Abby can I ask you a random formatting question? My blog always seems to run together (I write in Word first, then copy over) and I've tried using a little html using 'p', etc, but it makes it really hard to read. Your blog is so much more organized and easier to read than mine, I thought you might know the formatting a little better than i!
As you've noticed I'm really anal about my formatting and as a result I think I devote more time than most bloggers (especially when it comes to pictures).
That being said, I really don't do anything fancy, or have a "secret" I could share with you.
Like you, I write everything in a word document first, then copy and paste it. I find that more often than not, the spacing disappears. Lists are the worst! All the line breaks disappear and it turns into one giant paragraph!
So, I either copy and paste one paragraph at a time, putting spaces into blogger between pastes. Or, when I copy several paragraphs, I'll publish it, then look to see where the problems are. Then I go back and hit shift and enter at the same time to put the line break in.
I don't technically know what shift does, but it seems to be effective when simply hitting return still isn't creating a line break in blogger.
I hope that's what you meant and that it helps...
Another option:
I should have said I always USED to write everything in a word doc...
My new neighbor recently upgraded my Microsoft Word and introduced me to the search engine Mozilla Firefox and I LOVE it! Firefox is so much better than internet explorer in the way it formats your internet options. IE: my most used favorites are always viable in the tool bar instead of having to click and drop a list and it opens new pages in tabs instead of have a million separate windows open.
Anyway, I don't know if it's the Firefox or the other update, but now, no matter what I'm typing in, from my blog to message boards, I see a dashed red line under misspelled works! It's really conveniently and has almost eliminated my habit of constant copy and pasting.
Abby can I ask you a random formatting question? My blog always seems to run together (I write in Word first, then copy over) and I've tried using a little html using 'p', etc, but it makes it really hard to read. Your blog is so much more organized and easier to read than mine, I thought you might know the formatting a little better than i!
ReplyDeleteHey Laura,
ReplyDeleteAs you've noticed I'm really anal about my formatting and as a result I think I devote more time than most bloggers (especially when it comes to pictures).
That being said, I really don't do anything fancy, or have a "secret" I could share with you.
Like you, I write everything in a word document first, then copy and paste it. I find that more often than not, the spacing disappears. Lists are the worst! All the line breaks disappear and it turns into one giant paragraph!
So, I either copy and paste one paragraph at a time, putting spaces into blogger between pastes. Or, when I copy several paragraphs, I'll publish it, then look to see where the problems are. Then I go back and hit shift and enter at the same time to put the line break in.
I don't technically know what shift does, but it seems to be effective when simply hitting return still isn't creating a line break in blogger.
I hope that's what you meant and that it helps...
Another option:
I should have said I always USED to write everything in a word doc...
My new neighbor recently upgraded my Microsoft Word and introduced me to the search engine Mozilla Firefox and I LOVE it! Firefox is so much better than internet explorer in the way it formats your internet options. IE: my most used favorites are always viable in the tool bar instead of having to click and drop a list and it opens new pages in tabs instead of have a million separate windows open.
Anyway, I don't know if it's the Firefox or the other update, but now, no matter what I'm typing in, from my blog to message boards, I see a dashed red line under misspelled works! It's really conveniently and has almost eliminated my habit of constant copy and pasting.
~Abby
Thanks for all the tips. I've been using Firefox for about two years now and I still have that issue, but I'm going to try the "shift" thing!
ReplyDeleteIn the first two pictures, I think Kristen looks like Tara Connor...maybe I'm just losing it today!
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree she looks like Tara Conner but in a positive glamourous way! Amen to making Miss America glamourous finally!
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