[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #40723: Pasting Word content - then trying to remove tags via WYSIWYG - does not work

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#40723: Pasting Word content - then trying to remove tags via WYSIWYG - does not
work
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 Reporter:  karlgroves      |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)    |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Editor          |    Version:  4.7.4
 Severity:  normal          |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  administration  |
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 WordPress 4.7.4

 Some background: In the default configuration of the built-in editor,
 selecting & highlighting text allows you to apply things like bold,
 underline, italics, etc. to your content.  You can also select & highlight
 that same content to undo the bold/ underline/ italics.  Furthermore, you
 can create content that features these changes to the text, save the post,
 come back, and undo it.

 Unless it is pasted from Word.

 '''Steps to Reproduce:'''

 Using the "Visual" tab: Paste content from MS Word (Mac 2011) which
 features bold/ underline/ italic text.

 This results - quite shockingly - in  pretty clean HTML being pasted in.
 (This probably requires a relatively "clean" Word document using only
 built-in styles.)

 Select the "HTML" tab in the editor. Inspect the HTML generated. It will
 feature pretty clean HTML and, in this use case, good ole 'strong', 'u',
 and 'em' elements.

 Next, attempt to "un-bold"/ "un-underline"/ "un-italicize" the text.

 '''Expected Result:'''

 The 'strong', 'u', and 'em' elements are removed just as they would be if
 we'd edited the content directly in the editor instead of pasting.

 '''Actual Result:'''

 The content remains unchanged

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/40723>
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