# Extra spaces added to markdown with rich text pasted
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/extra-spaces-added-to-markdown-with-rich-text-pasted/112769
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [3월 28, 2019, 2:02오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extra-spaces-added-to-markdown-with-rich-text-pasted/112769 "2019-03-28T02:02:09Z")
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### Author:  [@bts](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bts)
#### Post date: [3월 28, 2019, 2:02오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extra-spaces-added-to-markdown-with-rich-text-pasted/112769/1 "2019-03-28T02:02:09Z")
Not sure if this is intentional / necessary for Markdown related reasons, but just noticed when I pasted some rich text into the composer, strings with formatting (bold / italic) seem to have extra spaces inserted before and after the `*` or `**` tags.
See example here e.g. the URL in the quoted text or the bolded ` **SPRING2019** ` near the bottom.
The quoted text above was copied from a web page; the below “sale” text copied from an email. Not sure if this always happens but at least two sources where I’m seeing it.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [3월 28, 2019, 2:02오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extra-spaces-added-to-markdown-with-rich-text-pasted/112769/2 "2019-03-28T02:02:58Z")
> [@bts](#):
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> strings with formatting (bold / italic) seem to have extra spaces inserted before and after the `*` or `**` tags.
This bug has existed for quite a while @vinothkannans I’ve noticed it many times.
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### Author:  [@StevenTammen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/StevenTammen)
#### Post date: [9월 22, 2019, 9:15오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extra-spaces-added-to-markdown-with-rich-text-pasted/112769/4 "2019-09-22T21:15:22Z")
I’ve tested this issue pasting text copied from email (Gmail), Google Docs, Microsoft Word, and ordinary HTML webpages – all these content sources lead to extra spaces being added around bold and italic text. Inline code blocks also have extra spaces added, but strike-through text does not. For example, if I paste text off of my website into the editor, here’s what happens:
Since the automatic conversion into WYSIWYG Markdown is so handy, I’ve found myself pasting into the editor and then using a regular expression in a different program (e.g., Vim, Notepad++) to remove the extra spaces, and then pasting back. It’s a bit hackish, but still easier than saving a file and using Pandoc to get the Markdown.
So long as adding the spaces isn’t somehow required for RTF/HTML pasting, it would be a good thing _not_ to add them, right?
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [11월 6, 2020, 4:36오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extra-spaces-added-to-markdown-with-rich-text-pasted/112769/7 "2020-11-06T04:36:36Z")
다음과 같이 이제 수정되었습니다:
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> No-break spaces were the reason for double spaces when pasting text to the compo…ser.
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> !\[swlVqJAEAN\](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/72780/98202722-b0f72e00-1f86-11eb-8ca1-8cf406b2bcea.gif)
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> https://meta.discourse.org/t/extra-spaces-added-to-markdown-with-rich-text-pasted/112769
🎊
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [11월 6, 2020, 4:36오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extra-spaces-added-to-markdown-with-rich-text-pasted/112769/8 "2020-11-06T04:36:39Z")