Trying to publish an ordered list. Need Help.

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  beingds · Member · Sep 28, 2013 at 3:15 pm

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  When I copy and paste from a word processor, WordPress changes the formatting of my ordered lists. I want my formatting to be preserved. How do I stop your site from discarding my formatting?

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Sep 28, 2013 at 3:24 pm

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  Pasting from a wordprocessor is not recommended because they add all sorts of junk code and will eventually break your theme. If you must paste from a wordprocessor, then use the paste from Word icon or paste as plain text.

  Microsoft Word

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/visual-editor/#row-2
  see row 2, numbers 5, 6, or 7

  Another option is to use an offline editor. They act like a wordprocessor, save the posts and pages on your computer, and are mostly free or inexpensive:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/xml-rpc/

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Sep 28, 2013 at 3:27 pm

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  As for ordered lists, there is an icon in the visual editor which will make the code for you. Just highlight the section you want for the list and use the button.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/visual-editor/#row-1
  see button #5

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  beingds · Member · Sep 28, 2013 at 3:29 pm

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  Yes, I saw that button. It doesn’t work right. A normal ordered list looks like this:

  I. BLAH BLAH
  (tab)A. BLAH BLAH
  (tab)(tab)1. BLAH BLAH

  …and so on and so forth. That’s how I have my whole post typed out in word processing. That’s how it’s being copied and pasted into WordPress.

  When I preview though, WordPress is discarding my input and changing the formatting of my list to:

  1. BLAH BLAH
  (tab)1. BLAH BLAH
  (tab)(tab)1. BLAH BLAH

  So what I need to do is to stop WordPress from doing that.

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  beingds · Member · Sep 28, 2013 at 3:31 pm

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  My post is six pages long, and exhaustively proofread, formatted, and checked.

  There’s no way I’m going to go all the way back through it and individually re-type or re-format everything. It just won’t work.