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 When I copy and paste from Word 2003 I get this effect

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} Rear number plate = 375 x 165mm 

Any ideas, Firefox problem?

 Just done a test, and it's Firefox, IE7 posts ok......not what I wanted to find out really,as I do a lot of copy paste for the tech forums and I do not want to go back to that old clunker of browser

Bizzare font effects for test purposes.

Paste from OpenOffice to FF3.

What are you trying to paste?

 This is an example of a paragraph from a word .doc on my pc, whan you compose it, it looks fine, if you preview it you get all the Word embedded code, which you can't delete.  

/* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;}

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Jackson Racing M45 supercharger kit, plus full standalone plug and play ECU (MSPNP). Other bits include:

• Jackson Racing BBK "Big Boost Kit" crank overlay pulley (gives 10psi)
• Innovate LC-1 wideband oxygen sensor and controller
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• Bosch throttle position sensor (bolts onto standard throttle body without modification)

 Does the new "Paste from Word" button sort this, by any chance?

1024x768 Normal 0 false false false /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} Lets see

No! see above

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But Word is rubbish anyway, and generates incredibly messy html text full of non-standard Microsoft-specific formatting code. That's what you're seeing in the pasted text for some reason.

Have you tried OpenOffice Writer? I find it works well, includes an excellent pdf export function, and it reads and writes Word format files.
Best of all it's free.

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(Runs away from starting flame wars about MS and Word.....)

Andy:

<hijack>

But Word is rubbish anyway, and generates incredibly messy html text full of non-standard Microsoft-specific formatting code. That's what you're seeing in the pasted text for some reason.

Have you tried OpenOffice Writer? I find it works well, includes an excellent pdf export function, and it reads and writes Word format files.
Best of all it's free.

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(Runs away from starting flame wars about MS and Word.....)

Downloading it now

There are some useful tips here:

http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/6506/3/
http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/6515/3/
http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/6519/3/
http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/6532/1/
http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/6532/3/

Most of it is relevant, not specific to Linux.

There is also a migration guide somewhere on the openoffice support site.
PM me with your email address if you can't find it and I'll send you a copy.

<!-- @page { margin: 2cm } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } -->

Test pasting text from OpenOffice Writer.

Closer but still not perfect :-(

The html code pasted in appears to have converted one set of '<' and '>' into &amp;&lt; and &amp;&gt; symbols. What's inside this pair gets displayed instead of filtered.

<p>
<meta http-equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title></title>
<meta name="GENERATOR" content="OpenOffice.org 3.0  (Win32)" />
<style type="text/css">
    &amp;lt;!--
        @page { margin: 2cm }
        P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm }
    --&amp;gt;
    </style>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Test pasting text from OpenOffice Writer.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>

Could this be an error in the html or xml parser within the forum message editor?

If I copy/paste the same line of text into a simple plain text editor, like a code editor, all I get is the text I entered, none of the formatting stuff gets through. There must be something in the paste function that determines what is pasted, as clearly the result depends on the application into which it is pasted.

p.s. Forum wizards, please ignore me if I'm talking blx.

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} Test pasting text from MS Word.

Same thing happens here, it's just that the side effects are much worse because of all the crap formatting info that Word puts in.

<p>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document" />
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11" />
<meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11" />
<link rel="File-List" href="/C:\DOCUME~1\ANDYCR~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_filelist.xml" />
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
 <w:WordDocument>
  <w:View>Normal</w:View>
  <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom>
  <w:PunctuationKerning />
  <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas />
  <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>
  <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent>
  <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>
  <w:Compatibility>
   <w:BreakWrappedTables />
   <w:SnapToGridInCell />
   <w:WrapTextWithPunct />
   <w:UseAsianBreakRules />
   <w:DontGrowAutofit />
  </w:Compatibility>
  <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel>
 </w:WordDocument>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
 <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156">
 </w:LatentStyles>
</xml><![endif]-->
<style>
&amp;lt;!--
 /* Style Definitions */
 p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
    {mso-style-parent:"";
    margin:0cm;
    margin-bottom:.0001pt;
    mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
    font-size:12.0pt;
    font-family:"Times New Roman";
    mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";}
@page Section1
    {size:612.0pt 792.0pt;
    margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt;
    mso-header-margin:36.0pt;
    mso-footer-margin:36.0pt;
    mso-paper-source:0;}
div.Section1
    {page:Section1;}
--&amp;gt;
</style>
<!--[if gte mso 10]>
<style>
 /* Style Definitions */
 table.MsoNormalTable
    {mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
    mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
    mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
    mso-style-noshow:yes;
    mso-style-parent:"";
    mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;
    mso-para-margin:0cm;
    mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;
    mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
    font-size:10.0pt;
    font-family:"Times New Roman";
    mso-ansi-language:#0400;
    mso-fareast-language:#0400;
    mso-bidi-language:#0400;}
</style>
<![endif]--><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Test pasting text from MS Word.</span></p>

Again, one pair of '<' '>' markers has been incorrectly converted to &amp;&lt; and &amp;&gt; then everything betwen these is displayed instead of filtered.