5,104,931
Formatting is an issue in Active Rain, regardless of how you post. I'm very frustrated and tired of it.
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Sarah Layton | Copywri...
Bradenton, FL
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Richie Alan Naggar
Riverside, CA
2,220,323
You have many great answers here Sarah.
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
2,390,620
Sarah Layton | Copywriter & Inman Star Contributor if you are not typing it directly into AR you are going to have problems. What Barbara Todaro said usually works for me but when it doesn't I take an extra step of pasting it from google docs into notepad and then into AR.
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Dario Ferreira
Attleboro, MA
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Carol Williams
Wenatchee, WA
1,844,291
You're doing it wrong! Either copy the html into that window or stop using G docs.
I'm confused here so HELP ME OUT ..... you are writing about how to blog & you are asking US how to fix this? Should be something that you know already like the back of your hand.
I think you be scammin' us here ......
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
509,449
I copy and paste many things in AR and almost always don't look right in terms of formatting. Often I just let it go or I'll spend the whole day just to correct it. There many things to do to run this business and correcting format in AR is not my top priority.
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Sarah Layton | Copywri...
Bradenton, FL
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
5,583,278
you need to highlight the post.... click on the formatting button...make sure it's all highlighted and select the font you want
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
2,781,173
it makes one want to use the Q & A...doesnt it? LOL As Nina Hollander says its a problem of a sort....
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
3,345,091
The AR platform is very unstable. Formatting is an issue. I stip all formatting either by dropping in Note and then pasting into AR and reformatting. A real PITA for sure or if the txt formatting is working in AR I use that.
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
2,178,603
Formatting is a problem in AR. I always write directly in AR and save as Draft as I write. Save often!
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Mel Ahrens, MBA, Kelly...
Hood River, OR
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
758,035
I've found that you can't just copy & paste into your blog here- the content just doesn't translate well. Rather than tweeking it I just load the content manually with an understanding of the shortcomings with which I must work.
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
4,572,183
I previously used Google Docs, then switched to Google Drive and now write posts directly into ActiveRain. it's not the most user-friendly system and has provided much frustration over the years. Good luck.
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
6,393,404
That Tx button on your toolbar will delete all the goofy formating and allow you to start fresh.
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Bob Crane
Stevens Point, WI
1,725,996
That's because the PC format from Google doesn't interface with Commodore 64 computer language in use at AR.
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Mel Ahrens, MBA, Kelly...
Hood River, OR
5,049,133
Yep, the editor does crazy stuff, like it or not, and has for a while. I always highlight my cut and paste text, then click on the Tx icon to remove formatting, then you can change your font, bolding, etc
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
1,052,211
Copy paste is no bueno. If you want to save time and get it out there, I would say write a short introduction, then link it to your other blog. Some don't like that, others do it successfully, your alternative is to transcribe.
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Diana Dahlberg
Pleasant Prairie, WI
1,239,901
high light all, then anchor format what color and font save. Good luck.
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Sarah Layton | Copywri...
Bradenton, FL
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
2,600
Try right click and paste with the keep source formatting and see if that works. Some times you just have to make adjustments in the interface you are pasting into.
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
679,404
I just type right into Active Rain ... Seems AR needs to get a handle on this problem. It's getting very old and there are some choosing to leave and work from a different platform. Not good.
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
961,383
I have had good results copying/pasting HTML code from my website blog into AR. Anything else is VERY problematic. The txt and format again is time-consuming but works.
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
417,221
We can't paste direct from Google docs on this platform. You must save as .txt document so download the doc and save as .txt don't just paste. The html code / added with google sauce in google docs works to be pasted into blogger but not Active Rain
I'm giving a plug for my poetry blog here (a comment thing I never do just because I've been blogging since 1991) https://carolinegerardo.blogspot.com
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
7,836,134
You will need to remove the old format and use the ActiveRain format.
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
289,719
Like others have mentioned:
Copy from G Docs > Paste in Notepad or Mac equivalent > copy again > paste in AR text editor > format again.
Yes, it's a pain.
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
5,868,544
1,311,397
4,936,677
5,216,398
556,536
Save your document as html or xml and paste the code into the AR html editor. It works every time and even keeps the formatting on tables.