While this system provides a WYSIWYG editor, it is bound by the constraints of HTML. When pasting text from other applications it is important to realize that there can be a dramatic differerence between the kinds of formatting that is available between desktop applications and HTML.
General.
When copying items from desktop applications, often an HTML version of that content is put into the clipboard. This HTML tends to vary in quality between applications.
Results from web browsers.
One of the easiest ways to enter content into the system is from another web browser. When pasting copying from another browser, you'll often be copying the HTML that makes up that content. Therefore, there is a possibility that you may be pasting into this system, poorly formed HTML and your results during a preview may look different than expected.
Results from Word.
When content is copied and pasted from Word, the WYSIWYG editor normally will accept all of Word's HTML. Some of this HTML is doesn't work correctly within the template of this system.
Pasting just text.
For many documents you may find that pasting in the text and reapplying formatting may be faster than cleaning up HTML that is not working properly. Do do this: