Easy way to remove messy formatting copied from MS Word

Microsoft Word is notorious for putting junk formatting code into content management systems.  Freestyler offers a quick and easy fix for this.

In the past, if you continued to have formatting problems when copying and pasting from Word, you'd be advised to copy into a text editor like Notepad (to strip out the formatting) and then apply formatting within the CMS or as a last resort to go into HTML mode and clean out the junk manually.

While these options still work well there is a much quicker, easier method in Freestyler.  Versions 5.2 and newer have a "Clean Messy Code" option.  The little screenshot below shows where to find this.

After clicking this and committing your edit, the messy code will be gone.

You can't always spot when messy code is introduced, but if you do find it is then use this function.

In fact I just now do it out of habit just to make sure if I'm copying and pasting from Word.

You will also find information on this and other functions in the Freestyler help guides.

Hope this tip helps.

Freestyler Website Launch - SEAACT

Client

Science Educators Association of the Australian Capital Territory

URL

http://www.seaact.act.edu.au

Freestyler version

5.3 Professional

Project Team

• Project Management - Josie West (Australian Science Teachers Association)
• Web Design - Australian Science Teachers Association
• Information Architecture - Science Educators Association of the Australian Capital Territory
• Programming - Bradley Hogan, Jenny Joseph (Datalink)

Freestyler Website Launch - Workhere.com.au

Client

Brainworks International

URL

http://www.workhere.com.au

Freestyler Version

6.0 Standard

Project Team

• Project Management - John Grundy (Brainworks); Scott Davey (Datalink)
• Web Design - Andrew Berry
• Information Architecture - Scott Davey (Datalink)
• Programming - Luke Zawadski (Datalink)

Description

This job board developed by Brainworks International differentiates from existing employment directories in that it is completely free for SME employers and aimed at being simpler and easier to use for jobseekers with a simple browse and search mechanism being the crux of the site.

While the site features a "no frills" design, technically it is a landmark in that it is the first website to be implemented using version 6 of Freestyler which is released this year.  The CMS was used as a rapid application development platform to deliver the complex database functionality linking directory listings with jobseekers and employers.