MelNel

Thanks for the information James. That did not help so I am wondering if doing a fresh WP install on a different iP the using the Duplicator plugin to copy the old site to the new install. Workable solution>

duhhh Operator error!

duhhhh!! found the problem – User error – disable visual tabs when writing was checked.

Feel like a Dolt, but thanks for the help anyway, this is a great place for those new to wordpress!

There should probably be a law restraining old dogs like me from fiddling with new toys.

Well the only plugin at the momemt is Akismet, but I have deactivated that with no success.

Same problem when I switched back to twenty ten.

Will try resetting the plugins folder.
Thanks for the assist Esmi

Update – although I have quicktabs at the top of the editing window there is no html shown in the window only plain text.

Nice getting the answer straight from the horses mouth (so to speak) Frederick. I need to change to change some permissions on one of the folders the cache needs to go in and then will give this a shot.

Thanks much.