ronc0011 0 Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 I'm trying to learn how to use your forum and apparently I'm missing something pretty basic. At first I was trying to just cut & paste from Word to the text input box on the "New Topic" page and I can't get anything to workf. I see the three little icons in the upper right of the form but they don't appear to actually do anything. Even the "Paste from Word" icon doesn't seem to actually do anything. Is there some special trick to get these things to paste content from my Word document. I have the specific text highlighted. In fact I actually did a 'Ctrl +C' to copy the desired text but there seems to be nothing that will actually paste that text into the PHPFReaks text entry form. Can anyone help me with this? Link to post Share on other sites
scootstah 104 Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Try turning the WYSIWYG editor off by clicking the little square icon in the top left, and then paste with either CTRL+V or right-click > paste. Link to post Share on other sites
ronc0011 0 Posted July 17, 2015 Author Share Posted July 17, 2015 Cool !!! Let me give it a try ... Looks Like that was it. Way cool. Thanks a bunch. LOL I needed a little sunshine in my day. thanks :-) Link to post Share on other sites
fastsol 39 Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 I truly hope that you are simply trying to paste paragraphs of text and not actual code from Word. Programming in Word is a terrible idea and should be avoided at all costs. Link to post Share on other sites
cyberRobot 126 Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 For what it's worth, I've just gotten into the habit of pasting things into something like Notepad. Then copy and paste it into the forum. Turning off the WYSIWYG editor is probably a quicker way to go. But this forum is unlikely to be the only place where you'll have problems. I've had similar problems with many Content Management Systems, for example. Link to post Share on other sites
scootstah 104 Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 You could also try CTRL+SHIFT+V, which will paste as plaintext without rich text formatting - that's probably what is messing up the WYISWYG. Link to post Share on other sites
gizmola 213 Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 I've also found the strip format button to be useful on occasion. Link to post Share on other sites
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