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So can anyone tell me why, when I copy and paste my story into the submission box, all the italics and bold type disappear?
I use “pages” on iPad then copy and paste into Safari browser.
Thanks in advance Yvonne
 
So can anyone tell me why, when I copy and paste my story into the submission box, all the italics and bold type disappear?
I use “pages” on iPad then copy and paste into Safari browser.
Thanks in advance Yvonne

The submissions box takes unformatted text only. For that sort of formatting, you have two options:

- save as something like .doc or .rtf and attach the file instead of using the submission box
- add the HTML tags: <i>italic</i>, <b>bold</b>.
 
The submissions box takes unformatted text only. For that sort of formatting, you have two options:

- save as something like .doc or .rtf and attach the file instead of using the submission box
- add the HTML tags: <i>italic</i>, <b>bold</b>.

Thanks so much, I think I'll try saving as a doc and attaching as a file. The HTML tag thingy sounds like major complicated.
Thanks again Yvonne
 
It shouldn't be onerous. If it is, you are trying to use too many italics and/or too much bolding (publishing doesn't like bolding anyway and italics is deemed hard on the eyes and distracting, so it should be rarely used.).
 
It shouldn't be onerous. If it is, you are trying to use too many italics and/or too much bolding (publishing doesn't like bolding anyway and italics is deemed hard on the eyes and distracting, so it should be rarely used.).

I'm using bold for my timeline, i.e. Monday 3pm.
And italics for text messages sent and received?
Are there more appropriate ways to do this?
Thanks for your assistance x
 
Let me add, if I may be so bold, that in mainstream publishing and the better style guides, bold and italics are always specifically denoted and not for just general use. Lots of authors use italics for thoughts and mostly it creates a reading problem. In some cases no quote marks and no italics but always (!) the tag "he thought." preceded by a comma after the thought.
Like this: Bill always wondered about that, he thought.
Keep it simple. Trying to insert graphics to substitute for text can really get nutty.
Good luck.
Woody
 
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