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 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [WordPress mangles my formatting](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-mangles-my-formatting/)
 *  [andreswp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andreswp/)
 * (@andreswp)
 * [18 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-mangles-my-formatting/#post-543436)
 * Thank you for your answer. If this information has been posted a zillion times
   and I did not find it, then:
 * 1) There are a bizillion other non-contributory answers and it is hard to find
   the pertinent one. Thank you for helping me find it.
    2) I may be stupid. Even
   after reading through the O’Reilly book, I do not know this. My saving grace 
   may be that this topic had not been closed. So it could be presumed that the 
   final solution was still not available. 3) The search engine finds many “format”
   answers that are not responsive to my concern. 4) There is hyperbola somewhere.
 * At the risk of infuriating someone else, I will try the more ineffective way 
   of trial and error to see how to turn off the wysiwyg “gizmo.” It is my hope 
   that you and everyone else could have a happier holiday season.
 * Thanks again.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [WordPress mangles my formatting](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-mangles-my-formatting/)
 *  [andreswp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andreswp/)
 * (@andreswp)
 * [18 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-mangles-my-formatting/#post-543434)
 * Referring to Devo’s original posting, and without addressing the footnote issue,
   I am finding similar problems with my posting. The paragraph breaks disappear.
   Sometimes new paragraph breaks are created that did not exist.
 * While Blepoxp’s point about MS Word adding formating of its own can be the source
   of many problems, this one does not seem to be due to MSWord. When I edit directly
   in the code view window, the extra code is not there. Results do not improve 
   even after editing in the code window.
 * Adding `<br>` or `< /br>` did not help the formating of text in the post.
 * Any other ideas as to why this happens and how to remedy the situation?

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