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WordPress Tutorial: Cleaning Up Microsoft Word Formatting
By Bradley Charbonneau | Filed under Help, Tutorials, WordPress
If you paste content from Microsoft Word (or any formatted content) directly into the editing area of the WordPress backend, chances are a bunch of formatting code will come with it. Best bet is to use the little “clipboard T” (for plain text, recommended) or if you do have some formatting you’d like to try to keep, use the “clipboard W” (for pasting from Word). Both are located on the second formatting button bar. If you don’t see that button bar, click the icon/button on the right of the top row of icons “Show/hide Kitchen Sink.”
Here’s the video that walks through cleaning up formatting if you do paste in without using the clipboard icons.
January 29th, 2009 at 2:48 am
Bradly,
Great post and info, I have always preferred to use my word processor only for keeping a place to work on that particular article or project.
I love wordpress and I have found it easier to past in plain text then format with wordpress.
Yes Word does create a bunch of garbage when you are pasting directly to wordpress.
You have sparked my interest here I am wondering how it works with Open Office. I will have to give that a try here soon when.
Anyway thanks for the great wordpress information.
June 10th, 2009 at 10:52 am
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June 25th, 2009 at 2:50 am
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July 14th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
Hi Bradley,
This post helped me sort out issues I was having with the WordPress pages, and from watching your video that I realised it’s because I pasted directly from Word.
Thanks!
July 15th, 2009 at 1:05 am
also an excellent Wordpress Tutorial over at likoma.com with complete instructions,
July 15th, 2009 at 8:14 am
Word does create a bunch of garbage when you are pasting directly to wordpress.
July 19th, 2009 at 9:12 pm
Wordpress is a great platform for spreading all the wonderful information about getting and staying healthy.
I have ran into this micro soft word issue also and this post did help me resolve it.
Thanks