Comments on: Convert Rich Text to Plain Text Quickly in Mac OS X http://osxdaily.com/2012/05/08/convert-rich-text-to-plain-text-quickly-in-mac-os-x/ News, tips, software, reviews, and more for Mac OS X, iPhone, iPad Sun, 19 May 2013 22:41:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Andrew Scott http://osxdaily.com/2012/05/08/convert-rich-text-to-plain-text-quickly-in-mac-os-x/#comment-432771 Andrew Scott Mon, 01 Oct 2012 05:55:38 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=29975#comment-432771 I'd like to know the answer to that question too. I have hundreds of rtf files that I'd like to convert to txt files. I’d like to know the answer to that question too. I have hundreds of rtf files that I’d like to convert to txt files.

]]> By: bc http://osxdaily.com/2012/05/08/convert-rich-text-to-plain-text-quickly-in-mac-os-x/#comment-386561 bc Tue, 08 May 2012 23:18:50 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=29975#comment-386561 Is there a free way to convert hundreds or thousands of rtf files to txt in one batch? Is there a free way to convert hundreds or thousands of rtf files to txt in one batch?

]]> By: regulus6633 http://osxdaily.com/2012/05/08/convert-rich-text-to-plain-text-quickly-in-mac-os-x/#comment-386558 regulus6633 Tue, 08 May 2012 23:05:49 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=29975#comment-386558 I have made myself an automator service which receives the selected text in any application. Then I added a "run applescript" action with these 2 lines of code... set inputText to input as text... set the clipboard to inputText. Save this and it now shows up under "Services" menu any time you have some text selected in any application. So instead of copying some selected text like normal, I just run this service. It puts a plain-text copy of the text on the clipboard so now you can paste it anywhere as plain text. Of course you can also give this service a keyboard shortcut so it's as easy to access as the normal copy command. I have made myself an automator service which receives the selected text in any application. Then I added a “run applescript” action with these 2 lines of code… set inputText to input as text… set the clipboard to inputText. Save this and it now shows up under “Services” menu any time you have some text selected in any application.

So instead of copying some selected text like normal, I just run this service. It puts a plain-text copy of the text on the clipboard so now you can paste it anywhere as plain text. Of course you can also give this service a keyboard shortcut so it’s as easy to access as the normal copy command.

]]> By: Mike http://osxdaily.com/2012/05/08/convert-rich-text-to-plain-text-quickly-in-mac-os-x/#comment-386536 Mike Tue, 08 May 2012 21:34:50 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=29975#comment-386536 If it's a reasonably small amount of text (a sentence or two), it is much quicker to just paste the rich text into the spotlight search and then simply copy that text. If it’s a reasonably small amount of text (a sentence or two), it is much quicker to just paste the rich text into the spotlight search and then simply copy that text.

]]> By: Spencer http://osxdaily.com/2012/05/08/convert-rich-text-to-plain-text-quickly-in-mac-os-x/#comment-386440 Spencer Tue, 08 May 2012 15:49:54 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=29975#comment-386440 This app does a really great job of converting rich text clipboard content to plain text. Extremely handy. http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/clipboard-cleaner/id491189483?mt=12 This app does a really great job of converting rich text clipboard content to plain text. Extremely handy. http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/clipboard-cleaner/id491189483?mt=12

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