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TextSoap for Mac

Automate tedious text document cleaning.

$45.00
In English
4.5
Based on 80 user rates

TextSoap overview

TextSoap can automatically remove unwanted characters, fix up messed up carriage returns, and do pretty much anything else that we can think of to text. Save time and effort. Be more productive.

Stop manually fixing text documents and emails. Let TextSoap help you automate away all that tediousness. And do it all from within your favorite app using TextSoap Menu. Enable it in preferences and access TextSoap in most apps that support standard copy and paste.

Easy to learn for casual users, TextSoap offers the flexibility that expert users need.

What’s new in version 9.4.3

Custom Cleaner Editor:
  • Dragging actions within a custom cleaner are much more reliable.
  • Cleaner actions' tooltips show when cursor is hovering anywhere over entry.
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TextSoap for Mac

$45.00
In English
Version 9.4.3
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4.5

(83 Reviews of TextSoap)

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bobembry
bobembry
Dec 24 2021
9.0.5
5.0
Dec 24 2021
5.0
Version: 9.0.5
Still ★★★★★. TextSoap is a core app for me—★★★★★. It works. I use it in conjunction with Keyboard Maestro Palettes and macOS Services to store text in Bear, Drafts, DEVONthink 3, Scrivener ... to format Book and News Article ... to create custom PDFs using Nisus Writer Pro that are then annotated on an iPad PDF app ...
Macbookpro
Macbookpro
Dec 23 2021
8.6.2
0.0
Dec 23 2021
0.0
Version: 8.6.2
Update to version 9 is now out.
bobembry
bobembry
Nov 3 2019
8.5
5.0
Nov 3 2019
5.0
Version: 8.5
TextSoap is a core app for me—★★★★★. It works. I use it in conjunction with Keyboard Maestro Palettes and macOS Services to store text in Bear, Drafts, DEVONthink 3, Scrivener ... to format Book and News Article ... to create custom PDFs using Nisus Writer Pro that are then annotated on an iPad PDF app ...
Pavel231
Pavel231
Nov 27 2017
8.4.5
5.0
Nov 27 2017
5.0
Version: 8.4.5
TextSoap is my goto app for quickly changing text. I use it weekly, if not daily, to convert cases, smarten/straighten quotes, sort lines ascending/descending, remove extra spaces, change line breaks... TextSoap does it all in the flash of a second. The application has become ever more powerful over the years, now featuring numerous ways to customize cleaners based on personal preferences and needs, and the developer is very helpful. Highly recommended.
Riptide360
Riptide360
Oct 9 2017
8.4.2
5.0
Oct 9 2017
5.0
Version: 8.4.2
TextSoap is seriously one of those apps anyone struggling to reformat text needs! I use it to strip out weird formatting. It uses the REGEX find/replace language so if you need to do something there is a way. For most folks just learn enough to create a couple of scripts to do what you need. Two companion apps you'll probably use is Excel/Numbers for sorting and PopClip (they have a TextSoap extensions) for quick copy/paste cleanups. The support forum is a Google Groups that is pretty helpful. The app could benefit from a PopChar font function to show extended characters. Struggled with figuring out how to search on keyboard items like the "TAB" - which really should be in help and in Find/Replace dialog. The running query of paragraphs, words and characters is useful! Would be nice if there was an online library for sharing scenarios and scripts that solve a problem, along with a service where you could pay a few bucks to have someone create a script for your custom scenario.
bobembry
bobembry
Nov 3 2019
5.0
Nov 3 2019
5.0
Version: null
makareim
makareim
Oct 19 2018
5.0
Oct 19 2018
5.0
Version: null
Ervins Strauhmanis
Ervins Strauhmanis
Oct 17 2018
5.0
Oct 17 2018
5.0
Version: null
Pavel231
Pavel231
Nov 27 2017
5.0
Nov 27 2017
5.0
Version: null
Riptide360
Riptide360
Oct 9 2017
5.0
Oct 9 2017
5.0
Version: null
johngagardner
johngagardner
Jul 13 2017
4.0
Jul 13 2017
4.0
Version: null
robfol
robfol
Apr 21 2017
5.0
Apr 21 2017
5.0
Version: null
MattSD
MattSD
Jul 16 2016
5.0
Jul 16 2016
5.0
Version: null
brian-dunnell
brian-dunnell
Jul 15 2016
4.5
Jul 15 2016
4.5
Version: null
daniel-cohee
daniel-cohee
Jun 30 2016
4.5
Jun 30 2016
4.5
Version: null
LeMerlot
LeMerlot
Jan 26 2016
4.0
Jan 26 2016
4.0
Version: null
Widber
Widber
Jan 23 2016
5.0
Jan 23 2016
5.0
Version: null
dwp-1
dwp-1
Jan 22 2016
5.0
Jan 22 2016
5.0
Version: null
kevinparker73
kevinparker73
Dec 30 2015
3.0
Dec 30 2015
3.0
Version: null
Andrewrodney
Andrewrodney
Dec 23 2015
5.0
Dec 23 2015
5.0
Version: null
itsdailynews
itsdailynews
Jul 9 2015
5.0
Jul 9 2015
5.0
Version: null
rmattbill1
rmattbill1
Apr 20 2015
5.0
Apr 20 2015
5.0
Version: null
mike-rosene
mike-rosene
Mar 21 2015
4.5
Mar 21 2015
4.5
Version: null
TazG
TazG
Jan 2 2015
5.0
Jan 2 2015
5.0
Version: null
Exactjustice
Exactjustice
Nov 13 2014
5.0
Nov 13 2014
5.0
Version: null
DCT
DCT
Sep 11 2014
5.0
Sep 11 2014
5.0
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David1
David1
Sep 11 2014
4.5
Sep 11 2014
4.5
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dianeoforegongmail-com7232
Sep 8 2014
5.0
Version: null
Nicksloan
Nicksloan
Feb 18 2014
2.0
Feb 18 2014
2.0
Version: null
ddchene
ddchene
Feb 13 2014
5.0
Feb 13 2014
5.0
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Willoneal
Willoneal
Jan 13 2014
5.0
Jan 13 2014
5.0
Version: null
bumper314
bumper314
Dec 2 2013
4.5
Dec 2 2013
4.5
Version: null
michael-sebban
michael-sebban
Nov 22 2013
1.5
Nov 22 2013
1.5
Version: null
Peterinwiesbaden
Peterinwiesbaden
Nov 16 2013
5.0
Nov 16 2013
5.0
Version: null
Robingo88
Robingo88
Oct 26 2013
5.0
Oct 26 2013
5.0
Version: null
Dee4
Dee4
Oct 26 2013
5.0
Oct 26 2013
5.0
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Yorkio
Yorkio
Oct 25 2013
5.0
Oct 25 2013
5.0
Version: null
Shiny22
Shiny22
Oct 24 2013
4.5
Oct 24 2013
4.5
Version: null
Alexwoolfson
Alexwoolfson
Aug 16 2013
5.0
Aug 16 2013
5.0
Version: null
Big E
Big E
Aug 7 2013
5.0
Aug 7 2013
5.0
Version: null
wokole
wokole
Aug 7 2013
5.0
Aug 7 2013
5.0
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RichardGuay1742
RichardGuay1742
Aug 1 2013
5.0
Aug 1 2013
5.0
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Wilmill
Wilmill
Jul 31 2013
5.0
Jul 31 2013
5.0
Version: null
gbdoc
gbdoc
Jul 31 2013
5.0
Jul 31 2013
5.0
Version: null
blair57
blair57
May 5 2013
5.0
May 5 2013
5.0
Version: null