Windows 8 coding issues?

  • One of my writers is having issues submitting clean copy that isn’t ridden with Microsoft code. I have all my writers follow the same procedure:

    1. Write copy in Word or word processor of choice. (He’s using Word through Google Docs).

    2. Save as plain text.

    3. Open in Notepad

    4. Copy and paste into WordPress.

    5. Format (Bold, italics, links, yadee, yadee).

    No one except him has this issue where there is code all over the place, plus the article is usually in there twice because he says it always takes two tries to cut and paste it from Notepad into WP.

    The only difference I can figure out is he’s using Windows 8.

    Is anyone else having issues generating plain text into WordPress from Windows 8?

    Am I missing something obvious? We’ve tried everything I can think of to fix this, but his posts are a mess.

    Thanks!

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  • Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    What do you mean by code all over the place?

    Thread Starter RotoRob

    (@rotorob)

    I mean <span> and <div> tags among other things that I have seen when people cut and paste directly from Word into a CMS. Example. Here’s the first graph of his post today:

    <div style=”width: 1px;height: 1px;overflow: hidden”>DIAMOND STOCKS: Twins’ Sam Fuld Back In The Fold</div>
    <div style=”width: 1px;height: 1px;overflow: hidden”>Each week in Diamond Stocks, we look at five players whose fantasy stock is soaring and five players on the downward slope.</div>
    <div style=”width: 1px;height: 1px;overflow: hidden”>FIVE UP</div>

    What a mess! I have to remove all that coding before publishing.

    Any similar reports from Windows 8 users? That is the only unique thing I can figure out that is causing this, because no one else has this issue.

    Thanks!

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