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Tips for Better Blogging Results - Things I Wish I had Done Right from the Start - Part 2A

By Chris Canfield

Real Estate Agent with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage SA678905000

February 21, 2011 02:50 AM

Better Blogging Results - Things I Wish I had Done Right from the Start - Part 2A

Here is a VERY quick Scribefire lesson for enlarging your font size. I am NO expert--I just like to have a bigger font than the one that defaults in ActiveRain.

1. Be sure you have Firefox and Scribefire (a Firefox add-on) downloaded (see more about this in Part 1 of this series).

2. Write your post in the normal way using Firefox. (If you prefer to write it in a word document, do not use Microsoft Word--use Word Pad--Microsoft Word will give you strange formatting when you cut and paste.)

3. Save your post in DRAFT mode.

4. Reopen your post to EDIT.

5. Copy your post while still in the editing mode.

6. Click on Tools and then click on Scribefire. Scribefire will open over your post. (Need a visual? Look at photo below.)

7. Paste your post into the "Post Content" section of Scribefire screen.

8. Highlight all of the text.

9. Click on the font size--make it "4 (14pt)".

10. Highlight and copy all of your text.

11. Move back to the Firefox window and RIGHT CLICK in the text box and click paste.

Your post should now be in a larger font size. So all you did here was make the exact font a larger size. I am not going to teach you how to do anything else in Scribefire because to be honest, I have never bothered doing anything else. Once you get comfortable with this little lesson, you will feel more comfortable with Scribefire and you can write your own post about all the really cool things that you can do that Canfield didn't even know about! If I left anything out, please comment on it below!

Now go have some fun!

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Wanda Thomas

Montana Homestead Brokers, Broker, CRS, GRI, SFR, RN - Billings, MT

Billings Montana Real Estate

Thanks for this post, I've downloaded 2 scribefires and have never been able to get them to copy and paste and look different than the normal ar type. I'm gonna work on this, with help. Hopefully you soon see a post done with scribefire!

Feb 21, 2011 02:57 AM

Jerry Newman

Brown Realty, 210-789-4216, - San Antonio, TX

Texas REALTOR, San Antonio Military Relocation

Thanks Chris for your tips on using Scribefire. As a newbie, I am grateful for all the lessons that I can get from other Rainmakers.h

Feb 21, 2011 02:58 AM

Chris Canfield

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage - Tucson, AZ

Homes for Sale in Oro Valley and Tucson, Arizona

Hi Wanda - The most important step is to Right Click to paste back to your post. Otherwise you get the Firefox window for pasting, and that takes away the font size! Hopefully this tip helps!

Hi Jerry - We have all been Newbies--there is so much to learn here!!

Feb 21, 2011 03:03 AM

Rick Cignoli

Norcom Mortgage NMLS# 71655 Equal Housing Lender - Avon, CT

Sr. Mortgage Loan Officer

Chris ... Thanks for the tips. Never heard of using Firefox or WordPad. I'll try it out.

Feb 21, 2011 03:11 AM

Chris Canfield

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage - Tucson, AZ

Homes for Sale in Oro Valley and Tucson, Arizona

Hi Rick - I don't usually use WordPad--I just usually type right into the WYSIWYG window, but I know some people like to write in another program first--it just doesn't work well with Microsoft Word. : )

Feb 21, 2011 03:58 AM

Debbie Gartner

The Flooring Girl - White Plains, NY

The Flooring Girl & Blog Stylist -Dynamo Marketers

thx for the tips. You know this is really one of the upgrades AR should make. You should be able to change size and color in here and not need to even go through this. It is quite stupid.

Feb 21, 2011 04:04 AM

Richard Weeks

Dallas, TX

REALTOR®, Broker

Chris,

Thanks for the great information. Was not familiar with the Firefox tip but will check that out.

Feb 21, 2011 04:53 AM

Chris Canfield

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage - Tucson, AZ

Homes for Sale in Oro Valley and Tucson, Arizona

Hi Debbie - I would be nice if a little bigger font was an option. : )

Hi Richard - Hope it works well for you!

Feb 21, 2011 10:57 AM

Johnathan R. Therriault

JTHIS-Professional Home Inspection Team - Blakeslee, PA

Inspecting the Pocono's, one house at a time.

I was trying to use Scribefire but was having problems with the fonts anyway. I think it might have been because I was writing my posts in MS Word first. I’ll try it your way and see how that works. Thanks for the tip.

Feb 21, 2011 12:07 PM

Pat Haddad, ABR, CRS, ePRO, GRI

Keller Williams Indianapolis Metro NE - Carmel, IN

Carmel, Fishers, Westfield IN Real Estate Expert

Hi Chris--Tips like this can never be posted too much. Each time someone takes the time and trouble, so many people comment with thank yous! I type my posts up in a Word Doc and then drag into my AR post. Works for me and seems a little less complicated than this process, but we all should use what works best for us!! Very nice of you to take the time!!

Feb 21, 2011 12:43 PM

Chris Canfield

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage - Tucson, AZ

Homes for Sale in Oro Valley and Tucson, Arizona

Hi Jonathan - I had trouble with the actual fonts in Scribefire, so I just stopped trying to use them and only bothered with the increasing of the font size. : )

Hi Pat - It is strange that different things work on different computers. : ) When I tried working with a Word Doc, I got all kinds of strange formatting problems.

Feb 22, 2011 12:24 AM

Dianne Goode

Raleigh Cary Realty - Raleigh, NC

Realtor/Broker

Thanks for posting your advice. Several times over the past months I've logged onto AR .. looked over the resources .. and felt overwhelmed. I guess newbies just have to remember "Baby steps" will get us there eventually!

Feb 23, 2011 01:14 AM

Chris Canfield

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage - Tucson, AZ

Homes for Sale in Oro Valley and Tucson, Arizona

Hi Dianne - Exactly! Baby steps work best or your head will spin. Don't expect to understand everything in a week or two (or a month or two for that matter!). Have Fun--that's the main thing.

Feb 23, 2011 03:04 AM

Roberta Kayne

Dublin & Central Ohio Homes - Dublin, OH

CRS, ABR, SFR, RRS, Realtor, Re/Max Affiliates

Hi again Chris. I like the idea of using Firefox to get better formatting, but Firefox crashed my computer, so I had to remove it. Plus our mls won't show up on firefox - not authorized or something like that. So thanks for the post. I'm working my way backwards through your posts.

Feb 24, 2011 08:14 AM

Chris Canfield

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage - Tucson, AZ

Homes for Sale in Oro Valley and Tucson, Arizona

Hi Roberta - Yes, my MLS won't work with Firefox either. I guess if I had your experience with Firefox I wouldn't want to use it, but it works well for blogging.

Feb 24, 2011 11:32 AM

Pat Haddad, ABR, CRS, ePRO, GRI

Keller Williams Indianapolis Metro NE - Carmel, IN

Carmel, Fishers, Westfield IN Real Estate Expert

Chris--After you type your post in Word you have to highlite it and then click on the icon to remove formatting then you add it back in. Jon Zolsky posted a great tutorial on it and I reblogged it--you might check it out.

Feb 25, 2011 04:51 PM

Chris Canfield

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage - Tucson, AZ

Homes for Sale in Oro Valley and Tucson, Arizona

Hi Pat! Thanks for pointing me in this direction. I think I found the correct post, so I am linking folks to it here. Warning: This is an amazing post with lots of information! Take a deep breath if you are a newbie to blogging--maybe get a cup of coffee--then dig in. This is great information: