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Clean Text... Often you have to paste some text copied from one document or application into another, and you want the text to get the attributes (such as color, font, dimension and style) of the new document instead of preserving the attributes copied from the old one. Clean Text for Mac eliminates all text formatting, preparing it for pasting. Moreover, the application performs other useful functions, such as removing empty lines, removing multiple spaces, removing tab characters etc. It's also very useful for printing out text without wasting ink and paper, as often happens when you print directly from a Web browser.

Main features:

  • Fixes Paragraphs.
  • Removes returns within a paragraph and removes multiple empty lines between paragraphs.
  • Replaces multiple spaces with a single space and removes spaces at the beginning and at the end of a line.
  • Replaces each tab with a specified number of spaces.
  • Replaces each sequence of a specified number of spaces with a single tab.
  • Removes the quoting characters ">" at the beginning of lines.
  • Adds the quoting characters ">" at the beginning of lines.
  • Removes returns.
  • Replaces each return with a single space.
  • Converts to smart quotes.
  • Converts to straight quotes.
  • Replaces quotes with curly quotes.
  • Replaces curly quotes with straight quotes.
  • Text shifting right or left.
  • Adds a specified number of spaces before each line (delimited by line ending).
  • Sorts all the lines all the lines of the text (delimited by a line ending) using ascending order.
  • Capitalizes sentences. Capitalizes the first word of each sentence (delimited by "." and ellipsis "...").
  • Capitalizes words.
  • Sets characters to uppercase.
  • Sets characters to lowercase.
  • Random case.
  • Removes duplicate lines. Keeps only the first line between a group of equal lines.
  • Text encoding. Windows to Mac encoding.
  • Mac to Windows encoding. Converts MacOSRoman encoding to Windows Latin 1.
  • ROT-13. Rotates characters 13 positions in the alphabet.
  • Reverse text. Reverses characters.
  • Reverses each word.
  • Reverses words.
  • Converts three periods to ellipsis. Replaces each chunk of three periods with one single ellipsis (in Mac version only).
  • Converts ellipsis to three periods (in Mac version only).
  • Creates fi and fl ligatures. Creates professional publishing fi and fl ligatures for each "fi" and "fl" sequences in the text (in Mac version only).
  • Removes fi and fl ligatures (in Mac version only).
  • Encodes to Macintosh Line Endings (CR).
  • Encodes to Unix Line Endings (LF).
  • Encodes to Windows Line Endings (CR+LF). Converts all line breaks to "Carriage Return"+"Line Feed".
WHAT'S NEW
Version 6.5:
  • support for Mac OS X Services
  • fixes for all known bugs
  • code optimizations
  • and an Iconize feature that shrinks Clean Text to a small, always-on-top window that can act on text in the clipboard.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

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SCREENSHOT

Developer:Apimac
Downloads:16,643
  - Version d/l:1,358
Business:Word Processing
License:Shareware
Date:01 Sep 2009
Platform:PPC/Intel
Price:$24.95
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Clean Text User Reviews (7 posts)Write A Review
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Nov 7 2009

EELCO DEULING  I have tested TextSoap and Clean Text and settled on Clean Text because it's cheaper.

They offer more or less the same functionality but TextSoap wins: it's more simple to write your own actions and the services are more useful than those of Clean Text.

However: Clean Text offers all I need out of the box. I don't mind opening the app and make all the tweaks I need in the app. If you want to automate everything and don't mind paying more (and enjoy a more refined interface) you will like TextSoap more.   
(Version 6.5)

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Feb 21 2007

TIMSTRINGER  Just wondering how Clean Text compares to TextSoap?

Does anyone have any feedback to contribute based on experience with both applications?  
(Version 5.0)

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Mar 14 2005
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ANONYMOUS  They priced themselves out of a sale. I use this program quite a bit and finally justified paying $15 for it. I went to buy it and now the price is $19.95. I'll pass.  
(Version 3.4.1)

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Feb 21 2007

KINGADROCK  I have to agree with you. The application itself is great. I've been a registered user for quite some time. $24.95 is way too much money for this kind of app though. Should be priced at $15 max.  
(Version 5.0)

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Jan 28 2008

BRUCE_Y  They seem to be on some sort of price hiking spiral.

Even though there have been NO UPDATES since march of 2007, they have raised the price yet again ...

was $15, then 20, then $25, now its up to $35. With no improvements. I really don't know what they are thinking. The product may be OK, but if all their development effort is limited to updating the product price list, well, not a good sign.

(I guess we can expect version 5.0.0.0 to be priced at about $50 or so by end of 2008)  
(Version 5.0)

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Jan 28 2008

KINGADROCK  Since it was the MacUpdate Promo today, I downloaded and tried the latest version of Clean Text.

I gave it a fairly thorough run through and found nearly no changes to the version I currently own and use (3.4.1).

I agree with you, I don't know what the heck this company has been doing with their products other than raising their prices.

No thanks.  
(Version 5.0)

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Nov 5 2009

YOGI COACH  FYI - Clean Text is being offered through macZOT (www.maczot.com) today only (November 5, 2009).  
(Version 6.5)

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Aug 18 2004
****½

PAUL  At $15 I feel it's overpriced a bit, but I've tried all the rest and inevitably when I need to clean up an eMail before I fwd I find myself downloading this little jem and waiting though the required reminder-ware notice. No funky instalation or preferences and it works out-of-the-box without having to read the directions - just like a Mac!   
(Version 3.4.1)

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May 4 2004
****½

TED  I've to disagree with the reviewer before me. WordService is a nice utility for casual users, but Clean Text is better for repetitive jobs, as e-mail cleaning. You can apply several filters with just one click, and you can also save the filters you used as a custom preset, so that you can rerun it again later. Clean Text is a great time-saver, given my needs. With WordService I would have to apply one service at a time. Thanks, but no thanks.  
(Version 3.2)

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Mar 21 2004
**½..

HYPER  I have used it years ago. And, it has not change much since then (if it has at all). Try WordService with combination of any Cocoa apps like TextEdit or Mail. You will get a simpler process with more options.  
(Version 3.2)

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Oct 2 2003
****½

ANONYMOUS  The application is quite easy to understand, the interface is really transparent, and it even supports regular exressions now - it's a huge step forward.  
(Version 3.0b2)

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