You might want to look at this

http://www.fourmilab.ch/webtools/demoroniser/

JP

Micz Flor wrote:

> i posted this on the wrong list, sorry. i guess it belongs to the dev
> list, in case someone here has any ideas on what to do. the issues:
> using HTMLArea instead of campfire as the wysiwyg text editor in
> campsite.
>
> ---
>
> i have a question concerning the copy and paste into HTMLArea. for
> those with HTML email, vie source from now on, if this does not come
> out correctly.
>
> the following workflow:
>
> --------------------------------------
> 1. i open MS word (yes, i do
>
> --------------------------------------
> 2. i type the following with default font settings:
>
> "This is to see what HTMLArea does with the Word font style specs when
> copying and pasting straight from document to document.
>
> I added a paragraph break here by pressing 'enter' twice.
> And now only once.
> IMPORTANT: I italicised the words 'HTMLArea' and 'Word' and made 'font
> style specs' bold."
>
> --------------------------------------
> 3. i copy and paste straight into HTMLArea. then i click on the '<>'
> button to see the sources and this is what i get:
>
>

> style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">This is to see what > style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">HTMLArea does with the > style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Word > style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">font style specs when copying
> and pasting straight from document to document.

> class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> > style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">

> style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> > style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">I added a paragraph break here by
> pressing 'enter' twice.

> style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> > style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">And now only once.

> class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> > style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">IMPORTANT: I italicised the words
> 'HTMLArea' and 'Word' and made 'font style specs' bold.

> />

>
> --------------------------------------
>
> this is way too much HTML coming from word. even if we would clean it
> up with a regular expression like
> "/(style|face|class|size)=(\'|\")(.|\n)*?(\'|\")/i"
> we would be left with tooooo much HTML. if i use the regex, the source
> still comes out like this, but already looks much, much better:
>
>

This is to see what HTMLArea does with
> the Word font style specs when copying and pasting
> straight from document to document.

> lang="EN-GB">

I added a paragraph
> break here by pressing 'enter' twice.

> lang="EN-GB">And now only once.

> lang="EN-GB">IMPORTANT: I italicised the words 'HTMLArea' and 'Word'
> and made 'font style specs' bold.

>
> any ideas? could we pipe it through Tidy HTML? but that's not a
> php/pear class, but a compiled PECL class (for good reason, i guess
> http://pecl.php.net/package/tidy
>
> huston, i think we got a problem... if we don't find a way to limit
> the amount of info that comes from word into HTMLArea.
>
> what do the others think?
>
>
>
> Micz Flor - micz@mi.cz
>
> content and media development http://mi.cz
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