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When I copy and paste from a website that formats their text using <*li>, I get numbers or #'s when I paste into any text editor on my Mac (running Snow Leopard). Is there anything I can get that is equivalent to Windows Notepad, that will NOT copy the formatting, and just give me the text? Example of a site that I copy/paste from that gives me #'s or numbers:

http://themeshaper.com/wordpress-theme-sidebar-template/

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Use Paste As Plain Text in Word or Open Office or use a pure text editor like SciTE.

SpliFF
Tried the "past as plain text" in Word for Mac, still get the formatting. I think it's a Firefox issue?
Carrie Nelson
Try a text editor like SciTE before jumping to conclusions.
SpliFF
Yep, tried that, it still pastes the characters. I found that Safari doesn't... so it IS a FireFox issue where it grabs the characters on the "copy".
Carrie Nelson
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Most Cocoa applications that have a text editing interface have a Paste and Match Style option in the Edit menu. This will paste the text without pasting formatting.

Rob Keniger
No options to "paste and match style" in the edit menu.
Carrie Nelson