HELP!

[fembuck]

Does anyone know why LJ/Dreamwidth spacing is so funky when you cut & paste documents?  Every time I post fic, LJ/Dreamwidth automatically converts it to being double-spaced and then I have to go back and manually delete the extra spaces which is so incredibly boring and tedious.  I don't care how first world problems it is, I need for this not to be my life any more.  



DOES ANYONE?  Help me, please!

Comments

[harper-m.livejournal.com]

Are you using Windows 7? I started having that problem when I switched over. If you write with their default spacing instead of switching to no spaces, then pasting it into LJ adds in those spaces. At least, I think.

Then again, lately I can't seem to get more than 5000 words per LJ post, which annoys me greatly. I might not know what I'm talking about.

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

On one computer I have Windows 7 on the other XP, but LJ does the same double-spacing thing no matter which computer I use.

When using Windows 7 I also write everything after having switched to 'no spaces', so I don't know.

*le sigh*

Thanks for the suggestions though!

[rtms.livejournal.com]

Have you clicked the 'auto format' thing before you post? Not sure if that would help or not.Another idea would be to write the story in either Notepad or Word pad, which are just simple word processors from Windows. I don't think they add all the junk formatting in that Word does, just plain text.

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

I click the auto format tab, but I haven't tried typing in Notepad or Word Pad. I like Microsoft Office, darnit. *le sigh*

Thanks for the suggestions, I might have to just bite the bullet and use another program for typing.

[zennie.livejournal.com]

Do you use Word? Word formats paragraphs differently than HTML and it causes garbage in the code if you are auto-formatting paragraphs using space before/space after format spaces.

Turn off any funky Word paragraph settings and use actual double spacing between paragraphs, and this should translate into two regular line break codes in HTML (these if you use the code view:
).

You could also use Dreamweaver to do a code find-and-replace to remove the extra weird paragraph spacing code.

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

Turn off any funky Word paragraph settings and use actual double spacing between paragraphs, and this should translate into two regular line break codes in HTML

Seriously? That's so illogical that I totally believe it would work, lol.

Thanks for the tip, I'll give a try next time around :D

[zennie.livejournal.com]

Seriously. It's all just about how HTML translates when you cut and paste from Word. HTML formatting is a totally different language and Word produces a metric ton of code junk.

Give it try and see if it works, but it should. I do a lot of HTML clean-up for the SCC virtual season and this happens when people send me Word docs with paragraph formatting instead of straight-up double spacing between paragraphs.

[angharad_gov.livejournal.com]

if you're using word 2007, highlight all your text, choose "no spacing", and then copy to LJ/Dreamwidth. it should get rid of the extra spacing.

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

I type the stories having already chosen "no spacing" because double-spacing bothers and I don't like to see it ;) Do you I need to highlight and click it again after that?

[angharad_gov.livejournal.com]

yes. highlight all your text again, select "no spacing", then copy the whole text and paste into lj. see if that works. i just tested it on my lj by copy/pasting a block of text and it looks like there's only single paragraph spacing instead of double paragraph spacing.

[dreiser.livejournal.com]

I use Scrivener to write now and am on a Mac but one of my LJ friends was having this same problem. After working through it with her, eventually it was solved by checking the Smart/Copy Paste option and it stopped adding in extra paragraph spaces. I think this solution should apply for Word as well.

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

by checking the Smart/Copy Paste option

What is the smart/copy paste option?

Is that something on LJ when you're making a post, or is it something in the word processing program?

*apologizes for technical noobiness*

[dreiser.livejournal.com]

It's okay. That's something you find in the word processing program. Are you using Word? If you are it can be found in this sequence:

Word > Preferences > Edit > Use Smart Copy/Paste (make sure is checked)

At least, this is the sequence in Word 2011.

[angharad_gov.livejournal.com]

for 2007, on the ribbon section, click on the down arrow and choose "more commands", then "all commands", then find "copy and paste settings" and then add it to the quick access bar. you can change the setting after it's on the quick access ribbon.

[spanishtvjunkie.livejournal.com]

Turn off computer, walk to nearest bar, order several drinks to eliminate seeing double spaces! This works for all technical problems.

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

LOL!

I like the way you think!