Text Cleaner
Clean up text pasted from PDFs, emails and web pages.
Questions
How do I fix text copied from a PDF with line breaks in every sentence?
Turn on “Join lines within paragraphs”. Lines that follow one another are joined into one, while lines separated by an empty line stay separate paragraphs.
What are invisible characters?
Characters you can’t see but that are really there: zero-width spaces and joiners, byte-order marks, soft hyphens and control characters. They often come along with copied text and break searches, spell checks and code. “Remove invisible characters” deletes them.
What does “Straight quotes” change?
Curly quotes and apostrophes (‘ ’ “ ”) become straight ones (' "), which code, CSV files and some forms need.
Are non-breaking spaces removed?
With “Collapse repeated spaces” on, non-breaking spaces become ordinary spaces and runs of spaces become one. Line breaks are never touched by that option.
Is it free? Do I need an account?
It is free to use and there is nothing to sign up for. There are no watermarks and no daily limits.
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