Dear Xara...

I wanted to copy the Thread title here (https://www.talkgraphics.com/showthr...lected-WDP-V15) for an example of embedded text in a Text Inside Shape.

How did the original HTML morph so much with so many duplicated SPANs?

Code:
<h1>
        Thread: <span class="threadtitle"><a href="showthread.php?79633-Shape-Text-is-underlined-but-underline-is-not-selected-WDP-V15" title="Reload this Page">Shape Text is underlined but underline is not selected.... WDP V15</a></span>
    </h1>
Code:
<div class="xr_group">
 <span class="xr_ar" style="left:185px;top:521px;width:412px;height:7px; background-color: #FFFFFF;"></span>
 <span class="xr_ar" style="left:185px;top:521px;width:22px;height:7px; background-color: #FFFFFF;"></span>
 <div class="xr_txt xr_s2" style="position: absolute; left:185px; top:527px; width:22px; height:10px;">
  <span class="xr_tl xr_s2" style="top: -5.71px;">Thread:</span>
 </div>
 <span class="xr_ar" style="left:207px;top:521px;width:2px;height:7px; background-color: #FFFFFF;"></span>
 <span class="xr_ar" style="left:207px;top:521px;width:2px;height:7px; background-color: #FFFFFF;"></span>
 <div class="xr_txt xr_s2" style="position: absolute; left:207px; top:527px; width:2px; height:10px;">
  <span class="xr_tl xr_s2" style="top: -5.71px;">&nbsp;</span>
 </div>
 <span class="xr_ar" style="left:208px;top:521px;width:190px;height:7px; background-color: #FFFFFF;"></span>
 <span class="xr_ar" style="left:208px;top:521px;width:190px;height:7px; background-color: #FFFFFF;"></span>
 <span class="xr_ar" style="left:208px;top:521px;width:190px;height:7px; background-color: #FFFFFF;"></span>
 <div class="xr_txt xr_s3" style="position: absolute; left:208px; top:527px; width:189px; height:10px;">
  <span class="xr_tl xr_s3" style="top: -5.71px;">Shape Text is underlined but underline is not selected.... WDP V15</span>
 </div>
</div>
and why did the space get forced into its own clutch of HTML?

The H1 tag was not copied into the existing code at all and I gained two new text styles instead.

The whole point of the exercise was to add in the hyperlinked text for the text and its hyperlink, which did not get added.

Acorn