Hi, have you used the Past as text from the edit menu on the editor toolbar or the browser paste without formatting context menu option? The editor in manuscripts does not have the function to automatically transform Word formatting into html.

Thank you very much for looking into this.   This is how I import 100% of the text from Word or the Internet to Manuscript 'scenes' (as well as the articles in my world): 1. I select and copy from my source, outside of WA - an original Word document - a chapter from my novel, for instance; or, a Word doc I've copied and pasted into from the Internet - a recipe, for example, if I don't want to 'save' the entire post; or, selecting a blog post, copy it and then navigate to WA to paste it directly into the text box window of a manuscript scene; 2. navigate to text edit window/box for a scene in manuscripts (i.e., click on text in drop-down menu in Manuscripts 3. right click to bring up paste option in menu window; I paste using the first button in the paste options - almost never using the others; 4. paste the material into the text editor window for the 'scene' document in the manuscript;   I'm giving the info to you this way because of my lack of tech knowledge and knowledge of your lingo. I can say for certain, no, I have never used the edit menu on the editor toolbar to paste. The way I've described is the only way I have done this action since joining WA. (For instance: I don't know what your phrase above 'browser paste without formatting context menu option' means. Sorry.) Until yesterday, the material has always 'saved' with no problems. Or, I hit ctrl+s and it promps the 'saved' message.'   Occasionally I will make adjustments in the destination text box/window - such as change the font or its size; or make something in bold - things like that. I also do the exact same operation for my articles in my worlds, if I need to import links or information of any kind; but that is all. As I stated above, I've never had a problem with WA saving anything.   Thank you again for any insight you can shed on this issue.

I may have discovered the 'save' hang-up/bug, whatever. This happened when I copied and pasted two blog posts, with comments, into a manuscript. I tried a little experiment. 1. I copied and pasted just the blog without the comments. Surprise! Everything behaved nicely - I got my save box, both automatically and when I punched ctrl+s. 2. Next, I copied and pasted the comments below the post. That is when the save action decided not to work. So I did this: 3. I stripped out everything in the comments (manually) except for the actual text. Still no 'save' action. So, 4. I scrolled slowly through the comments looking for something that might be the cause of the problem 5. Aha! There was one emoji included at the end of one comment. I deleted the emoji. Guess what? 6. The article saved. 7. Now I will do the same with the second blog post, when it comes around on my to-do list again.   Hope this helps.

Indede emojis cannot be saved on WA and that would be the reason for the save failing :)

Thank you kindly for looking into it. This is good to know. I don't use emoji's, myself.