Getting Started

System Requirements

TextSoap 8 requires macOS 10.10 (Yosemite). macOS 10.11 (El Capitan) or later is recommended.


A Quick Overview

TextSoap is a text processing tool that automates the tediousness of removing extraneous characters, wrapping broken paragraphs, fixing quotation marks, finding and replacing common text, and so forth. It comes with more than 100 built-in “cleaners” and also lets you create your own custom solutions.

Custom cleaners and custom groups are a powerful component of TextSoap, allowing you to tap into regular expressions, changing text based on style, changing style based on text, etc.


Using TextSoap

TextSoap offers several ways to help you process (clean) your text.

Clipboard Workspace - auto copy/paste to interactively process clipboard contents.

TextSoap Menu - clean text within other applications (makes use of the standard clipboard) and works with most apps that support standard copy/paste.

AppleScript - Several commands available to use TextSoap functionality within your AppleScripts.

OS X Services - Apply cleaners to your selection for apps that support OS X Services.