Pasting text from Microsoft Word into Webflow can strip out most styles like bold, italic, and spacing due to how Webflow handles pasted rich text formatting.
1. Use a Rich Text Block in Webflow
- Add a Rich Text element from the Add panel to your page or CMS.
- This element is designed to retain some formatting like bold, italic, and bullets when pasting from Word.
2. Paste from Word Using the Rich Text Block
- Select the content in your Word document.
- Copy and paste directly into the Rich Text Block in the Webflow Editor (or CMS field if you're using Rich Text for CMS).
- Formatting such as bold, italics, headings, and paragraph spacing will usually be preserved better in a Rich Text block compared to a regular Text Block.
- Word can bring in unwanted inline styles (like weird font sizes or colors).
- Use a plain text editor like Notepad to strip all styles first, then reapply styling inside Webflow manually if you need full control.
4. CMS Rich Text Fields Support More
- If you're using Webflow’s CMS, use a Rich Text field in your collection.
- Paste formatted text into it from Word. Then use a Rich Text element bound to that field on the page.
- This allows consistent global styling via the “All Rich Text Elements” or custom classes.
- If formatting breaks or is inconsistent, highlight the pasted text and apply styles with Webflow's Toolbar (bold, headers, lists, etc.).
- You can also create custom classes to control spacing, margins, and font styles globally.
6. Avoid Pasting Into These Elements
- Text Block, Paragraph, or Heading elements often do not preserve styling when pasting from Word.
- They treat paste as plain text.
Summary
To retain styling like bold and spacing when pasting from Word, use a Rich Text block or Rich Text CMS field in Webflow. These elements support more formatting than basic text elements. Clean up unwanted styles using Webflow’s style panel or re-style manually after pasting if needed.