Text Converter

Functions

On this page you will find a detailed list of all functions of the TextConverter. All functions are sorted by their appearance in the software. Thus, this collection is suitable above informing about individual functions. If you would like to have a general introduction to the software, you should check out the step by step instructions in the help section first.

This page is devided in the six chapters general, input, preview, actions, saving and menu. Click on one of these issues to go directly to the appropriate location in the text. If you are searching for a special function, you can search for this function with "CTRL + F" in your browser.

Text Converter: General

The main window of the TextConverter is divided into four areas. Left above, you will find the input area, where all files to be processed are managed, added and removed. Next to that area, in the top right, there is the column "Actions". Here you specify which changes should be made to your files. On the left below, there is the preview. Here, both the original file and the new file can be compared, so that you can check all applied changes before saving. Finally, the box "Saving" in the right below is used to accomplish all of the saving options.

• Convert (CTRL+S): Among the four boxes is the button "Convert". When everything is set properly, you can click on this button to change all the files according to the actions and to save then on the basis of the saving options as a new file or as overwritten old file.
• Small X-Button on each Area: Each of the areas like input, preview, actions and memory options have a small X-button in the upper right corner, with which, the corresponding region can be minimized. This makes it possible to use the program even on small screens and to get a better overview. The current mimized areas appear in the down left of the main window, so that you can maximize the areas again very quickly at any time and the workflow is not disturbed by this task.

Text Converter: Input

In the top left of the main window of the text converter, you can find the imput area. This area is used to manage the files, which means adding and removing all the files that should be changed. To add files, it is enough to simply grab it from a folder and drop it on the program. Of course you can also search in folders or open files directly through the function "File > Open Files".

Text Converter: Preview

Under the input field in the lower left corner of the main window, there is the preview pane. This is used to view both the files in the list and to display the changes of the files, so that the modified file can be compared with the original one. Both files can be displayed at the same time, side by side. If you select a file in the input list, it is displayed in the preview.

• Preview > Preview (F7): At this point, the preview can be enabled or disabled. If your computer is too slow or the text is too large, it is a good idea to disable the preview. Then all the settings can be made without seeing all changes in the preview immediately. With the keyboard shortcut CTRL+Q it is possible to make a preview, regardless of whether the preview is enabled or disabled.
• Preview > Old File, New File: Both the old and the new file can be displayed side by side. The header of the box, the file is displayed in, is "Old File" or "New File", so that you can see, which file it is. On the bottom left of each box, there is an indication of the file path of the appropriate file. Under the New File, the location is displayed, where it will be saved with the current saving options. On the bottom left of the preview area, there are the buttons "Old File" and "New File". You can click on these buttons to activate or deactivate the view of the files. This makes it possible to view only the new file or the old file, so that there is more space in the box for displaying. Under both boxes at the left, there is an information about the file size of the file. This information only relates to the text file, not to an output as an image. When you click into the text, at this point the current line number is displayed. This information is important, for example, if you would like to replace or delete some lines and you do not know what line number it is.

Text Converter: Actions

In the top right of the main window you can select the actions. The actions are the changes, that are applied to the files. An option can be easily enabled or disabled by the check mark infront of it. Regardless of activated or not, each settings can be displayed by clicking the button "Options" behind the action.

