Note: Since you’ve been pasting with Ctrl+ V you’re very likely using a Windows PC. Rick’s answer: Lots of people have to deal with this same issue Amber, but as luck would have it there’s a very simple solution… To get around that I’ve been pasting the snippet first into Notepad, then copying it again from there and pasting it into my WordPress editor window. Is there a better way? I mean can you tell me a simpler (hopefully one step) way to paste something that was copied to the clipboard as just plain text? Thanks for your help! The problem I’m having is when I copy a snippet of text with Ctrl+ C and then paste it with Ctrl+ V, any formatting (bold, italics, web links, etc.) are pasted into the document along with the text. I write a blog about contests and giveaways, and I’m always copying and pasting snippets from other websites into my own blog posts. In this case, you can paste without formatting ( Ctrl+Shift+V) or paste normally and then select the newly pasted text and click the Clear Formatting button ( ) in the Rich Text Toolbar.Question from Amber: Hi, Rick. In many cases, you will not want to preserve the original formatting, or you will want to re-apply formatting more consistent with the rest of the text, or text within other content or pages. Most allowed formatting options are typically available in the Rich Text Toolbar. Allowed formatting is limited to standard web page formatting as well as how the specific Rich Text Editor field is configured. When the source text is formatted text, meaning it does or can contain formatting, such as bold, italic, margins, etc., then the main paste operation ( Ctrl+V) will attempt to preserve all allowed formatting. In this case, you may need to press ENTER at the start of each paragraph of text to convert those individual line breaks to paragraph breaks. When multiple lines of plain text are pasted into the Rich Text Editor without blank lines, it may insert as a single paragraph of text. In other words, the following source plain text would produce 3 paragraphs. When multiple lines of plain text are pasted into the Rich Text Editor, blank lines are treated like a paragraph break. This will ensure the source text does not contain any formatting. Then, copy and paste from the plain text editor into the Rich Text Editor. To avoid pasting invisible formatting, you can paste with the keyboard shortcut ( Ctrl+Shift+V).Īs a more elaborate alternative, you can first copy and paste the source content to a plain text editor, such as Notepad in Windows. a word processor), it may still contain hidden formatting that is not visible. It is important to note that even if the copied text does not contain formatting, but the application or place it is copied from can contain formatting (ie. When the source text is plain text, meaning it does not and cannot contain formatting, such as bold, italic, margins, etc., then the paste operation will simply insert the source text in the current format at the typing cursor. The copied text should be inserted into the Rich Text Editor where the typing cursor was placed.ĭepending on the source text, you may or may not need to adjust the formatting of the text. As an alternative, you can also use the keyboard shortcut to paste without formatting ( Ctrl+Shift+V).
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