I should report that I just got a reply from a WP representative after I sent an email complaing about this new way to post things, and he very kindly and quickly replied with some helpful information that I want to pass along tonight:
I asked: How can you you justify your text now?
You can do this using the Justify tool. You can find the instructions on this URL:
https://en.support.wordpress.com/visual-editor/#row-2
I asked: Is there no way now to get a word count of our posts?
Unfortunately, there isn’t, Natalie, unless you use the old Editor. Like in here:
https://sacredtouches.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=14598&action=edit
So with that answer, it turns out that we can actually still use the old Editor to put up our posts. When you click on that link, make sure you click the word “visual” first at the top before starting your message. Happy posting, my friends. It appears goodness still exists in this troubling world. 🙂 ❤
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I didn’t like the “new” editing so I’ve stayed with the old format–hence why I couldn’t figure out why you weren’t getting a word count as mine has remained—sometimes I find that old is good 🙂 As in I am old and I hope I’m good 🙂
Happiness to you—technology…I hate it 🙂 🙂 :0 🙂
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Well, I didn’t know how until tonight how to keep using the old one, but I do now. I’m glad you already knew. Hugs, N 🙂
PS. I have a love/hate relationship with technology myself. When it works, I love it, and when it doesn’t or it’s not user friendly I hate it. Hee hee 🙂 🙂 🙂
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well, I was figuring it was a “theme” thing—thinking that things may vary between theme choices—that’s how much I know about all this business—I’m like the blind wandering in a forest, feeling my way through this wordpress business—it’s like school—once I got the hang of one thing, poof, we were on to something new —but I’m happy you got to the bottom of the mystery–now I know who to turn to when I’m up the creek here without the paddle 🙂
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Then we’d both be up the creek without a paddle because half the time I’m clueless too. Hee hee 🙂 🙂 🙂
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It is good they were willing to work with you.
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Yeppers, it was a good thing. Hugs, N 🙂 ❤
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Good information Natalie, thank you for sharing this.
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You’re welcome Mary. Since they leave us in the dark we have to help each other. Hugs, N 🙂 ❤
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Yikes… why in the world would they remove the word count?!? I’ve been stuck blogging via my iPad since April and would surely have lost the will to blog, had I not managed to maintain my old editor! So glad you were able to get the answers you need from WP 🙂 ♥ ❤
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Ya know, like you, I have no idea why they removed that and I’m glad I can use the old editor too. Hugs, N 🙂 ❤
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And hopefully it will always be so! 🙂 ♥ ❤
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so glad to hear there’s a way to keep the old editor. I tried to copy paste something yesterday and couldn’t figure out how to do it any more. Thanks so much for sharing.
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You’re welcome, Claire. I don’t know why they have to make things so hard or fix things that ain’t broke, as they say. Hugs, N 🙂 ❤
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