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NNadir

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3. The "less than" symbol causes this. To avoid losing my work on long posts...

Reply to usonian (Reply #1)

Sun Feb 25, 2024, 10:49 AM

Feb 2024

...I always copy and paste my work into Word before hitting the preview page; where I have failed to remember to do this, I've lost work.

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Just wrote a longish post and [View all] Prairie_Seagull Feb 2024 OP

Sometimes the network hiccups and you lose text. usonian Feb 2024 #1

No to html characters. Prairie_Seagull Feb 2024 #2

The "less than" symbol causes this. To avoid losing my work on long posts... NNadir Feb 2024 #3

Right after noting for you that the "less than" symbol causes this, I failed to copy a post into Word... NNadir Feb 2024 #4

On the desktop, I use the ghosttext extension. usonian Feb 2024 #5

Thanks. That sounds cool. NNadir Feb 2024 #6

Thanks NNadir. Prairie_Seagull Feb 2024 #7