• Actions > Replace Text: This feature will allow you to search for text passages (also multi-line texts) in the original file, and to replace them with other text passages, which can be multi-line, too. Enter the text to be searched for in the box named "Search For" and enter the replace text in the box "Replace By" behind it. Alone with this setting, you can change your files. But if you would like to perform multiple replacements, you need the list under the boxes. Click on "Add" and the current entries of the boxes are added to the box behind and the boxes are emptied. Now, you can write a different rule in the boxes and add this rule, too. So you can perform multiple replacements, as many as you want. First, the software replaces the text in the boxes and after that all replacements in the order of the list are performed. You can use your mouse to move this elements or you can select some items and click on "Delete Selected" (or DEL-key) to delete them. Use the button "Clear Boxes" to delete the content from both boxes and the checkbox "Case-Sensitive" to specify whether you want to search for the exact term or for both lowercase and uppercase words.
• Actions > Replace Lines: With this function you can replace individual lines from your original file with any other text passage, regardless of the content of the lines or the text passage. The lines to be replaced, have to be written in the box "Line(s)", the text passage to be used for replacement, have to be written in the box "Replace By" (also multi-line text passages are allowed). Different lines are seperated with commas, no spaces are neccassary between them (for example "1,2,3"). If you want to know a line number, just click to your original file in the preview and the corresponding line number is displayed under the preview box. If you want to use more than one text passages for replacement, you have to click on "Add" behind the boxes. After that, the content of the boxes is added to the list and you can add some new rules for replacement. In this way, you can use as many texts for replacement as you want. All rules from the boxes and the list are applied on your files. With the button "Delete Selected" (DEL-key), you can delete selected rules from your list and with the button "Clear Boxes", you can reset your boxes to enter a new rule.
• Actions > Insert: With this function it is possible to insert a text passage (also multi-line) at a specific location in the text. The text to be inserted, have to be written in the box "Insert this Text". After that, you can select under the box whether this text should be inserted at the beginning of your text files, at the end or at a certain line (written in the box behind the option). Please note, that the text is not automatically added with line breaks. So if you do not want to insert the text in a line with some older text of your text file, you should enter line breaks before and/or after your text passage to be inserted. If you only want to insert one text passage, you do not need the list above. But if you want to insert more the one text, you can click on "Add" and the current rule is added to the list. Now the boxes are cleared and you can enter another rule and do the adding once again. So it is possible to insert texts in different places at one time. For example one at the beginning, two texts at the end and some text passages in the middle of your file at special line numbers. Use the button "Delete Selected" or the DEL-key to remove the selected rules from your list and the button "Clear Box" to reset the box to enter some new text.
• Actions > Delete Text: With this function it is possible to delete certain portions of text. The text passage to be deleted, have to be entered in the box "Delete this text". If you want to delete more than one passages, click on "Add". After that the box is cleared and the text appears in the list below. Now you can enter a new text and add it again. With the button "Delete Selected", you can remove entries from the list, and all entries can be moved with the mouse and with "Clear Box" you can reset the box. Furthermore, you can specify with the check box "Case-Sensitive" whether you would like to search for exact matches or both, lowercase and uppercase words.
• Actions > Delete Lines: With this function, it is possible to delete one ore more lines from your text. Simply write the appropriate lines to the box, seperated with a comma and these lines will be deleted from your text. Moreover, it is possible to combine several lines with a hyphen. The input "2-6" for example, would delete the lines 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. There are also inputs like 1,3-5 possible, which would delete the lines 1, 3, 4 and 5. In the second box, you can specify whether and which rows should be deleted from the end of a textfile. Here, you can also make entries like 2,7-9. The difference is, that the lines are counted from the end. With "2", the last but not least line is deleted.
• Actions > HTML Actions > Replace Named Entities: For some special characters, so-called Named Entities are used on web pages. For example instead of Ä, the combination Ä is used. This function replaces all special characters of your original files with their counterparts.
• Actions > HTML Actions > Delete unnecessary Characters: Removes all characters from your original file, which are not necessary for displaying this page in a browser. Unnecessay characters are tabs and line breaks, for example. This feature allows you to save date volume.
• Actions > Line Actions > Sort Lines: Sorts the lines in alphabetical order. In the box behind this option can be specified, if sorting in ascending order (abc) or descending order (cba) should be executed.
