Using text processing commands
Several automatic text processing commands are available from the Text > Processing menu.
- Encode Entities converts special characters to their HTML entity equivalents.
- Decode Entities converts HTML entities back to their equivalent characters.
- Convert to ASCII lossily converts the selection to the ASCII character set.
- Remove Line Breaks converts a multi-line selection to a single line.
- Convert URL to Link converts the selected bare URL to an HTML <a> hyperlink tag.
- Become Tag converts the selected text to an angle-bracketed tag pair. (For example, "form" becomes "<form></form>").
- Strip Tags removes HTML tags from the selection, leaving just text content.
- Strip Trailing Whitespace removes any whitespace occurring after the last visible character but before the end of each line in the selection.
- Remove Optional Placeholders removes any placeholders (such as from an inserted clip) that are marked as being optional.
- Convert Spaces to Tabs converts runs of sequential spaces into tabs according to your current tab width preferences.
- Convert Tabs to Spaces converts tabs into runs of sequential spaces according to your current tab width preferences.