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Katerina Gasset
The Gasset Group & Get It Done For Me Virtual Services - Provo, UT
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I do not recommend typing a blog posts in word. Always type in Mac Pages or in Google docs. MS Word has code that can interfere with SEO and formatting, etc. Pages on a Mac are clean and don't copy over coding that has to be dealt with or unseen. Google docs is good because Google is reading your content and if you make the page public, you will receive SEO credit for that. 

 

Oct 09, 2017 04:17 PM
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
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Hi John Mosier! You can use MS Word and you can take out the additional formatting by highlighting all of text and then hitting the Tx button.

tx button 

Oct 09, 2017 06:09 PM
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Debbie Reynolds, C21 Platinum Properties
Platinum Properties- (931)771-9070 - Clarksville, TN
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I have but it is not my norm.  The formating gets all messed up when copying over. I prefer to use Google Docs.

Oct 09, 2017 05:03 PM
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Anthony Acosta - ALLATLANTAcondos.com
Harry Norman, REALTORS® - Atlanta, GA
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No, I have all apple products. 

Oct 09, 2017 02:25 PM
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Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

You might lose those fonts when your copy and paste to ActiveRain. Let us know if you are successful.

Oct 09, 2017 02:19 PM
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Bob Crane
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I use it all the time.

If extra characters of formating show up just hightlight you text and hit the Tx button on the toolbar to clear the formating.

Oct 09, 2017 06:22 PM
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Fred Griffin Florida Real Estate
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 Use Notepad, or one of the platforms suggested by Katerina Gasset.

Oct 09, 2017 06:19 PM
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Mary Yonkers
Alan Kells School of Real Estate/Howard Hanna Real Estate - Erie, PA
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Can you copy & paste from Word to ActiveRain 

Oct 09, 2017 03:01 PM
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
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NO

Oct 09, 2017 02:41 PM
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Joe Pryor
The Virtual Real Estate Team - Oklahoma City, OK
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I can't see why I should.

Oct 09, 2017 02:37 PM
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Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
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I just strip the coding as Debe Maxwell, CRS illustrated.  Then I reformat. 

Oct 10, 2017 08:07 AM
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Jennifer Mackay
Counts Real Estate Group, Inc. - Panama City, FL
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Not word but I do use Notepad - word puts too many hidden characters in the post - not good

Oct 10, 2017 06:46 AM
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Scott Godzyk
Godzyk Real Estate Services - Manchester, NH
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I tried and when posting it, AR scrambles it, different font, not centered etc. 

Oct 10, 2017 05:25 AM
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Nathan Gesner
American West Realty and Management - Cody, WY
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I know there are some users that do this as a means of drafting the post and then they cut/paste only when they are ready to publish. I've not tried it but it supposedly provides better formatting options.

Oct 10, 2017 05:16 AM
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Lyn Sims
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Why are you bothering? Just cut & paste in regular format & then you will have to change the font or type size.

Word is the worst program to use for HTML. Some people continue to use it & then have problems.

Oct 10, 2017 05:15 AM
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Tony and Suzanne Marriott, Associate Brokers
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I would copy and paste to an empty "plain text" file - which would strip all the formatting - then copy and paste from there into Active Rain and "save" - then do any final editing....

Oct 10, 2017 04:11 AM
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Debbie Gartner
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If it's actual html, just go to the html section here.. marked <> and insert there.  You may still have to do some minor formatting.

Oct 10, 2017 03:34 AM
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Melissa Jackson REALTOR
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My thought, bring it up on your phone/laptop and screen shot- then save as photo / jpeg and insert into blog.  I'm sure there are more experienced members that have great suggestions. Best of luck.

Oct 09, 2017 07:57 PM
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Barbara Todaro
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Happily Retired - Franklin, MA
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yes, and it works well for me.... 

Oct 09, 2017 04:57 PM
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Inna Ivchenko
Barcode Properties - Encino, CA
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I do use MS Word and pasting into AR is an endless pain, I spent hours trying to formatting it back. In MS Word it looks beautiful, but AR somehow totally ruins fonds. 

Oct 09, 2017 04:36 PM
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
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I don't, sorry. I prepare mine right inside Active Rain.

Oct 09, 2017 04:21 PM
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Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Andover, MA
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John, I use 'Komposer'! The best free HTML editor.

May 13, 2018 10:06 PM
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Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

I thought Word changed the format, and would use Google Docs instead.

Oct 12, 2017 06:21 AM
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Will Hamm
Hamm Homes - Aurora, CO
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Sorry no I do not.

 

Oct 10, 2017 05:33 PM
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Chris Nicodemus
Found Me Online - Houston, TX
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I personally do not use MS word for preparing blog posts. I use notepad++ and then add html markup for any formatting I might want to add. If you're not comfortable with HTML and you're using a CMS like Wordpress or Joomla I would just use the visual editor there.

Oct 10, 2017 03:04 PM
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Sandy Padula & Norm Padula, JD, GRI
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Never! I use html. more error-free

Oct 10, 2017 02:21 PM
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Ben DeHaven
Haven Realty & Investments - Lakeland, FL
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I use a Mac, so I have Pages. I've not had a problem lately. 

Oct 10, 2017 12:28 PM
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Sheri' Griffin
Keller Williams Parishwide Realty - Bawcomville, LA
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I don't. Not sure I've heard about this one.

Oct 10, 2017 10:38 AM
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Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA
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Residential Real Estate and Investment Properties

No MS products here!  I use Open Office Writer sometimes, but I usually stick with my site's blog engine first.

Oct 10, 2017 08:57 AM
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Michael Setunsky
Woodbridge, VA
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John Mosier I always write my posts in Word and then do a copy and paste in into Dreamweaver. From there I can fix any formatting, etc. Once I get it where I want it, I copy and paste the html code from Dreamweaver as source code into my AR post. All fonts, formatting, etc. stay in place in my final publiched post. It seems like a long way around, but this does work for me.

Oct 10, 2017 07:31 AM
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M$ has lots of features. Like many products that are feature rich learning to use them in a wide varitety of environments requires a few tutorials.

I am one of those who believe I can figure it out 'on the fly' and until I'm up to my ears in swamp, avoid the training materials.

There are LOTS of products with fewer features that are easier to use and many are FREE (well the cost is your privacy).

Oct 10, 2017 06:05 AM
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Gabe Sanders
Real Estate of Florida specializing in Martin County Residential Homes, Condos and Land Sales - Stuart, FL
Stuart Florida Real Estate

Yes, I do.

Oct 10, 2017 05:49 AM
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William Feela
WHISPERING PINES REALTY - North Branch, MN
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I do not

Oct 09, 2017 06:55 PM