I've been using the Umbraco Rich text editor with no problems until I copy and paste formatted text from MS Word. This results in the formatting being lost and replaced with something ugly.
Is there anything I can use that can fix this problem?
I tried the 'paste from word' and was very hopeful but the result is worse than a straight paste as all numbered paragraphs end up being numbered twice and if there is a number that covers more than one paragraph after the last para in that group the numbering restarts at 1.
It seems the best thing is to do a direct paste remove all formatting and then re apply as best you can with the style available.
Copying and pasting MS Word text into Rich Text Editor
Hi all,
I've been using the Umbraco Rich text editor with no problems until I copy and paste formatted text from MS Word. This results in the formatting being lost and replaced with something ugly.
Is there anything I can use that can fix this problem?
Thanks
There's a couple of options here:
1. You can click on the 'paste from word' icon (clipboard with a document on it) that'll basically strip all the excess tags that word generates.
2. You can set up a content channel that'll allow you to edit the content directly from word. There's a video available @ http://umbraco.com/help-and-support/video-tutorials/umbraco-fundamentals/building-a-news-section/content-channels-editing-from-word.aspx but it requires a subscription to view. I'm sure you can google/look on the forum for further information though.
I tried the 'paste from word' and was very hopeful but the result is worse than a straight paste as all numbered paragraphs end up being numbered twice and if there is a number that covers more than one paragraph after the last para in that group the numbering restarts at 1.
It seems the best thing is to do a direct paste remove all formatting and then re apply as best you can with the style available.
Does anybody have a quicker/better way?
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