Weird items used for punctuation marks

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  ronabbass · Member · May 21, 2017 at 6:53 pm

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  When I copy and paste to my wordpress these weird items appear as punctuation marks “     “Yes, I will attend”, said Mack!

  Support team can you help me remove these? Thank you!

  ronabbass.wordpress.com

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  fstat · Staff · May 22, 2017 at 7:57 am

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  Hi there,

  Try pasting your text as plain using the “Paste as text” icon on the editor. Here are the instructions:
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/microsoft-word/#plain-text

  Let me know if you’re still having trouble.

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  ronabbass · Member · May 22, 2017 at 12:35 pm

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  Hi fstat! Thanks for your response and advice. I was doing that (paste as text”), but the whole post would end up being one massive paragraph. It’s time consuming separating, spacing and restoring the post to it’s original.

  Nevertheless, I will continue to paste as text.

  Thanks fstat, I do appreciate your help. Peace to you and yours.
  Ron A.

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  fstat · Staff · May 22, 2017 at 9:02 pm

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  If you’re using a word processor to write and format your post offline you can use the WordPress.com desktop app instead. This will save you the copy/paste and re-formating :)

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  ronabbass · Member · May 22, 2017 at 9:07 pm

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  Thanks tstat, I will consider your suggestion. I do appreciate your taking the time to assist me. Take good care.

  Ron A.

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  fstat · Staff · May 22, 2017 at 9:09 pm

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  You’re welcome Ron! Always a pleasure to help fellow WordPressers :)