Re: Reading HTML offline

Anu Garg (agarg@alpha.ces.cwru.edu)
Mon, 13 Mar 1995 21:33:04 +0500


Why not let your browser do the dirty work. Most browsers support
"plain text" or "formatted text" choices in "save as" menu option.

> At 05:04 PM 3/9/95 +0500, Pierre Parlinson wrote:
> >After saving an HTML page on my hard-drive, how do I strip
> >it of its embedded information to just read the information
> >in a word processing package?
> >
> >If possible, please indicate where I can get a hold of the software for
> >this purpose.
> >
> >Thanks in advance,
> >
> >Pierre Parkinson
> >
>
> I do my HTML authoring under Windows so I'm only aware of a Windows editor
> that does this. It's HTML Writer (donationware). To get info on where to get
> it (although it should be available in a number of anonymous ftp sites),
> check out its home page at <http://wwf.et.byu.edu/~nosackk/htmlwrit.html>.
>
> Under the HTML menu, there is a Remove Codes option that strips code from
> selected text. However, it does not remove special and escaped characters
> (i.e., &quot;, etc.). You have to remove these by hand.
>
> I hope this helps.

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Anu Garg
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