Pasting Text with Source Formatting in Word: A Guide for Mac and PC Users

When you copy and paste content from a Microsoft Word document or any other source into your website's editor, it can often retain the original formatting, leading to inconsistencies in font styles, sizes, and spacing. This issue is particularly common when copying text from Microsoft Word documents. To avoid this problem and ensure that your content appears consistently across your website, you need to paste the text in plain text format.

Pasting Content in Plain Text for Mac Users

To paste content in plain text on a Mac, follow these steps:

1. Open TextEdit on your Mac computer and paste in the content.

2. Go to the page on your site where you want to add the content (make sure you have clicked 'Edit') and paste in the plain text content.

3. Highlight the plain text in the document and copy it onto your clipboard.

Pasting Content in Plain Text for PC Users

For PC users, follow these steps:

1. Open Notepad on your PC and paste in the content.

2. Copy the content you want to paste onto your clipboard.

If your text is still not displaying properly after following these steps, there are more ways to fix unwanted formatting when copying and pasting text. You can try clearing the unwanted formatting by clicking on the 'Paste as text' button found in the text editor, pasting your text, and then clicking save.

The Tithe.ly Sites text editor comes with three pre-formatted text sizes: Main headline, sub-headline, and standard paragraph. However, when you paste content from Microsoft Word or any other source, it can bring along hidden formatting that can affect how the text appears on your site. To avoid this issue, make sure to paste your content in plain text format.

By following these simple steps, you can ensure that your content is displayed consistently across your website and avoid the frustration of dealing with unwanted formatting from copying and pasting text.

Pasting text with source formatting in word