If you want the indentation to work consistently, one indentation is 4 spaces, two is 8, etc. Remember to put a space after the * or it will not work either.
Word formatting will not directly translate to web formatting. If you want to copy the text without formatting, use ctrl+shift+v when pasting it. I recommend writing future texts in notepad, or disabling all formatting options in Word.
If you want to quickly try to edit the bullet points of this article in Word, you can use the “find and replace” option to find—and replace it with *^s.
If you want the indentation to work consistently, one indentation is 4 spaces, two is 8, etc. Remember to put a space after the * or it will not work either.
Word formatting will not directly translate to web formatting. If you want to copy the text without formatting, use ctrl+shift+v when pasting it. I recommend writing future texts in notepad, or disabling all formatting options in Word.
If you want to quickly try to edit the bullet points of this article in Word, you can use the “find and replace” option to find—and replace it with *^s.
http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Comment_formatting
While I agree with this point, I think it applies to most of the techniques that you listed.
Thank you for your formatting suggestions.
I tried to copy “text only” from Word, I’m not sure if this is the same as ctrl+shift+v.
I think I’ll just write future posts in notepad and then format on Less Wrong, very good suggestion.