Using the copy and paste from a Word Doc. The MS
Word document will create a tremendous amount of excess code when
pasting into another application. The code that is created is not
standardized web format and is unique really to Word. Because of that
we suggest that you always do your preliminary work in Notepad as it
does not create code behind the text.
When you copy and paste content from Microsoft Word, it attempts to
preserve the formatting and adds all sorts of “ugly” formatting code
into the editor. Frequently this results in the page not displaying
properly. So, if you find that the formatting on the page is messed
up or things are in the wrong location...it isn’t actually a layout
issue or a HaloSites code issue but rather the formatting code from
Microsoft Word is affecting the layout.