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Text Formatter

Text Formatter cleans pasted plain text in your browser by trimming line edges, merging spaces and tabs, normalizing line endings, compressing or removing blank lines, and optionally reflowing wrapped paragraphs.

Input Text

Text Formatter

Quick Start

1
Paste plain text.
2
Choose rules for spaces, line breaks, blank lines, or paragraphs.
3
Format and review the change stats.
4
Copy the cleaned text.

Common Scenarios

Web copy cleanup

remove extra spaces and blank lines while keeping paragraphs readable

Forwarded emails

tidy stray indentation and repeated blank lines before replying

Office/PDF paste

clean copied plain text in the editor.

API/log text

normalize line endings and trailing blanks before diffing

Markdown pre-cleanup

avoid space merging on code blocks, lists, and tables

Cross-platform newlines

convert CRLF/CR to LF before sharing text

Tables/lists prep

remove redundant blank lines before manual alignment

Pre-submit normalization

tidy spaces and newlines before publishing or archiving

Formatting Rules & Options

Plain text only: paste text copied from PDFs, Word, websites, or email into the editor.
Not an HTML, Markdown, or code formatter: tags, fenced blocks, syntax, and lint rules are not interpreted
No quote-marker cleanup: characters such as >, |, email headers, and signatures remain unless spacing rules touch them
Structure-sensitive text: code, YAML, tables, poetry, subtitles, aligned logs, and indented lists can be damaged by trimming, space merging, or paragraph reflow
Whitespace merging: collapses consecutive ASCII spaces/tabs into one space without trimming line or document edges; use “Trim line spaces” to remove edge whitespace
Line ending normalization: converts CRLF and CR to LF for cross-platform consistency
Blank-line policy: compress repeated blank lines or remove all blank lines. Start with Compress
Paragraph reflow: joins wrapped non-empty lines and keeps blank lines as paragraph breaks. It changes structure, so use it carefully

Formatting Boundaries

Plain text only: paste text copied from PDFs, Word, websites, or email into the editor.
Not an HTML, Markdown, or code formatter: tags, fenced blocks, syntax, and lint rules are not interpreted
No quote-marker cleanup: characters such as >, |, email headers, and signatures remain unless spacing rules touch them
Structure-sensitive text: code, YAML, tables, poetry, subtitles, aligned logs, and indented lists can be damaged by trimming, space merging, or paragraph reflow

Usage Advice

Web copy: if spacing or blank lines look messy, pair “Trim line spaces” with “Compress extra empty lines”; be cautious with paragraph reflow
Email conversations: copy the original first, enable options gradually, and monitor the stats
Document cleanup: pair with “Compress extra empty lines” to tidy text pasted from Word or copied from PDF
Toggle gradually: apply lower-risk options first, then decide whether structure-changing tools such as paragraph reflow are necessary
Verify results: compare the stats panel or original text to ensure indentation and symbols remain intact

Limitations & Compatibility

Back up first: paragraph reflow changes structure, so keep an original copy
No output diff or file backup is created. Keep the source text if you need an exact rollback after copying the result
Preserve indentation: use “Trim line spaces”, “Merge spaces/tabs”, and “Reorganize paragraphs” cautiously on code, tables, lists, YAML, subtitles, or aligned logs
Large texts: browser execution limits and history pruning apply; process very long documents in chunks and copy results promptly

Privacy & Security

Processing runs in your browser. The editor input may stay as a browser draft, and formatting settings may be kept in browser storage. If saved workspaces or WebDAV sync are enabled, the same input and settings may be saved through that sync. The formatted result is regenerated from the current input and settings; this tool does not upload files or attachments.

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