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Several times during surfing the internet, we need to copy text for using it with email clients or word processors. The glitch here is that the text from the internet often includes hyperlinks and other formatting which need to be manually(and rather painfully) removed from the text. One way to remove the formatting is to copy the text to notepad and then copy it to the email client or the word processor. But this method is rather clumsy needing you to shuffle through a number of windows. So why not try something which is both faster and efficient?
Copy Plain Text 0.3 is a Firefox addon which lets you copy text directly from the internet, fast and easy.
Installing Copy Plain Text 0.3?
- Install directly from Firefox Addons homepage here or download the .XPI file from here
- Installation from Firefox addons proceeds automatically. Finish the installation and restart Firefox to use Copy Plain Text 0.3
- If you’ve downloaded .XPI file, then start Firefox and navigate to Tool>Addons. Here click on Install addon and select the .XPI file from your computer.
- Once Copy Plain Text 0.3 has been installed, it adds an option of Copy as Plain Text in the Edit menu.
- Select the text you want to copy as plain text and click Edit>Copy as Plain Text(alternatively you can try the shortcut – Ctrl+Shift+C)
Copy Plain Text 0.3 thus makes it really simple to copy text only from a webpage.
Other options in Copy Plain Text 0.3:
You can change the behaviour of this addon and modify it to perform additional functions. Navigate to Tools>Addons. Find the Copy Plain Text 0.3 and click on Options. The following options will be displayed:
- Trim space around text: Removes space before and after the text selected
- Replace extra spaces: Replaces occurrence of multiple spaces with a single space
- Remove extra empty lines: Converts two or more empty lines into a single line
- Make as default COPY action: Replaces Copy as Plain Text the default Copy action
Try Copy as Plain Text 0.3 and simplify your lives!
