Char Stripping Tool Panel

The Char Stripping tool panel allows you to automatically remove (or strip) specific character sequences out of the text in the edit pane. Note that the first 7 buttons are preceeded by a check box and that there is a line connecting these 7 check boxes to the 8th button (All Selected Items). By setting the check boxes and clicking the All Selected Items button, you can perform multiple character stripping operations with one click. The 7 buttons : Leading '>'s, Blank lines, Double blank lines, Leading spaces, Trailing spaces, Double spaces, Carriage returns, and MIME chars are explained in in detail below.

The Leading '>'s button removes all of the '>'s at the beginning of each line of text in the edit pane. Additionally, any spaces between '>'s are also removed. '>'s occurring later in the text lines are not affected.
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>> > MessageCleaner is a utility designed to >> > facilitate the cleaning of messy email and

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MessageCleaner is a utility designed to facilitate the cleaning of messy email and

The Blank lines button removes all blank lines (duh!). Lines containing nothing but spaces are considered to be blank.
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Thanks for your help! Take care! John Doe

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Thanks for your help! Take care! John Doe

The Double blank lines button converts all instances of 2 or more blank lines into a single blank line.
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Thanks for your help! Take care! John Doe

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Thanks for your help! Take care! John Doe

The Leading spaces button removes all spaces at the beginning of every line in the edit pane.
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MessageCleaner is a utility designed to facilitate the cleaning of messy email and newsgroup messages. If you've ever received ----- After -----

MessageCleaner is a utility designed to facilitate the cleaning of messy email and newsgroup messages. If you've ever received

The Trailing spaces button removes all spaces at the end of every line in the edit pane. Trailing spaces are rarely a problem, but they can be, so MessageCleaner removes them, just for good measure. Note : in order to see the trailing spaces in the example to the right, highlight the text by dragging the mouse over it.
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MessageCleaner is a utility designed to facilitate the cleaning of messy email and newsgroup messages. If you've ever

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MessageCleaner is a utility designed to facilitate the cleaning of messy email and newsgroup messages. If you've ever

The Double spaces button converts all instances of 2 or more spaces into a single space.
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MessageCleaner is a utility designed to facilitate the cleaning of messy email and newsgroup messages. If you've ever

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MessageCleaner is a utility designed to facilitate the cleaning of messy email and newsgroup messages. If you've ever

The Carriage returns button strips all of the carriage return and line feed characters from the text in the edit pane. If the Horizontal Scroll check box (below the tool panels) is checked, the edit pane will appear as one long line. If the Horizontal Scroll check box is left unchecked, the text in the edit pane will wrap to fit the edit pane's width.
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MessageCleaner is a utility designed to facilitate the cleaning of messy

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MessageCleaner is a utility designed to facilitate

The MIME chars button replaces those annoying =20 characters with their decoded equivalent.
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I'm using Outlook Express=20

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I'm using Outlook Express

The Char Stripping tool panel allows you to automatically remove (or strip) specific character sequences out of the text in the edit pane. Note that the first 7 buttons are preceeded by a check box and that there is a line connecting these 7 check boxes to the 8th button (All Selected Items). By setting the check boxes and clicking the All Selected Items button, you can perform multiple character stripping operations with one click. The 7 buttons : Leading '>'s, Blank lines, Double blank lines, Leading spaces, Trailing spaces, Double spaces, Carriage returns, and MIME chars are explained in in detail below.
The Leading '>'s button removes all of the '>'s at the beginning of each line of text in the edit pane. Additionally, any spaces between '>'s are also removed. '>'s occurring later in the text lines are not affected.	----- Before ----- >> > MessageCleaner is a utility designed to >> > facilitate the cleaning of messy email and ----- After ----- MessageCleaner is a utility designed to facilitate the cleaning of messy email and
The Blank lines button removes all blank lines (duh!). Lines containing nothing but spaces are considered to be blank.	----- Before ----- Thanks for your help! Take care! John Doe ----- After ----- Thanks for your help! Take care! John Doe
The Double blank lines button converts all instances of 2 or more blank lines into a single blank line.	----- Before ----- Thanks for your help! Take care! John Doe ----- After ----- Thanks for your help! Take care! John Doe
The Leading spaces button removes all spaces at the beginning of every line in the edit pane.	----- Before ----- MessageCleaner is a utility designed to facilitate the cleaning of messy email and newsgroup messages. If you've ever received ----- After ----- MessageCleaner is a utility designed to facilitate the cleaning of messy email and newsgroup messages. If you've ever received
The Trailing spaces button removes all spaces at the end of every line in the edit pane. Trailing spaces are rarely a problem, but they can be, so MessageCleaner removes them, just for good measure. Note : in order to see the trailing spaces in the example to the right, highlight the text by dragging the mouse over it.	----- Before ----- MessageCleaner is a utility designed to facilitate the cleaning of messy email and newsgroup messages. If you've ever ----- After ----- MessageCleaner is a utility designed to facilitate the cleaning of messy email and newsgroup messages. If you've ever
The Double spaces button converts all instances of 2 or more spaces into a single space.	----- Before ----- MessageCleaner is a utility designed to facilitate the cleaning of messy email and newsgroup messages. If you've ever ----- After ----- MessageCleaner is a utility designed to facilitate the cleaning of messy email and newsgroup messages. If you've ever
The Carriage returns button strips all of the carriage return and line feed characters from the text in the edit pane. If the Horizontal Scroll check box (below the tool panels) is checked, the edit pane will appear as one long line. If the Horizontal Scroll check box is left unchecked, the text in the edit pane will wrap to fit the edit pane's width.	----- Before ----- MessageCleaner is a utility designed to facilitate the cleaning of messy ----- After ----- MessageCleaner is a utility designed to facilitate
The MIME chars button replaces those annoying =20 characters with their decoded equivalent.	----- Before ----- I'm using Outlook Express=20 ----- After ----- I'm using Outlook Express