Re: [Myexperiment-discuss] How can I remove "formatting text" from the "Description" of my file entry?

[Alan R Williams]

On 28-Aug-15 17:17, Marchese Robinson, Richard wrote:
> Hi

Hello

> I have been updating the “Description” of a (currently private)
> myExperiment.org file entry which I plan to make public in the very near
> future.
>
> As part of this, I copied and pasted some text from some Excel files,
> PDF files and Word documents. This appears to have resulted in the
> (rather annoying) long XML formatting string appearing when I view the
> updated file entry (in either Firefox 40.0.03 or IE 11):
>
> “<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View>
> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/>
> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/>
> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>
> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent>
> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> …..”

What operating system are you using? I have tried to replicate this on 
my Windows 8.1 machine and have not been able to. I copied text directly 
from Word and Excel and also from a PDF file using Chrome and Firefox. I 
used the Word/Excel Copy and then Ctrl-V'd into the description box. 
This is Word and Excel 2010, with Firefox 39/40 and Chrome 36. The 
copying included formatted text (fonts, lists etc.). The formatting was 
not mimicked well, but I did not get any strange XML.

> I cannot work out how to remove this string. I have tried copying the
> text into a text file, making this ANSI using Notepad++, deleting the
> original description and copying from the text file … without success. I
> have also tried playing around with the formatting options in the editor
> … without success.
>
> Can anyone advise me as to how to fix this?

It is probably something horribly version specific. Can you give more 
details?

> Many thanks in advance!

Sorry I have not been more help.

> Richard

Alan