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On a PC you can use Notebook (usually the default plain text editor found in your applications folder).

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One option is to use a plain text editor to type your content on your computer, one that does not add code to your text. Pasting Text Options » You have a few options. You will want to be careful with this as that extra code may not act the way you want and may cause problems now or later with formatting your content. If you want to do this, below are a few options:

Although you cannot see it when you copy text from Word, it is there, and it will end up in your post or page. Unknown to beginners (and why would you know), when you copy and paste text or other content from Microsoft Word (most commonly used) and some other text editing programs, you will end up pasting code along with your content. Often times it is convenient to type your content in another program like Microsoft Word, off-line, and then copy and paste your finished version into your WordPress program. Special Tip – How to Copy and Paste into WordPress

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If you do not understand it or do not have specific instructions on how to edit it, then you are better off not using the Text editor. If you add an image, then instead of seeing the actual image, you will see some code that will specify where the image is located, how it is to be displayed, and so on. If you only enter text, then the Text editor will only show text. The Text editor will display your text along with the code, mostly HTML code. See below for more details on using the Visual Editor. You will get to know the unique styling of your website as you work with it. The coding of your website will then modify this according to your unique design, but will generally adhere to the standard formatting rules applied within the text editor, (for example if you bold some text, it will show in bold in the text editor, but your website may be coded to indicate a bold state by also enlarging the size of the font or giving it a more prominent color). What you will see in the editor is the text, images, video, and other media in relationship to each (above, below, next to, indented, …) as you have specified. will likely look different on your website than it will in the editor. I say similar because, according to the unique design of your website, the font-size, color, spacing, etc. The Visual editor will display your text and images in relationship to each other, similar to how they will appear on your website. You can select which editor you want to use using the buttons at top right of the content editor. There are two content editor modes, the “Visual” editor and the “Text” editor. This is a feature added via a premium plugin called Gravity Forms which I use extensively and is very powerful and easy to use. In the image below you will also see a button to “Add Form”. You can learn about uploading and inserting media in the article titled How to Add Images and other Media in WordPress. We will be focusing on editing text in this article. The “Add Media” button at top left of the editor allows you to add and edit images, video, audio and other media.

The content editor is the same whether you are editing a post or page, so the information below pertains to both. This will bring you to the “Edit Post” or “Edit Page” area for the post or page you want to edit.

You can either click on the title of the post or page, or hover your cursor over the bottom of the title and options will appear, including “edit”. This will provide a list of your website’s posts or pages to choose from. If you are adding a new post or page,rather than editing an existing one, you may want read How to Add a New Post or Page before continuing below. Login to your WordPress admin area and click on either “Posts” (if you want to edit a post), or “Pages” (if you want to edit a page) in the menu options on the left.

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To start at the beginning, or view the full index of articles in this series, go to A Simple WordPress User Guide for Beginners. Or if you prefer to watch videos, you may prefer to watch these WordPress Video Tutorials.

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This is one part of a series of articles providing basic instructions for using WordPress. Read more in WordPress, WordPress User Guide 126

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