[mistressofbucklebury]

I'll just trying to post my first story and I need a bit of technical advice (not even sure if this is the best bit of the forum to ask this question but anywhoo..)
I wrote my story in Word and it contains basic formating, ie the use of italics and bold. I've just copied and pasted the first chapter but can't see the formatting. How can I go about getting it back in before I post?

Hope someone can help!

MoB (a very confused newbie)

[SpaceWeavil]

To get italics in the text, you need to use tags; put <i> at the beginning of the bit you want in italics and </i> at the end. <b> and </b> for bold.

If you type this into the text in Word, then copy and paste the text when you upload the document, then it should have the formatting.

[mistressofbucklebury]

Thanks,

I didn't realise until after I posted it and all the formatting had disappeared . I'll see if I can go back and change it now!

MoB

[SpaceWeavil]

I think it took me two weeks before I figured it out.

[mistressofbucklebury]

Okay another stupid question but when I paste it into the posting section will I see the formatting then or only when I actually have posted it. I only ask because I tried your suggestion and on the posting screen I can see th <i> and </i> etc but no actual formatting

ekkk

MoB

[SpaceWeavil]

Yeah, you will only see it once it is posted. When you first paste it it will still look <i> like this </i>

[mistressofbucklebury]

Yey Thank you!!!

My first ever story offically posted

I just hope people like it now.....

MoB

[SpaceWeavil]

Oh, this is your one about the brooch. I remember you mentioning it. Sounded like such a good idea. So you have one person reading at least

[mistressofbucklebury]

Aw Shucks!!

..... Now that I know I have an audience I'll get on with chapter 2!

Not that I'll be posting quite as quickly as you seem too, it always amazes me that you can have so many high quality fics on the go at the same time and keep updating so regularly. Not that I'm complaining

MoB

[GypsieRose]

The only thing to be aware of is if you use italics and bolding in your story, people won't be able to see them if they choose the "download story as plain text" option for printing purposes. That's why I stick with the lower-tech option of asterisks.

--Rose

[SpaceWeavil]

That's one thing I've never really thought of. Most of my italics and bold and stuff is purely cosmetic though, to make it look a bit nicer on site.