PureText
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PureText is a small utility for Windows
that allows the user to paste the contents of the clipboard
as plain text. Any formatting of the text is removed. This is equivalent to pasting formatted text into Notepad then copying it back out again; or using "Paste Special" in Microsoft Word
to paste unformatted text. It was programmed by Steve Miller.
PureText+ is an Apache 2.0 Licensed open source replica of PureText. In 2011 Melloware wanted to change the icon of PureText and realized the application was not open source. A Google Code project was started and released written from scratch in C# .NET 2.0 with an icon that looks good on all version of windows. It was programmed by Melloware.
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
that allows the user to paste the contents of the clipboard
Clipboard (software)
The clipboard is a software facility that can be used for short-term data storage and/or data transfer between documents or applications, via copy and paste operations...
as plain text. Any formatting of the text is removed. This is equivalent to pasting formatted text into Notepad then copying it back out again; or using "Paste Special" in Microsoft Word
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Word is a word processor designed by Microsoft. It was first released in 1983 under the name Multi-Tool Word for Xenix systems. Subsequent versions were later written for several other platforms including IBM PCs running DOS , the Apple Macintosh , the AT&T Unix PC , Atari ST , SCO UNIX,...
to paste unformatted text. It was programmed by Steve Miller.
PureText+ is an Apache 2.0 Licensed open source replica of PureText. In 2011 Melloware wanted to change the icon of PureText and realized the application was not open source. A Google Code project was started and released written from scratch in C# .NET 2.0 with an icon that looks good on all version of windows. It was programmed by Melloware.