Technical Support

How do I paste text from Microsoft Word without it looking odd?

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See "How do I change my default text editor in Pou Manawa Akoranga?" and change your editor to the "TinyMCE HTML editor"

To use this feature, go to the location where you want to paste in text from Microsoft Word. In the editor, click on the "Paste from Word" button.

Paste from Word

In the window that appears, use your keyboard to press "Control" and "V" to paste in the Word text. Click on "Insert"

Paste from Word - Insert

Note - The editor does its best to produce similar looking text, but it isn't always perfect. It may do odd things such as change a heading into a clickable link. You will need to fix these by removing the link using the text editor tools.