Pasting from Microsoft Word

[RichardWorthington]

When pasting from Microsoft Word, I found that certain formatting tags (font=... color= ...) kept being inserted quite frequently.

By trial and error, I found a way to remove them:

1) Select Arial as the font for the whole text
2) Select the whole document and copy it to the clipboard (Edit menu, Select All; Edit menu, Copy – or Ctrl A, Ctrl C)
3) Open WordPad (Start menu,(All) Programs, Accessories, WordPad)
4) Paste it into WordPad, and then copy it all back to the clipboard (Edit menu, Paste; Edit menu, Select All; Edit menu, Copy – or Ctrl V, Ctrl A, Ctrl C)
5) Paste it into the text writing box (right-click and select Paste, or try clicking in the box and pressing Ctrl V)
6) Sometimes I find that the line spacing disappears, however pressing the "preview post" button can bring them back (!).

I always press the "preview post" button just to check that it has come in correctly.

Hope this helps! :)

Richard

[Michael Stickles]

My own method is to paste everything first into Notepad (which removes all formatting), then manually restore any formatting I actually wanted to keep. That works from Word, web pages, or whatever.

For selections that have lots of boldface or italics, though, I'll bet Richard's method is simpler.

Mike

[Paul Cowan]

I have not had any challenges just typing straight into the reply screen. Is there a benefit to typing in Word and then all the steps?

[Olga]

Some of us who have limited online access, or whose internet connections are less reliable, have learnt that it's much safer to write posts in Word, save them, then do a copy/paste. that way one is spared the frustration of losing a post, particularly a long one.

[Paul Cowan]

Oh,

I guess that is why I don't have problems. I just do hit and run posts and don't give the the computer time to bog down. :)

[Anthony]

I find a method that works very well is not to use MS Word at all.

[RichardWorthington]

For short posts it is indeed quicker to type on screen, but for long posts it can be useful to save them and then come back to them later.

However, I've just edited one of my posts to change the font size back to normal size ... !
Richard

[RichardWorthington]

However, some of us are used to MS word ... (although I have started to think about using WordPad in general, but then there is no spelling checker!).

[Father David Moser]

However, some of us are used to MS word ... (although I have started to think about using WordPad in general, but then there is no spelling checker!).

You might also try saving your Word documents in RTF format first, then reopening them as rich text docs and try cutting and pasting. I haven't tried it here, but it seems to solve the "MSWord" problems with some other online editors we use.

Fr David Moser

[Michael Stickles]

I have not had any challenges just typing straight into the reply screen. Is there a benefit to typing in Word and then all the steps?

Aside from what's been mentioned, it can be useful when you want to quote a section from an online document that has its own formatting, and would rather copy-and-paste than retype. Copy into Notepad removes all formatting; copy into Word and follow Richard's procedure lets you keep whatever formatting you want.

Mike