How to best copy text from other programs: Stripping the Code

If you are pasting text into your webpage from another program (ex: from an email or a Word document), you will need to "strip" the text to remove the coding from it. This is necessary both to keep your webpage light, to allow for easy changes, and to maintain a consistent look. Here's how to do it:

1. Copy the text from the other program.
2. Paste the text into EditPad, NotePad, or any other simple text program that does not format fonts.
3. Recopy the text from the simple text program.
4. Paste the "stripped" text into FrontPage or whichever web editor you are using
5. Apply any formatting (bolding, italics) and hyperlinks that were lost when the text was stripped. Make sure to use CSS classes (as explained in Basics of CSS) wherever applicable.

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