i WAS using Microsoft Word…

  • …but I have seen the error of my ways (in the form of really, really bad formatting mishaps) and I will never do that again.

    Question: because I have used Word to compose posts in the past and then cut-and-pasted them into WordPress, do I need to go back and re-do all those posts to eliminate any weird html or am I safe leaving anything that has not previously given me trouble alone?

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  • If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

    I had this problem also. You might want to go back and look at those old posts in different browsers just to be sure. I found that the odd code from Word displayed in Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6, but not FireFox. Then again, you might not care.

    I’ve taken to writing in Word, then pasting it into Notepad before pasting it into WP. Loses the formatting, but easier to edit long posts that way. I’ve also found that some programs (e.g. the GroupWise mail client) work better as an in-between step – it keeps basic formatting like bold and italics, but drops the unwanted font codes.

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