Probably not the answer you want, but pasting into a plain-text editor, and then copying and pasting from that will work to prevent any of the Word styles from being applied. It is an extra step, but at least it's a workaround.

You could also define valid_classes which would then strip out the microsoft ones, you can do similar with styles

Pasting from Word often carries over loads of hidden styling that can wreak havoc on your site. Although TinyMCE no longer does the full auto-clean the way it used to, there are still a few strategies you can try:

1. Use TinyMCE’s Paste Plugin

   • Enable the paste plugin in your TinyMCE config.
   • Add settings like paste_remove_spans: true and paste_remove_styles_if_webkit: true to automatically strip unwanted Word styles.

2. Define Valid Elements & Classes [Just like @Huw Reddick mentioned]

   • Configure valid_elements and valid_classes so only the tags and classes you need are allowed; the rest is stripped out.

3. Paste as Plain Text

   • Paste content from Word into a plain-text editor (e.g. Notepad) first, then copy it into TinyMCE. This adds an extra step, but avoids messy MS Word markup.

4. Optional: Create a “Paste from Word” Button

   • Older versions of TinyMCE had a dedicated button for Word. You can replicate this by customizing the Paste plugin to clean Word-specific styles in one click.

I hope these tips help you get back some control over the formatting.

Thanks for the replies.

I think the paste plugin has been removed since version 6.

I'll try the valid elements and classes option.

Pasting into notepad first is something I would do but trying to get users to do that is another story.

David

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