Please help desperately needed

[Bodington]

I know I asked this before, but previous suggestions don’t seem to have worked. I work on Microsoft Trio Office, the free app off the internet. One of the trio is word document. What I want to do is put some words in bold and some in italics. Obviously, I can do so on postings in this forum, but I can’t seem to do so in my story submissions. Even if I have a word in bold or in italics in the text I have submitted for publication the words come out plain. Can anyone explain the work around in exact detail so I can succeed?

 

[dirk2024]

To bold a word in your story, you need html codes.


<strong> will bold the words </strong>

<em> will italicize the words </em>

<strong><em> will bold and italicize the words </em></strong>

 

[ElectricBlue]

I know I asked this before, but previous suggestions don’t seem to have worked. I work on Microsoft Trio Office, the free app off the internet. One of the trio is word document. What I want to do is put some words in bold and some in italics. Obviously, I can do so on postings in this forum, but I can’t seem to do so in my story submissions. Even if I have a word in bold or in italics in the text I have submitted for publication the words come out plain. Can anyone explain the work around in exact detail so I can succeed?

Use html in the raw text, and copy paste into the submission form. Use <i> and </i> for italics, and <b> ended with </b> for bold. Preview should show whether your html has worked. Use in moderation, and close immediately, every paragraph if you're continuing. Otherwise page breaks will stuff up.

 

[Britva415]

I know I asked this before, but previous suggestions don’t seem to have worked. I work on Microsoft Trio Office, the free app off the internet. One of the trio is word document. What I want to do is put some words in bold and some in italics. Obviously, I can do so on postings in this forum, but I can’t seem to do so in my story submissions. Even if I have a word in bold or in italics in the text I have submitted for publication the words come out plain. Can anyone explain the work around in exact detail so I can succeed?

Are you uploading your Word file to the story submission form? Normally that picks up bold and italic formatting just fine. But if you copy text from your Word document and paste it into the text entry field on the story submission form, that does not keep your formatting. That's when you would have to enter the HTML code manually like suggested above.

 

[dirk2024]

Read @FrancesScott 's article about working with HTML coding: https://www.literotica.com/s/how-to-format-a-story-with-html

 

[Britva415]

 

[TheWritingGroup]

You could do worse than look at the Literotica FAQ lists:

https://www.literotica.com/faq/

 

[Bodington]

Well I have tried everything but nothing seems to work. First I typed in my work file between the beginning html code and the ending html code were the words desiring to be in bold. I cut and pasted the whole thing to the story submission file. The result was everything was on the story file including the typed in html codes but nothing was in bold.

So then I cut and paste only the words to be in bold to the story submission file. Then while in the story file I typed in the surrounding html codes. I also tried to cut words that were in bold in my work file and pasted on the srory submission file then added the surrounding html codes. That didn’t do the trick either. So what am I doing wrong?

 

[anthrodisiac]

If you have a file without any HTML, but it has the styles you want for your text, you can simply upload the file like @Britva415 said, and it should preserve most of your styling. It does take a little longer to get through review, but I much prefer it over sticking HTML in my files and copy/pasting them over.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Well I have tried everything but nothing seems to work. First I typed in my work file between the beginning html code and the ending html code were the words desiring to be in bold. I cut and pasted the whole thing to the story submission file. The result was everything was on the story file including the typed in html codes but nothing was in bold.

If the html code is correct you should see the italics and bold in the Preview. If you're still seeing the html code, the code must be wrong.

So then I cut and paste only the words to be in bold to the story submission file. Then while in the story file I typed in the surrounding html codes. I also tried to cut words that were in bold in my work file and pasted on the srory submission file then added the surrounding html codes. That didn’t do the trick either. So what am I doing wrong?

Check your code thoroughly. For example, does your html have any spaces that shouldn't be there? Any opening or closing < > missing? My guess would be spaces that shouldn't be there. <i>italics</i> and <b>bold</b> works (as do other techniques, but this, for me, is the simplest).

The Preview shows html that has been coded correctly, it shouldn't show the code itself.

 

[PennameWombat]

Well I have tried everything but nothing seems to work. First I typed in my work file between the beginning html code and the ending html code were the words desiring to be in bold. I cut and pasted the whole thing to the story submission file. The result was everything was on the story file including the typed in html codes but nothing was in bold.

So then I cut and paste only the words to be in bold to the story submission file. Then while in the story file I typed in the surrounding html codes. I also tried to cut words that were in bold in my work file and pasted on the srory submission file then added the surrounding html codes. That didn’t do the trick either. So what am I doing wrong?

I don't quite understand what you're describing here.

