I was updating some of my canvas pages by copying and pasting from from a MS Word document I had been working on. All of a sudden, Canvas would not allow me to paste. Can you help me correct this?
Hi @jcrooks ...
Copying and pasting from MS Word documents into Canvas can sometimes cause a lot of headaches...particularly because Word can carry over a bunch of what I like to call "rogue" HTML code. What you might see in Word may not look exactly like you would hope once the page is saved in Canvas. So, I am just giving you a word of caution when doing this. Thankfully, there are online Word to HTML cleaners that will help you in this process:
When copying and pasting content, I always use the keyboard shortcuts:
These should work for you...even if you are copying content from Word into Canvas. Is this what you are doing?
Thank you, Chris. The problem stopped as suddenly and mysteriously as it began. I appreciate the tip about Word-to-HTML cleaners. I did notice copied text from Word does go rogue sometimes. I am not in the habit of using the keyboard shortcuts; I tend to use my mouse. Is using the mouse not a good idea?
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