor and if the visual editor does not show up, click the “visual” tab at the top right of the editor window.

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  ramblingwoods2 · Member · Jul 12, 2009 at 1:59 am

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  Hello…I am having the same problem as all posts are appearing in bold without me doing that. I don’t have visual editor disabled checked and I always write directly into the visual editor box. Strange isn’t it or is there something I am missing here…my blog

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  ramblingwoods2 · Member · Jul 12, 2009 at 2:07 am

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  Ok…now it looks fine…Maybe I need new bifocals….geesh

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  adamschuitema · Member · Jul 12, 2009 at 3:17 am

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  Thank you! That fixed it. I knew it was something small. And I’m sorry for not being able to explain it well with the poor MS Word analogy. Take care.

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jul 12, 2009 at 3:28 am

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  Not a problem and you are welcome.