I use LibreOffice Writer for my final edit, and simply use bold, italics, unordered and ordered lists, H1/H2/H3, via the word processor settings to create the emphasis I want. I save the file as a Word .doc (not .docx) file, lowest common denominator. LibreOffice is a free office suite, Writer is largely compatible with Word, so can read and write .doc files. I don't entirely trust it with .docx files.

I do not use any HTML tags to control formatting.

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Then this. I upload the Word .doc file as is after saving it with LibreOffice Writer. I DO NOT copy and paste the submission's text into the window. I use this as shown, and select and upload the submission as a Word .doc file.

This means you will not see your submission in the preview window. But it will echo that the file is uploaded. You can then hit 'Publish.'

My formatting has always come through correctly.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Then this. I upload the Word .doc file as is after saving it with LibreOffice Writer. I DO NOT copy and paste the submission's text into the window. I use this as shown, and select and upload the submission as a Word .doc file.

This means you will not see your submission in the preview window. But it will echo that the file is uploaded. You can then hit 'Publish.'

My formatting has always come through correctly.

.doc .doc(x) .rtf and .txt uploads are not always guaranteed to work.

They progressively glitched for me five or six years ago (probably even longer ago than that). I suspect it was my Kindle Fire device progressively losing forwards compatibility as Amazon stopped supporting the device, but the fact remains, document uploads stopped working, whereas the Form has always been foolproof.

I don't tell folk not to try uploading docs, because obviously that works most of the time, but the Form, for me, works all of the time.

 

[FrancesScott]

Read @FrancesScott 's article about working with HTML coding: https://www.literotica.com/s/how-to-format-a-story-with-html

Thank you for mentioning my essay.

 

[ColtonWrites]

Well I have tried everything but nothing seems to work. First I typed in my work file between the beginning html code and the ending html code were the words desiring to be in bold. I cut and pasted the whole thing to the story submission file. The result was everything was on the story file including the typed in html codes but nothing was in bold.

So then I cut and paste only the words to be in bold to the story submission file. Then while in the story file I typed in the surrounding html codes. I also tried to cut words that were in bold in my work file and pasted on the srory submission file then added the surrounding html codes. That didn’t do the trick either. So what am I doing wrong?

Do you mean the submission box itself isn't changing, or the preview? The text editor box will only show the HTML codes themselves - you have to preview your draft to see it.

 

[Bodington]

Do you mean the submission box itself isn't changing, or the preview? The text editor box will only show the HTML codes themselves - you have to preview your draft to see it.

Thank you. By golly that's what I was missing. The submission box did not change but upon your suggestion, I checked the preview box and the change were made Than you again

 

[BobbyBrandt]

I don't tell folk not to try uploading docs, because obviously that works most of the time, but the Form, for me, works all of the time.

Uploading a Word file has always worked for me. 100%.

I don't tell people not to paste into the submission box, but I feel that if your story exceeds 10K words or more (which most of mine do), pasting it and using HTML for formatting is tedious and prone to more frequent mistakes.

I haven't tried @WaxPhilosophic's formatter tool, but that might be an option for the OP.

 

[EmilyMiller]

but I feel that if your story exceeds 10K words or more (which most of mine do), pasting it and using HTML for formatting is tedious and prone to more frequent mistakes.

I’ve posted many stories much longer than that with zero HTML mistakes. It’s not exactly hard to check your work.

 

[WaxPhilosophic]

I haven't tried @WaxPhilosophic's formatter tool, but that might be an option for the OP.

I wrote the formatting tool with LibreOffice HTML exports in mind. Never tested it with Word's HTML. But, at its core, all the tool does is simplify the tags to bold, italic, and centered. It might work.

 

[Kumquatqueen]

Copying and pasting into the submission box works just fine up to 40k words or more. And you get to see what it looks like in the Preview, so I'm not sure why people want to upload files instead.

One thing to note is Lit isn't designed to have long sections in italic or bold - you need to put the tags at the start and end of every paragraph, and if a page break happens in the middle of your bold/italic, it can go weird.

 

[BobbyBrandt]

I’ve posted many stories much longer than that with zero HTML mistakes. It’s not exactly hard to check your work.

No, I just find it tedious and unnecessary for my own personal needs.

I don't criticize anyone else for doing so, much like those who write on their phones. It's just not for me.

Uploading works, and as long as it does, I'm good.

 

[TheWritingGroup]

One thing to note is Lit isn't designed to have long sections in italic or bold - you need to put the tags at the start and end of every paragraph, and if a page break happens in the middle of your bold/italic, it can go weird.

There is a preview for uploaded word processor files now, I'm told.