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Application


Apply cleaner to entire contents when no selection


Enable to automatically apply selected cleaner to the entire document (or text contents) when no selection is found. If option is disabled, cleaners will only be applied if there is a selection.


Quit application when last window is closed


Enable to automatically quit the application when the last text document is closed. This can be useful when the Clipboard Workspace (see below) is disabled.


Show Organizer at launch


Enable to display the Organizer when launching the app. The Organizer window is a floating palette that contains references to documents, custom cleaners, and custom groups as well as documentation. If displayed at launch, all documents will be opened to the right of the Organizer.


Don't warn when switching from rich to plain text


Switching converting a document from rich text to plain text will throw away any style information with the text. Normally a warning is put up every time the conversion is selected. Enable this option to perform the conversion without a warning.


Sort Items in Built-in Groups


Custom cleaners are automatically sorted alphabetically. Enable this option to also sort the built-in groups alphabetically.


Remember most recently used items


Specify the number of items to keep in recently used items menu. The default is 10.


Default group


Specify the default group to display when a new window is created, whether it is the clipboard workspace, a new document or an opened document. Once the window is created, you can change the group displayed.


MyScrub shortcut


Specify which cleaner to use when MyScrub is called. This may be Scrub (default) or any custom cleaner you create.


Appearance


Invisibles


Set the color used to display invisible characters, such as spaces, tabs, returns, etc.


Workspace


Enable Clipboard Workspace


Enable to create the clipboard workspace when the app launches, or to create a new untitled document.


Default to rich text format


The Clipboard Workspace can work with both plain text and rich text. When selected, the initial text format supported will be rich text, supporting various styling. If unselected, the initial text format is plain text, so any rich text will have its style formatting stripped off. The format can be later changed using the Format Menu.


Default zoom


Specify the initial zoom level when Clipboard Workspace is first opened (on TextSoap launch). The zoom value can be later adjusted using the popup in the lower left of the window.


New Docs


These options apply to newly created documents. Once the document is created or opened, you can change most of these options via the Edit or View menu.


New document type


Specifies the default document type (rich text or plain text) to create when selecting "New Document" (cmd-N).


** Note: You can also directly create either a rich text document (ctrl-cmd-N) or a plain text document (opt-cmd-N), bypassing this preference.


Default zoom


Specifies the default zoom to use when displaying new or opened documents.


Text Options


Show ruler (rich text)


Enable to display the paragraph ruler when editing rich text. The rich text ruler allows you to change tab stops, as well as left, right and indent margins on a per-paragraph basis.


Show invisibles


Enable to display spaces, tabs, returns found in the text.


Show word count


Enable to display count of paragraphs (lines), words and characters. Character count without spaces is displayed in parentheses.


Check spelling as you type


Enable the automatic spell checker to mark potentially misspelled words as they are entered into the document.


Check grammar with spelling


Enable to also use the system's grammar checker when spell checking.


Correct spelling automatically


Enable to allow for automatic correction of words with the spell checker.


Text replacement


Enables automatic substitution of a variety of static text items based on user preferences. You can specify replacements in System Preferences > Keyboard > Text.


For more advanced text replacement options, consider a product like TextExpander from Smile Software.


Data detectors


Automatic data detection enables detection of dates, addresses, and phone numbers.


Smart copy/paste


Controls whether the receiver inserts or deletes space around selected words so as to preserve proper spacing and punctuation.


Smart quotes


Automatic quote substitution causes ASCII quotation marks and apostrophes to be automatically replaced, on a context-dependent basis, with more typographically accurate symbols.


Smart dashes


Turning on automatic dash substitution enables automatic conversion of a two ASCII hyphen (-) characters into an em-dash.


Smart links


Smart link detection causes text representing URLs typed in to be automatically made into hyperlinks.


Append ".txt" extension to plain text files


Option that mimics TextEdit's save option for plain text. Enable to automatically append the ".txt" extension when no extension is given. A plain text document saved as "MyDocument" becomes "MyDocument.txt". If you specify an extension, TextSoap will use it instead. A plain text document named "MyDocument.html" stays unchanged.


Rich Text Font


Specify the default font when creating new Rich text documents. This option is also used when opening the clipboard workspace, when only plain text is on the clipboard.


Plain Text Font


Specify the default font when creating or opening plain text documents. This option is also used when the clipboard workspace is set to plain text mode.


TextSoap Menu


Provide options for TextSoap Menu helper app.


Launch TextSoap Menu at Login.


Selecting option will launch app and indicate to OS X that app should launch at login. You can quit and relaunch the app by unselecting and then re-selecting this option.


Menu Icon


Icon to display in upper right of menu bar for menu.


Menu Style


Single Group - Similar to palette within TextSoap. Shows all cleaners within the specified group. Includes an option to change to another existing group.


All Groups - Presents all groups in a hierarchical menu. Items within each group are displayed as a sub-menu of the titled group.


Toggle Global Palette


Provides a hot-key option to show or hide the global palette. The palette can also be toggled using the menu option within the TextSoap Menu.


Action Shortcuts


Provides a customizable list of hot keys and an action to associate with that hot key.


Available Actions:


Apply Cleaner - allows you to specify the cleaner to automatically apply. This mimics the behavior of using a selected cleaner with TextSoap Menu on the provided text.


Show Group - allows you to specify a group to show in a popup menu under the cursor.


Update


Automatically check for updates


Recommended to remain on. When selected, this option will regularly check for any software updates.


Check Now


Immediately check for any updates available.


Show Beta Releases


When selected, this option will include beta updates as well as official updates. Recommended only for advanced users.