How to paste text from Word into your blog

When you paste text from a word processing package such as Word it'll often include a lot of the formating code the package uses. It's a good idea to avoid including this in your blog post, here's a simply way of doing so:

  • Copy the text from your word processing package to the clipboard (control+c or command+c).
  • In the blog text editor, place the cursor where you would like the text to appear by clicking upon that point.
  • Click upon the button labeled "Paste as Plain Text".The Paste as Plain Text button
  • In the window that opens click within the text entry area in the centre of this window and past your text into it (control+v or command+v).The Paste as Plain Text popup
  • Click upon the button labeled "Insert" to paste your text into the editor.Inserting the stripped text
  • The text with any formatting removed will then be pasted into the test editor.The Paste as Plain Text process complete