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**Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\
**Created:** [August 8, 2017, 10:00pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/edit-html-code-from-microsoft-word/15644 "2017-08-08T22:00:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:**  [@jfd100](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jfd100)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 10:00pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/edit-html-code-from-microsoft-word/15644/1 "2017-08-08T22:00:48Z")
I’ve pasted a Word document into a RapidWeaver Styled sheet. I’d like to “clean up” the code that Word created, eliminate some of the line breaks , for example. I can open the page in Source view and see the code while in Edit mode in RW, but I can’t seem to edit or make changes in the code. I know this is a novice question, and a bunch of you will have ready answers for which I am grateful in advance.
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**Author:**  [@swilliam](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/swilliam)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 10:05pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/edit-html-code-from-microsoft-word/15644/2 "2017-08-08T22:05:06Z")
Normally, you would paste the text in, highlight it and clear the formatting, then format within RW.
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**Author:**  [@teefers](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/teefers)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 10:22pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/edit-html-code-from-microsoft-word/15644/3 "2017-08-08T22:22:07Z")
You can also paste as plain text from the edit menu `option+command+V`. If the word document has already been copied, you can select it (highlight) cut it (command+x) and paste as plain text (command+option+v).
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**Author:**  [@peterdanckwerts](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/peterdanckwerts)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2017, 10:49am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/edit-html-code-from-microsoft-word/15644/4 "2017-08-09T10:49:40Z")
@swilliam and @teefers are right. Word’s HTML code is so messy that you’re much better just copying the plain text and then adding formatting.