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Often when pasting content into a page from another location like from Microsoft Word or Gmail, that content still retains some of the formatting of the source. Apart from potentially causing the CMS to freeze, this can cause quite a few formatting issues:

• Text styling (fonts, formatting, etc.) inconsistent with the rest of the site
• Incorrect positioning of elements
• Broken/missing elements on the page
• "Jarbled" code (unwanted characters)

The best practice to avoid these issues is to paste content that is plain text. The WYSIWYG content editor can help you do that quickly.

Paste as Plain Text

We highly recommend using the "Paste as Plain Text" option within the Content editor when building a page. Just click on the clipboard/"T" button in the toolbar and paste your content into the editor. The editor will ignore any formatting associated with the text that can cause problems on the site.

Paste from Word

If pasting directly from a Microsoft Word document, you may want to try the "Paste from Word" button, directly to the right of Plain Text. This option is different from "Paste as Plain Text" in that it will attempt to retain the styling of your Word document by converting the content into HTML.

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