Preserving original text formatting when re-creating documentation within Confluence

[Matt McGuinness]

Hello - 

I am running into a formatting issue in the Confluence editor: the formatting not transferring from a copy-paste function. For example:

* boldface not transferring.

* especially indentation not transferring 

I have used the ALT+09 function to indent in EDIT mode, and it views correctly (although not always!). However, with other formatting, after I select UPDATE or PREVIEW from the bottom action menu, and look at the updated document, the editing is no longer present.

anyone have an suggestion?

I have been able to do it once, but only after copy/pasting from the original source into a google doc, formatting inside the google doc, and then transferring into confluence editing mode.  The formatting DOES NOT transfer even then, but at least I was able to go back into the text editor format within the confluence editor (tabs, bold, etc.) and then, after those steps, the formatting 'stuck' within confluence.

It just seems like an awful lot of work  to simply recreate exisiting technical documentation within Confluence from an outside source!

Anyone have any thoughts on this issue?

Matt