Top 5 Formatting Issues Caused by ChatGPT

AI tools are great - until you paste the output into Google Docs or Notion. That's when the formatting gremlins show up.

1. Curly Quotes

"These guys." Look fine in a chat window, but they break Markdown, mess with code, and cause weird spacing. Plain quotes are safer.

2. Em Dashes Everywhere

ChatGPT loves them — but many editors don't. I swap them with hyphens for consistency.

3. Weird Symbols

Multiplication signs (×) instead of "x", Unicode ellipses (…) instead of three dots. Subtle, but annoying.

4. Non-breaking Spaces

Invisible until they mess with your formatting. You hit backspace and nothing happens. It's that.

5. Mismatched Quotes or Dashes

Starting with a curly quote and ending with a straight one? Happens more than you'd think.

Bonus: Markdown Escape Fails

Pasting into Markdown without escaping symbols like *, _, or ` leads to formatting surprises.