[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #42876: Bug in wordpress editor

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#42876: Bug in wordpress editor
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 Reporter:  hemrajrs      |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:
Component:  Editor        |     Version:  4.9
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:  wontfix
 Keywords:                |     Focuses:
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Changes (by dd32):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => wontfix
 * milestone:  Awaiting Review =>


Comment:

 Hi @hemrajrs and welcome to Trac.

 This appears to be due to a shortcoming of pasting content from Word. The
 browser doesn't get any markup which allows the editor to know what the
 source content is.  "j. williams" matches the format of a list so is
 assumed to be a list.

 You can change this by changing WordPress to "paste as text", which in the
 standard WordPress editor  on the second line, I'll upload an image of
 that shortly, but you don't appear to be using the standard WordPress
 editor, so I can't tell if this response even applies to your case.

 I'm closing this as `wontfix` as although it's annoying, it's working as
 intended currently. The behaviour might change in WordPress 5.0 with
 Gutenberg.

 Reference for others:
 https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/trunk/src/wp-
 includes/js/tinymce/plugins/paste/plugin.js?marks=907-929#L900

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