Title: standard text formatting
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# standard text formatting

 *  Resolved [mdfloyd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mdfloydgmailcom/)
 * (@mdfloydgmailcom)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/standard-text-formatting/)
 * misplacedcomma.com speedy theme
 * I pasted (from Word) text into two of my static pages (services & portfolio) 
   and the type is of various sizes and types, which looks pretty bad for editorial
   services.
 * How can I format the text? All I can find are buttons for bold and paragraph 
   style.
 * Thanks.

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/standard-text-formatting/#post-7516733)
 * Definitely don’t use Microsoft Word for that. WordPress is a standard HTML editor,
   but Microsoft Word is a word processor with a proprietary formatting language,
   something that WordPress tries its best to translate on paste, but there’s no
   guarantee it will get it right.
 * Stick to WordPress’s editor for formatting, and consider expanding the editor’s
   capabilities with a plugin like [https://wordpress.org/plugins/tinymce-advanced/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tinymce-advanced/)
 * If you really want to write your post first outside of WordPress, consider using
   a blogging client instead: [https://codex.wordpress.org/Weblog_Client#List_of_Client_Software](https://codex.wordpress.org/Weblog_Client#List_of_Client_Software)
 *  Thread Starter [mdfloyd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mdfloydgmailcom/)
 * (@mdfloydgmailcom)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/standard-text-formatting/#post-7516738)
 * Thank you, James!!!
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/standard-text-formatting/#post-7516740)
 * You’re welcome!

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## Tags

 * [format](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/format/)
 * [text](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/text/)

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 * 3 replies
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 * Last reply from: [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/standard-text-formatting/#post-7516740)
 * Status: resolved

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