Why is code appearing on top of every new post I publish and how do I stop it?

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  lunarplexus · Member · Nov 12, 2013 at 8:05 am

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  This code appears at the top of a post every time I publish a new one.

  “Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes;…”

  This is screwing up my publicising of the post since I have to go back, edit and delete the code. What’s going on and how do I stop it?

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  justpi · Member · Nov 12, 2013 at 1:20 pm

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  You probably copypaste the content from Word or other similar application. Never copypaste into the Visual editor: when you need to paste, switch the editor to “Text” first.

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  lunarplexus · Member · Nov 12, 2013 at 2:01 pm

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  Oh brilliant. Thanks for the help, man.

  However, this doesn’t happen on my other blog where I do essentially the same thing. Why do you think that is?

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  justpi · Member · Nov 12, 2013 at 2:24 pm

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  You’re welcome.
  When you copypaste from Word or similar applications into the Visual editor, you introduce extra/wrong code. I’ve seen all sorts of junk in the sourcecode of posts created this way (resulting in changed styling, or messed-up formatting, or even visible code), but I haven’t been able to pinpoint exactly what happens when.

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  lunarplexus · Member · Nov 12, 2013 at 3:15 pm

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  Thanks muchly, once again. Happy blogging!