Okay, this is more for my benefit than anyone elses as I keep forgetting it. If you use the rich text or “Visual Editor” when creating Wordpress posts you can press “ALT+V” to display a second bar containing more advanced editing functions like underline, text colour, undo/redo and my favourite — clean up Word HTML when pasted into a post.

According to Engtech, if “ALT+V” doesn’t work for you then you can try using “ALT+SHIFT+V” to bring it up. Engtech also give a nice rundown on all the features this advanced bar contains so head over to their site if you want a better description.

For those of you not currently using the rich text editor who would like to check it out, it can be enabled by going to “Users” then “Your Profile” in your Wordpress admin area, and then checking the “Use visual editor when writing” box at the top of the page.