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These are exactly the problems I was/am having with Internet Explorer.

A possible fix for your problem #1:

The problem of only getting your editor window to show text in the code button mode is an Internet Explorer v 6.0.2800 problem with Iframes. I found a security bulletin concerning the problem and downloaded the “IE6.0sp1-KB937143-Windows2000-x86-ENU” service patch, which fixed that problem. If you are using IE v. 6.0.2800 then you need to do the same for your particular Windows OS. The problem stemmed from a buffer overflow due to long frame names. With this service patch up date, all the editor buttons reload just fine, however, your problem #2 still isn’t solved.

Problem #2:

In the editor (WP 2.3.1) there are supposed to be pop-up windows for pasting in plain text or text generated with MS-Word. However, those pop-ups do not work with my IE. Both FireFox and Opera work just fine providing the pop-up windows for text insert. However, no matter what I do with IE, I cannot get the pop-ups to work. I have checked off everything in IE’s setup to allow inline Iframes etc, etc… I do not have a pop-up blocker turned on. However, no pop-ups with IE… So, if you have determined a fix, please let us know…

By the way, I use FireFox and I personally do not have a major problem. The problem I am trying to solve is for an associate… well, actually one of the managers… I have tried to explain that FireFox is a better solution, but he is head strong and comfortable with his IE… So a solution to using the editor with IE and getting the pop-ups would be helpful…

Since I wrote this two days ago, I have been able to take a little deeper look at the problem. I mentioned that I don’t usually use Internet Explorer(I prefer FireFox), but since an associate did and had this problem with IE, I used my still installed IE v. 6.02800.1106 to look at the problem. Indeed the menu bar was not reloading in the WP Editor having the problem stated in my earlier post(menu bars disappearing because of incomplete reload). Upon looking deeper into that version of IE, I did find that there was a vulnerability with Iframes. So, I down loaded the SP for the fix to that problem… (sp1-KB937143) which appears to be the last comprehensive software patch for 6.0.2800… Of course IE 7.0 is available now… anyway… the patch fixed the disappearing tool bar in the editor (v2.3.1 WP with the advanced tool bar options in the editor)…

However, I still have a question and hope someone can steer me with the correct answer…

When I use FireFox with the Advanced Tool Bar options for Pasting in Text or Pasting in Word Formatted Text, I get a small pop-up window which allows me to paste the text into it first. In the Text Insert pop-up, I can decide if I want to preserve line breaks before I paste it into the POST or PAGE. I like the pop-up because I can decide to cancel the insert if I do not want it in the post. However, using Internet Explorer, I do not get the pop-up window and the text is directly injected into the POST or PAGE text… My question is, is the pop-up insert window supposed to be working with Internet Explorer as well????

I have searched the documentation and found a reference to ‘Word Fix’ which is a plugin offered by Trevor Creech or Trev as he appears to be better known as. In his discussion of ‘Word Fix’ it appears that his plugin reads in the actual POST or PAGE text directly and strips out superfluous HTML tags added by WORD.

The current editor version in WP seems to have advanced that capability with the small pop-up window I have discussed. Is there a dichotomy of how each browser handles the text insert function. Incidentally, I just checked the application with my Opera browser as well, and it provides a pop-up window too. So, is Internet Explorer the odd man out. Does it not work with the small pop-up window???

Maybe this post should appear in another forum based on my updated information… but hey… I am new to these forums and at first it appeared to be a real error in the software… now I am not so sure if it is an error or a browser update and/or a setup issue…

Any comment would be welcomed… IS there an IE user out there that gets the pop-up in the advanced editor options?