Title: post editing…why doesn’t it work?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# post editing…why doesn’t it work?

 *  [wesnathan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wesnathan/)
 * (@wesnathan)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-editingwhy-doesnt-it-work/)
 * I’m having lots of trouble editing a post in a new blog. I’ve tried Fusion and
   now I’m trying Gear 1.1 as themes. The biggest problem is, Gear runs the text
   together in one big paragraph. This despite my entering three line spaces after
   each paragraph. It doesn’t recognize paragraphs, either. It does seem and use
   text changes. But formatting the page and text, it just ignores any changes.
 * Fusion had similar problems. The thing I don’t like about Fusion is the font 
   options…there aren’t any. The drop down list to change sizes is too limited to
   suit.
 * Is this typical of all or most themes? Are there any out there that allow use
   of Windows font selections? I create posts in CopyWriter using Rich Text format.
   But when I paste it into the blog, the formatting mostly goes away.
 * My understanding, perhaps erroniously, was/is that text editing was WYSIWYG. 
   It definitely is not. At least that’s been my experience thus far.
 * Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.
 * Wes

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-editingwhy-doesnt-it-work/#post-1124688)
 * Don’t paste content from word processors into WordPress as the pasted text could
   contain formatting that could stop your pages from being displayed correctly (
   if at all) in some browsers. Paste your text into NotePad (or another text editor)
   first, then copy from NotePad into WordPress.
 * Within themes, font type is normally controlled by the theme’s stylesheet – not
   by what you paste in from word processing application. The same goes for the 
   paragraph spacing.
 *  Thread Starter [wesnathan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wesnathan/)
 * (@wesnathan)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-editingwhy-doesnt-it-work/#post-1124737)
 * I use CopyWriter as a text editor, and to paste article copy into WP.
 * <<<Within themes, font type is normally controlled by the theme’s stylesheet –
   not by what you paste in from word processing application. The same goes for 
   the paragraph spacing.>>>>
 * I assume its possible to edit the stylesheet. Any tips on the best way to do 
   that?
 * W
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-editingwhy-doesnt-it-work/#post-1124806)
 * Use the Editor in Admin/Appearance. To learn how to use CSS, try [http://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp](http://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp)

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