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#1 2004-07-28 16:14:12

steph

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From: Texas

Registered: 2004-02-24

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Incorporating Word Cleaner?

Dean, do you have any plans to incorporate the Word Cleaner into TXP?

(Picture me batting my eyelashes hopefully…)

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#2 2004-07-28 19:24:16

tmacwrig

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Re: Incorporating Word Cleaner?

MM… sounds like a good great idea!

uh, strikethroughs don’t work?

Last edited by tmacwrig (2004-07-28 19:25:01)

#3 2004-07-28 23:31:19

ramanan

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Registered: 2004-03-12

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Re: Incorporating Word Cleaner?

Well Dean currently charges for the service, so I imagine it would be unlikely.

#4 2004-08-06 09:45:18

Dean

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From: Languedoc

Registered: 2004-02-14

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Re: Incorporating Word Cleaner?

I charge for it (20€ a year) as a standalone web service, but do plan to add it as an option to the Write tab. In very early – Summer 2001 – versions of Txp it was built right in.

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#5 2004-08-06 13:38:25

steph

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From: Texas

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Re: Incorporating Word Cleaner?

Yay!

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#6 2004-08-07 01:40:54

JeffClark

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From: Stillwater, OK

Registered: 2004-07-11

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Re: Incorporating Word Cleaner?

What is Word Cleaner??

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#7 2004-08-07 02:19:03

michaelkpate

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Registered: 2004-02-24

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Re: Incorporating Word Cleaner?

Word HTML Cleaner

A tool that strips proprietary Microsoft tags and other cruft from Word HTML documents, leaving basic formatting intact. File sizes are greatly reduced, and the returned HTML is easier to read, revise and employ.

This is intended for fairly basic styled text documents; there is no support for notes, sectioning, ‘widow’ and ‘orphan’ control, etc. Typographic quotes, proper dashes and other special characters, if they exist, will be converted to HTML entities to increase their portability among browsers and platforms. Links, tables and image references should come through fine. Everything else is stripped.

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#8 2005-08-22 19:42:18

trevorturk

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Registered: 2005-08-15

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Re: Incorporating Word Cleaner?

Has this found its way into Textpattern? I can’t seem to find it, and I’m looking really hard for a Word HTML -> Something That Actually Resembles HTML conversion tool.

#9 2005-08-22 23:33:18

paularms

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From: University of Minnesota

Registered: 2004-10-21

Posts: 155

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Re: Incorporating Word Cleaner?

No, it is not in Textpattern. I always markup text documents by hand. It is easier for me and I’m able to do exactly what I want.

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#10 2005-08-22 23:36:24

trevorturk

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Registered: 2005-08-15

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Re: Incorporating Word Cleaner?

Yeah. I’m dealing with some majorly jacked up Word documents, though, and I need some software assistance!

Anyway, I was just wondering if there were plans to incorporate the Word HTML Cleaner into Textpattern, or if anyone knows of an alternative. I’m checking out Tidy right now, which is sweet. There appears to be a PHP extension, but it requires modifying your PHP install, which limits its ability to be widely deployed.