{"id":1128,"date":"2011-10-05T16:35:31","date_gmt":"2011-10-05T21:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=1128"},"modified":"2011-10-05T16:35:31","modified_gmt":"2011-10-05T21:35:31","slug":"bb-tip-49-pasting-text-from-word-into-blackboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/bb-tip-49-pasting-text-from-word-into-blackboard\/","title":{"rendered":"Bb Tip #49: Pasting Text from Word into Blackboard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Professors frequently copy information from Microsoft Word and paste it into Blackboard to save time when creating content in Blackboard. Often unnecessary Microsoft specific code is included when text is copied from Microsoft programs and pasted directly into Blackboard. This extra code may cause unforeseen results (e.g. browser instability, slow course load times, unexpected text formatting, random font size\/style changes, students are abruptly exited from exams). <\/p>\n<p>There is a new \"Paste from Word\" Mashup tool that allows you to paste the text you copied from a Microsoft Office program into Blackboard. The Paste from Word Mashup tool strips off the MS Office hidden proprietary code. You should use the Paste from Word Mashup tool when you are pasting text from Microsoft programs into Blackboard in order to minimize potential problems with Blackboard. You should suggest to your students that they also use the Paste from Word Mashup tool whenever they are pasting text from a MS Office program into the visual text box editor.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow these steps to do it.<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Start by copying the desired text from Word.<br \/>\n2. In Blackboard, enter the item where you want to paste your information.<br \/>\n3. In the visual text box editor, click on the Add Mashup icon and select Paste from Word. The Paste from Word window will open.<br \/>\n4. Click on the Paste icon. Alternatively, you can press Ctrl + V on your keyboard (Mac users should press Command + V).<br \/>\n5. Your browser may block the paste from working. If this happens follow the prompts to allow access.<br \/>\n6. Once the pasted information is shown in the Paste from Word window, click on Submit. Your text will be pasted into the visual text box editor.<\/p>\n<p>NOTE: The Paste from Word Mashup will not include any images that were in the copied information. Images should be inserted using the visual textbox editor\u2019s Attach Image button.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more information?<\/strong><br \/>\nStep-by-step instructions are available [<a title=\"Paste from Word\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/Paste_from_Word_Mashup.pdf\" target=\"_self\">PDF<\/a>].<br \/>\nExplore Blackboard's On Demand Learning Center [<a title=\"On Demand\" href=\"http:\/\/ondemand.blackboard.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">HTML<\/a>].<br \/>\nVisit the <a title=\"Bb FAQs\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/blackboard-faq\/\" target=\"_blank\">Blackboard FAQs<\/a> for additional blackboard information<br \/>\nor <a href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/mail\/?to=31\">email<\/a> or call Janice Florent: (504) 520-7418<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professors frequently copy information from Microsoft Word and paste it into Blackboard to save time when creating content in Blackboard. Often unnecessary Microsoft specific code is included when text is copied from Microsoft programs and pasted directly into Blackboard. This extra code may cause unforeseen results (e.g. browser instability, slow course load times, unexpected text <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/bb-tip-49-pasting-text-from-word-into-blackboard\/\" class=\"more-link\">...continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"Bb Tip #49: Pasting Text from Word into Blackboard\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[199,238],"class_list":{"0":"post-1128","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-blackboard","7":"tag-mashup","8":"tag-paste-from-word","9":"h-entry","10":"hentry","11":"h-as-article"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p82MQk-ic","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3736,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/bb-tip-102-content-editor\/","url_meta":{"origin":1128,"position":0},"title":"Bb Tip #102: Content Editor","author":"Janice Florent","date":"September 9, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The newly designed Content Editor vastly improves your experience for adding text and other forms of digital content to your course. 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