Text Cleaner was created with the design professional in mind. Clients frequently supply design studios with text
for layouts, and in most instances, this text contains incorrect typographical characters and other input errors. Traditionally, these items would have to be changed one at a time using a layout or word processing application. With Text Cleaner, conversions are done all at once and in as many iterations as needed.
Text Cleaner will quickly ゙nd typical typesetting errors in text ゙les, and replace inappropriate characters with correct ones, bringing your text up to traditional typesetting standards. Proper typesetting marks are setム゙ and ゚ ligatures, curly quotes, ellipses, em dashes and en dashes. Measurement designations are also preserved to avoid the need of manually going back through the text to change curly quotes back to inch and foot marks after cleaning. Multiple instances of spaces, tabs and returns are removed in one fell swoop. Without Text Cleaner, repeated ゙nd-and-replace searches would be required. For example, if there were four tabs together in a document, a search-and-replace would change the ゙rst two to one, then the next two to one. The result would be another two tabs, but this wouldnユt be found until scanning through the entire document and starting again from the beginning. Imagine how many searches would be required if there were a lot of tabs together! Text Cleaner does all the repetitive work automatically.
Text Cleaner removes other famous blunder combinations like spaces around tabs, returns and dashes. Curly quotes are set while retaining measurement markings and the correct apostrophes for years like ユ90 and 90ユs are set. Text from an email message that has returns after every line can be converted to メwrappedモ text and greater than symbols used for email quotations can be cleaned out instantly. These conversions are all performed in the best possible sequence to avoid creating the same or worse conditions.
What is Lite about Text Cleaner Lite?
Text Cleaner Lite is freeware. It may be distributed free of charge as long as this documentation accompanies it. The full version of Text Cleaner is a commercial package and has addtional features including:
1. Ability to clean saved text files.
2. Drag and drop cleaning with DropCleanェ
3. User Presets
4. Printed Userユs Guide with conversion table
5. Technical support by email, fax or phone
To order the full version of Text Cleaner, open the メText Cleaner Order Formモ document included with this package or order on the Web at www.studio405.com/textcleaner/.
System Requirements
Text Cleaner Lite requires a Mac OS compatible computer with 2 megabytes of free hard drive space, and operating system version 7.0 or higher with 2,000K of available RAM.
Installation
Drag the Text Cleaner Lite folder from the ゚oppy disk to your hard drive icon, or to a folder of your choice on your hard drive. Important: Do not separate the Text Cleaner ゙le from the メ・Resourcesモ folder.
To launch Text Cleaner Lite, open the folder and double-click the Text Cleaner Lite icon.
The Interface
The interface is clean and easy to understand. Each check box lists a conversion. The buttons below the check box area are used to clean the clipboard or a text ゙le and to clear settings or select defaults.
What is Panorama?
When you open Text Cleaner, the Panorama application launches, then the Text Cleaner Lite splash screen appears. Text Cleaner Lite is actually a Panorama document, so closing the main window does not quit the Panorama application. To quit Panorama, select メQuitモ from the File menu.
Panorama is the database engine used to create Text Cleaner. To find out more about Panorama, call ProVUE Development at 714-841-7779, or visit their website at www.provue.com.
CLEANING TEXT
Performing the cleaning operation is simple. Use the check boxes to select your options, then use copy and paste as described below.
1. In your layout or word processing application, open the document you want to clean.
2. Highlight the text to be cleaned, then select メCopyモ from the Edit menu.
3. Activate Text Cleaner Lite by clicking its window or Launching it from the Finder.
4. Push the メClean Clipboardモ button.
5. Go back to your document, which still has the text selected.
6. Select メPasteモ to replace the old text with the new, cleaned text.
Cleaning Email Messages
Text from email messages often has a return after every line. Text Cleaner can convert this text back to メwrappedモ text very quickly. In the Text Cleaner window, check the option メLine breaks to wrapped text.モ You will get a caution message. This is because you should only use this option if the text youユre cleaning has an extra return after every line. You can also clean out email quotes, which are designated by the greater than symbol. Just check the option メRemove email quote symbols (>).モ
Page Breaks
You know that irritating little down arrow that forces the text to the next column or page in QuarkXpressェ? If you select the メPage break to returnモ option, itユs changed to a return so you can decide where to break the text.
SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS
File Formats and Styles
Formatting of text may not be retained after cleaning. For this reason, it is better to clean the text before you format it.
Limitations of Using Copy and Paste
(Clean Clipboard)
The メClean Clipboardモ conversion has a limit of 32K. If the text exceeds this limit, Text Cleaner will display a warning that any text beyond the 32K limit will be removed. In this case you should save your text as a plain text ゙le, then use the メClean Fileノモ button. The warning will let you cancel the conversion or continue anyway. Note: メClean Fileノモ is only available in the full version of Text Cleaner.
Previous Panorama Users
If you had Panorama installed previous to obtaining Text Cleaner Lite, you must have at least version 3.1, and for full Mac OS 8 compatibility, 3.12. If you have version 3.1 or 3.11, you can replace your Panorama application with the one from the Text Cleaner folder. Whichever Panorama application you keep, make sure you have only one copy on your drive.
CUSTOMIZING
Window Background Color
The background may be changed easily by selecting メBackground Colorノモ from the View menu. The Mac
OS color picker window will appear, where a new color may be speci゙ed.
Scrubbing Sounds
The scrubbing sounds let you know that Text Cleaner is still at work, but if you don't like them you can select "Scrubbing Sounds" from the Clean menu to toggle the scrubbing off and on.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Q: Why is there no メSaveモ command?
A: Text Cleaner saves your changes automatically.
Q:Why is the difference between the メOpenモ command in the File menu and the メClean Fileモ command in the Clean menu?
A: The Open command is for opening other Panorama files. If Text Cleaner is the only Panorama file you have, you have no need to use this command. For cleaning text files, use メClean Fileモ from the Clean menu or click the メClean Fileノモ button. (Not available in Text Cleaner Lite)
Q: What is the Module menu for?
A: This is for future cleaning modules when available.
Q: Why doesnユt Text Cleaner create ffl and ffi ligatures?
A: While most Macintosh fonts support fi and fl ligatures, ffi and ffl ligatures are often not supported.
Q: Why do I occasionally seem to get inconsistant results with quotations, measurements and years?
A: Text Cleaner uses the text near a quote mark to determine the type of mark required. Some types of incorrect input may present problems. For example, if the text contains a quote mark with spaces on both sides of it, Text Cleaner will not know whether to use an open or closed quote. Selecting text from the beginning of a sentence will also provide better cleaning.
ERROR MESSAGES
Disk Error -120
This means Text Cleaner cannot ゙nd needed resources. Make sure Text Cleaner and the メ・Resourcesモ folder are together in the same folder.
HELP
Onscreen
You can get on-screen detailed descriptions of each cleaning option. If youユre using Mac OS 8, select メShow Balloonsモ from the Help menu. If youユre using Mac OS 7.5 or 7.6, select メShow Balloonsモ from the Apple Guide menu, which is the menu with the question mark on the upper right corner of your monitor. Now move your cursor over each checkbox area and balloons will appear with descriptive text. To turn Balloon Help off, return to the menu and select メHide Balloons.モ
Technical Support
Technical support can be obtained by sending email to support@studio405.com.
ABOUT STUDIO 405
Studio 405 is a computer consulting firm and graphic design studio. To find out more, visit our Web site at www.studio405.com or call 301-270-8445. For Text Cleaner information, send email to 405ware@studio405.com or go to Text Cleaner on the Web at www.studio405.com/textcleaner/.
LEGAL MATTERS
This software is provided メas isモ with no warranty of any kind. Liability is limited to replacement disks and in no event will Studio 405, Inc. be liable for direct or indirect damages arising from your use or inability to use the software.
Text Cleaner Lite may be freely distributed but must be accompanied by this entire, unaltered documentation as well as the Text Cleaner Order Form. Text Cleaner and DropClean are trademarks of Studio 405, Inc., Panorama is a trademark of the ProVUE Development Corporation, QuarkXpress is a trademark of Quark, Inc., Macintosh is a trademark of Apple Computer.
Copyright 1997 by Studio 405, Inc., all rights reserved.