After pasting it into AR, select all of your text and hit the Tx button on the toolbar to get rid of the formating, then reformat the text within the AR editor.

I type straight on Active Rain... no time for multiple steps. At the end of the day, it's not like I get measurable business from my blog here... so there's only so much time I will invest on writing my posts.

even if you copy and paste from word, you MUST format... the Tx button after you highlight the entire post... then make sure it's highlighted before you select your font size....

 MS Word has a lot of formatting.  May I suggest MS Notepad instead, cut and paste it to AR, then add your own HTML.

I always have problem with that as well...

Bob Crane has your answer.

Bob Crane has you covered.  

Outside my pay grade but I will be back for some answers by the techies!

Don't use Word to create your posts - use something else like Notes or whatever the sister program is to Notes (on a PC). There is html code hidden in Word and it creates havoc on AR!

You should never use word, pick another program as it adds all kinds on nonsense code. Strip the whole post & start again.

I usually type directly to AR but was happy to learn about the Tx button.

Regardless of "how" it is published, the "why"-"what"-"when" of the world of glitches remains a mystery and an often asked question.  "Who" knows

..the mystery continues as does the speculation...

Practice makes perfect.  I hav continual problems as well.

No idea.

I had the same issue so glad you asked as i thought it was just me. Even happier to get some answers, now to find the format key?

I've tried changing that several times, with no luck.  Hope you find a solution

I follow the advice provided by Barbara Todaro. 

Bob Crane has this one covered. 

I guess, that is covered Karen by now. 

Great evening to all.

Time to time I have it too. 

Still do.

Most of the members do post in World or other programs and copy and paste when it is done.

You have many great answers here Karen.

If you type your post in an HTML editor and then paste the code into AR for best results.

Yeah! I struggle too. And...I don't do enough blog posts to get it right without recreating the wheel each time.

I have seen this also I just hvae given up

What Bob Crane said about removing the formatting.

It's an ongoing issue, and I just don't bother with it....

Like Bob Crane says use the Tx function when you first copy and paste your text from Word. After that you can resize, highlight, etc.

I have tried many things over the years to circumvent the AR editor - it's really bad. My latest is Google Docs  - not perfect either since I have to write it very plainly then add bold, italic, whatever else in Active Rain. And then sometimes it still looks wonky.

Yes to this statement & question...Let's find out Doctor Karen

The only thing I can add to whats already been said is that I've found I may have to go back several times and highlight the text that is incorrect more than once and hit that Tx button again. Also be sure you highlight the space before and after the paragraph in question or when you repost it the improper font may have moved down a paragraph. I was dealing with this just yesterday myself and I use Word Pad which is not supposed to have this problem anyway.

Yep, formatting is the most annoying flow of this platform.

Try using Google docs, less issues.   I type directly into the AR editor.

Bob Crane has it.

Karen,

 You have great suggestions, I have nother to add. A