✍️ How to Format Text in Course Lessons
Want your course lessons to look clean, polished, and professional? You're in the right place! Whether you're writing directly in the editor or pasting content from another app, this guide will walk you through everything you need to know about text formatting in WithMe. 🎨
📝 Using the Built-In Text Editor
The WithMe course lesson editor gives you all the essentials to make your content shine. Here's what you can do right inside the editor:
Bold and italic text
Headings and subheadings
Bulleted and numbered lists
Links and embedded media
Text alignment
Text Color
To format text, simply highlight the words you want to style and use the toolbar at the top of the editor. It's that easy! ✅
⚠️ Pasting from Word or Google Docs? Read This First!
Here's something that catches a lot of creators off guard — when you copy and paste text from Microsoft Word, Google Docs, or other rich-text editors, the formatting often doesn't come through the way you'd expect. 😬
That's because apps like Word and Google Docs embed hidden formatting code (things like custom fonts, colours, and spacing) into your copied text. When you paste it into the WithMe editor, that hidden code can cause all sorts of weirdness — text colour that won't change, strange spacing, or formatting that just won't cooperate.
📝 Note:
This isn't a bug or a saving issue — it's the editor stripping out unsupported formatting from your pasted content. The fix is simple!
✅ The Clean Paste Workflow
Follow these steps to get perfectly formatted lessons every time:
Copy your text from Word or Google Docs as usual.
Paste as plain text into the WithMe editor using:
• Mac:Cmd + Shift + V
• Windows:Ctrl + Shift + VRe-apply your formatting using the editor's built-in toolbar — add headings, bold, lists, and links directly in WithMe.
Save your lesson and preview it to make sure everything looks great! 👀
This takes just a couple of extra minutes — but ensures your lessons look polished and professional for every student who opens them. 🌟
💡 Pro Tips for Great-Looking Lessons
Write directly in WithMe when you can. The easiest way to avoid paste issues is to draft your content right in the lesson editor.
Use a plain-text editor as a middle step. If you prefer drafting elsewhere, paste into Notepad (Windows) or TextEdit in plain-text mode (Mac) first, then copy from there into WithMe.
Keep formatting simple. Clear headings, short paragraphs, and bullet points make your lessons easy to read — no fancy fonts needed!
Preview before publishing. Always hit preview to see exactly what your students will see. 👁️
📝 Note:
If you've already pasted formatted text and things look off, don't worry — we've got you! Simply select all the text in the lesson, delete it, and re-paste using the plain-text shortcut above. Then reformat using the toolbar. Good as new! ✨
That's it! With these tips, your course lessons will look fantastic every single time. Now go create something amazing! 🚀