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The Writings Settings control your WordPress writing experience Click Settings and then Writing from the left hand menu in your Dashboard to access these settings.

The first setting is Size of the post box and controls how tall the box is where you type your posts or pages. You can always drag the lower right corner of the post box to make it larger, but this option controls the default size.

Formatting has two options. The first option will allow you to type emoticon symbols like the smiley face when you are writing. If this option is checked, the symbols will be converted into a graphical emoticon. If the second option is enabled, WordPress will fix any of your invalid XHTML code. Invalid XHTML code can cause problems with your layout, so this is a good option to turn on.

The Default Post Category lets you select the category to be applied to a post if you forget to assign categories before publishing.

The Default Link Category is similar to the previous settings but is for your links.

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Watch the “Customizing your writing settings” video from WordPress.tv.
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Last modified: December 20, 2008