WP: Pasting formatted text sometimes loses formatting

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Symptoms:

Pasting formatted text intermittently pastes without expected formatting

Cause:

If text is inadvertently pasted within a style code, the text will lose all formatting and assume the formatting of the style.

Resolution:

Hit Undo (toolbar undo icon, Ctrl+Z on keyboard or Edit menu > Undo)

Click outside the style / further away from the styled text and re-paste

If unsure, enable Reveal Codes (View > Reveal Codes or Alt+F3) to see if the insertion point is within a style.

Note:

This has been seen in files with many styled areas in small spaces such as are created using the Monthly Calendar under File > New from Project.

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