I use a program called "Plain Clip" and assign a keystroke combination in Butler to execute the paste. Plain Clip strips all the formatting. On Aug 10, 2013, at 8:43 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> Today's Topic Summary > Group: http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit/topics > > how to strip HTLM from word doc on mac? [5 Updates] > how to strip HTLM from word doc on mac? > SBD <[email protected]> Aug 09 10:19AM -0700 > > I'm looking for a way to strip all codes (I want plain text) from things I > have copy/pasted into a word doc on my Mac. I understand this can be done > by using Notepad on PCs, but I'm not able to figure this out via my new > Mac. Any suggestions? Thanks! > > Ted Burger <[email protected]> Aug 09 01:34PM -0400 > > Simply use BBEdit to remove markup. > > Thanks, > Ted > *********************** Ted Burger **************************** > [email protected] ********* www.tobsupport.com > > > > On Aug 9, 2013, at 1:19 PM, SBD wrote: > > > David Kelly <[email protected]> Aug 09 12:48PM -0500 > > > > I'm looking for a way to strip all codes (I want plain text) from things I > > have copy/pasted into a word doc on my Mac. I understand this can be done > > by using Notepad on PCs, but I'm not able to figure this out via my new > > Mac. Any suggestions? Thanks! > > Don't know about Word but many applications have an Edit -> Paste And Match > Style function which strips styling from the clipboard's contents during > paste. > > Or has already been suggested, copy into BBedit (or TextWrangler), then copy > from BBedit back into Word. > > Oooh! I know! Open Terminal.app. Type "cat > file.txt". Paste. Type ^C > (control-C). Merge file.txt into your Word document. :-) > > -- > David Kelly N4HHE, [email protected] > ============================================================ > Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad. > > Bruce Van Allen <[email protected]> Aug 09 10:54AM -0700 > > >things I have copy/pasted into a word doc on my Mac. I understand > >this can be done by using Notepad on PCs, but I'm not able to figure > >this out via my new Mac. Any suggestions? Thanks! > > The obvious answer on this list is: open the file with BBEdit > and use its abilities to strip markup. > > You could also simply call "Save As..." in Word, and choose the > format "Plain Text". > > HTH > > > Best Regards, > > - Bruce > > _bruce__van_allen__santa_cruz_ca_ > > "TJ Luoma" <[email protected]> Aug 09 02:57PM -0400 > > On 9 Aug 2013, at 13:19, SBD wrote: > > > things I have copy/pasted into a word doc on my Mac. I understand > > this can be done by using Notepad on PCs, but I'm not able > > to figure this out via my new Mac. Any suggestions? Thanks! > > There have been plenty of good suggestions made already, but I'll add > one specific to BBEdit: > > 1. Download and install this to BBEdit's "Text Filters" folder: > > https://github.com/tjluoma/bbedit/blob/master/Text-Filters/HTML-to-Plain-Text.sh > > 2. Install lynx (if it isn't already) > > http://code.google.com/p/rudix/wiki/lynx > > And then you can use BBEdit's "Text Filter" feature to convert any HTML > document to plain text. > > The advantage of using `lynx` instead of trying to create your own > solution is that it has been designed to deal with all sorts of 'edge > cases' of weird and/or badly written HTML. > > TjL > > > -- > This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a > feature request or would like to report a problem, please email > "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. > Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit> > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BBEdit Talk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or would like to report a problem, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
