Text pasted into Word from a website or chat app often carries no-break spaces, hidden characters and double spacing that make lines wrap in odd places.
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Upload .docx, .txt or .md and download the cleaned file, clean many files into one zip, add a clean-on-paste bookmarklet and save your option sets. $4.99 a month or $29 a year.See Pro
Clean files
Word files keep their fonts, tables, pictures and styles. Only the text inside is changed. The options above apply.
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Run the text through Plaincopy before you paste it into Word. No-break spaces and similar look-alike spaces become normal spaces, hidden characters are deleted and Tidy spacing collapses double spaces and trailing spaces. Word then wraps and justifies the paragraph the way you expect.
Already have a Word file? Pro takes a .docx, edits only the text inside it and gives the file back. Fonts, bold, italics, headings, tables, images, headers, footers and footnotes are not touched, because only the text nodes in the document XML are changed.
Several files at once come back as a single zip with the names ending in -clean, and your originals are never overwritten.
How to use it
Paste the text here, or add a .docx with Pro.
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Copy into Word, or download the cleaned file.
Questions
Will my Word formatting survive?
Yes. Only the characters inside text runs change. Styles, tables, pictures and layout are left alone.
Does it handle headers and footnotes?
Yes. Headers, footers, footnotes, endnotes and comments are cleaned along with the main text.
What about .doc files?
Save as .docx in Word first. The older .doc format is not supported.
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Paste up to 2,000 words at a time. Every cleaning option, highlighting and counts by type.
Pro monthly
$4.99 / month
Unlimited length. Upload .docx, .txt and .md and download the cleaned file. Batch files as a zip. Clean-on-paste bookmarklet. Saved presets.
Yes. Free cleans up to 2,000 words per paste with every option: hidden characters, dashes, quotes, ellipsis and markdown.
What does Pro add?
Unlimited length, .docx, .txt and .md upload with a cleaned download (Word formatting kept), batch files as one zip, a clean-on-paste bookmarklet and saved presets.
How do I cancel?
Use the Stripe billing page (link under Pricing, "Manage or cancel") and sign in with the email you paid with. Cancelling stops the next charge and Pro ends at the end of the period you paid for.
Is my text uploaded?
No. Pasted text and files are cleaned inside your browser. Our server only checks that a payment is active.