Word has a lot of control characters embedded in the doc/docx file. I never copy Word docs straigh to WP.
Put your doc in notepad, save it a a txt file and then format it inside WordPress. It’s more work but you will have far fewer problems.
Good Luck
Ditto above. It is almost impossible to paste directly from MS Word to any Internet UI without losing your formatting. Just paste into a plain text editor first and all will work out fine.
OK I tried pasting into notepad and then properly formatted. After I copied and pasted into wordpress and still the same problem.
Is that supposed to work?
Man this is frustrating. I know this can be done. I see it all the time on other blogs.
Just to recap, I have copied and pasted the original text with proper formatting from word into notepad. I adjusted formatting in notepad and then saved a .txt file.
Then I copied and pasted into wordpress and still the same f#$%ing problem.
Please, please help.
Not a good way to create anything on a website. Adds tons of crappy code. I’d suggest using a plugin such as WPedit if you need more familiar editing options in the Dashboard.
Ok thanks, I downloaded that plugin, but am still unable to simulate the tab button to format text properly. The only idea I can come up with is using a table, but I can’t make the borders of the table invisible or hidden.
Man, I see so many websites that are able to simulate the tab button on their sites. How are they doing this and why is this so difficult?
There is no “tab” in HTML/CSS – websites are fundamentally different from desktop apps. Tables aren’t good for layout purposes – as they are not responsive so you’ll end up with messy problems on responsive themes.
Do you mean you want to indent something?
Yes, exactly! You nailed it! I have several indendations for a lot of my posts. How’s it done?
You can ADD CSS via a custom CSS theme option or Custom CSS plugin – see:
http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_text_text-indent.asp
Hmm… maybe that’s not it. Here’s an exact example of what I’m trying to do.
The following is the actual text I’m using:
“Say we bought a duplex for $150,000. That means we only need $5,250 plus closing costs and any repairs to do the deal! “So what,” you say? Well get this.
We will live in one side of the duplex and rent out the other for let’s say, $1200.
Here’s how this looks:
P&I (4% interest rate) $691
Property Taxes $313
Mortgage Insurance $118
Home Insurance $67
Total $1,189″
When I copy and paste into wordpress it looks more like this:
“Say we bought a duplex for $150,000. That means we only need $5,250 plus closing costs and any repairs to do the deal! “So what,” you say? Well get this.
We will live in one side of the duplex and rent out the other for let’s say, $1200.
Here’s how this looks:
P&I (4% interest rate) $691
Property Taxes $313
Mortgage Insurance $118
Home Insurance $67
Total $1,189″
As you can see the numbers on the right are completely out of alignment.
How do I keep them perfectly formatted?
Thanks again,
Jeff
Sorry, I can’t even do this on a wordpress forum site! Geez…
The dollar figures are what I am trying to align and format perfectly to the right of the text. I want all the numbers in a perfectly aligned column format. Just like you’re in Microsoft Word and you hit the tab key to go to the right and align text perfectly.
Is it mission critical that you copy and paste this stuff from Word?
For me, I think that your details are crying out for a table.
Try Table Press plugin.
