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Posted Anonymously |
Formatting problems when copy/paste from Word documents (line returns
Oct 22 2008, 8:57 PM EDT
Hi, my Wetpaint wiki is constantly changing my formatting without my permission and no matter how many times I change it back, it doesn't take it. For instance, lines are running together where there should have returns between them. How can I fix this? I use the wiki to manage a non-profit publication so copy/paste from word documents is very frequent for us. Please help! The formatting is making me nuts and I cannot write all my texts in tables as I'm afraid it might compromise future reorganization of the text. Thanks.
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Baby_Apple |
1. RE: Formatting problems when copy/paste from Word documents (line returns
Oct 22 2008, 9:07 PM EDT
Are other members of your Wiki experiencing this issue?
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2. RE: Formatting problems when copy/paste from Word documents (line returns
Oct 22 2008, 10:58 PM EDT
Actually yes, there are other members having the same issue but not all. Could it be a result of the system used by the computer? Some of us are on Mac, some of us on PC. Have you heard about this before?2 out of 3 found this valuable. Do you? |
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3. RE: Formatting problems when copy/paste from Word documents (line returns
Oct 23 2008, 6:49 AM EDT
It could be an issue of differing screen sizes. You could be using a 13" Moniter, and one of your other members could be using a 24" Moniter. Usually, varying screen sizes will mess up the page. Try changing your resolution to the highest (if you are using a small monitor) or lowest (if you are using a large moniter) setting, and see if that changes anything.
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Posted Anonymously |
4. RE: Formatting problems when copy/paste from Word documents (line returns
Oct 23 2008, 8:42 AM EDT
"It could be an issue of differing screen sizes. You could be using a 13" Moniter, and one of your other members could be using a 24" Moniter. Usually, varying screen sizes will mess up the page. Try changing your resolution to the highest (if you are using a small monitor) or lowest (if you are using a large moniter) setting, and see if that changes anything."This has nothing to do with screen. Please advise, help to what can we do to copy/paste from a document word and keep our formats. As the original post of this site says the wetpaint editbox just disable any format from word except for the bold option, no paragraphing no bullets just one continuous text from start to finish. This is very important issue as we now have to re-edit everything we paste in wetpaint pages. 1 out of 2 found this valuable. Do you? |
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5. RE: Formatting problems when copy/paste from Word documents (line returns
Oct 23 2008, 12:53 PM EDT
I found the answer: use Firefox. It seems that only Firefox is able to retain the format of a text when pasted from an external text editor. So use Firefox to edit content.
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6. RE: Formatting problems when copy/paste from Word documents (line returns
May 5 2011, 4:51 PM EDT
Yea i am having the same problem, i used to have firefox, but have changed that, will have to use Firefox again and see if that does the trick.
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Naru2008 |
7. RE: Formatting problems when copy/paste from Word documents (line returns
May 5 2011, 8:27 PM EDT
Please no Forum Necromancy. Read the rules:http://www.wetpaintcentral.com/page/Wetpaint+Central+Rules -Clay Do you find this valuable? |
