Pasting formatted text from MS-Word

Question

I want to paste into Wordpress posts large amounts of text stored in MS-Word files.

When I directly copy-paste from MS-Word, the page usually breaks because of various MS-Word control characters.

So I prefer to save my text as .txt and then copy pure text and paste it in Wordpress.

However, I then lose all formatting, like bold and italics.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

Maybe you can take a look at the XML-RPC function and using Microsoft Live Writer. I think this will keep all your formats in tact.

Further is gives you a nice interface to work with in a desktop environment. All you have to do is enable this function in the backend, options -> write.

Download and install Microsoft Live Writer and you are ready to go.

http://en.wordpress.com/windows-live-writer/

Answer 2

Another option is the paste from Word button on the toolbar. The option is under the kitchen sink view. Here is more info: http://blogsolace.com/how-to-use-the-paste-from-word-feature-in-wordpress/