• Actions > Line Actions > Line Numbers: Provides the original file with line numbers. In the box you can set a custom start of this census. Moreover, it is possible to write with the option "Write only every Fifth Line Number", which only writes every fifths line number, which is the common practice for line numbers. A useful addition to this function is the "Wrap Text" function directly under this function.
• Actions > Line Actions > Wrap Text: The number in the box behind this option is the maximum length of a line. With this option enabled, each line is shortened in the way, that it is not longer than that number. The line is then wrapped to the next line. This function is useful for example in combination with the line numbers or to an output as an image file, as only wrapped lines can be properly numbered and without wrapping, your image could be very wide.
• Actions > Upper and Lower Case: This feature allows you to change the letters of the original file. It is possible to convert the entire file in uppercase or lowercase letters, you can leave the file as it is or you can write all words with a capital letter. The function "Random Mixture" makes it possible to write the text in a mixed mode, so that upper and lower case letters change by chance. This function is often used by individuals, thinking they appear cooler with this writing style.
• Actions > Join Files: With this action it is possibly, to hang all files currently in the list on each other to save them as a single file. The first file name in the list is used as the name of the new file and the new file is saved in accordance with the saving options as usual. So, for example, it is possible to type a new name for the joined files in the box "File Name" in the saving options. The order of the files added to each other corresponds to the order of the files in the list in the input area. You can use your mouse to move the files to another position in the list, if you would like to change the order.
• Actions > Join Files > Apply Actions for each File individually: If this action is activated, all actions are carried out at every single file one by one. This concerns only options which refer to certain lines such as line numbering or deleting or adding lines at positions. For example, if you would like to number the lines and this action is activated, each file is numbered by itself and if this action is not activated, the line numbers will be carried out for the whole new file from the begin to the end.
• Actions > Join Files > Write this Text in front of each File: If you choose this option, the text in the box is written in front of every single file. For example, you can realize more space (line breaks) or separating texts between the individual files. If this option is not activated, a normal line break is used between the files.
• Actions > Join Files > Preview: Show individual Files in Preview: This option does not refer to the saved file, it only concerny the representation of the files in the preview. If this option is not activated, in the preview the new file is shown in its full length with all single files. If this option is activated, in the preview only the current selected file is shown, although the files are appended later. This has the advantage, that you can have a better overview than the overview would be with the long file.
• Actions > Split Files: With this action it is possible to separate files at a determined place to store the parts as single files. These parts will be saved numbered as new files. The text is divided at the text passage given in the box. For example, you can type line breaks or some words (also multi-line) in this box. Please take into account that the separation cannot be represented in the preview.
• Actions > Split Files > Apply Actions for each File individually: If this option is activated, all actions are carried out one by one at every new single file. If this option is deactivated, all actions are carried out in the unchanged long original file before splitting. This option is important at all actions which refer to lines. For example, if you want to insert text at special lines or the lines shall be numbered. If this function is activated and you would like to insert a text at the beginning of the file, the text is inserted at the beginning of every single new file. Instead, if the option is not activated, the text will be inserted only at the beginning of the old undivided file.
• Actions > Split Files > Minimum length of one File: If you wish that no files will be stored under a certain number of letters, you can specify here the minimum number of letters. With the entry "3" all the files would not be saved, which would have only 0, 1 or 2 characters as content after splitting.
• Actions > Replace Constants in Input Fields: If this function is activated, the constants written in the list will be replaced by their corresponding text in all input fields. All input fields means all input fields in the actions, in which text can be typed in, so the input fields to delete, replace and insert text as well as the fields for splitting or joining text files. All in all, there are 10 constants for your proposal at the moment, which refer to the current file and the position of the file in the list. With this function, it is possible, for example, to write the filepath, the filename or the creation date of a file in each file. If this function is not activated, the constants will not be deleted and they will be written in the text as they are. A deactivation of this function is useful, if you are working on a text which contains some of the constants in a different context.
  
  You can use the following constants in the current version of the Text Converter:
  The constant %pathfile% will be replaced by the full path and the filename of the file. This function is useful, for example, if you would like to join some files and you want to write the source of the single files over the files. Example: "C:\Folder\File.txt"
  The constant %path% will be replaced only by the path of the file. Example: "C:\Folder"
  The constant %file% will be replaced only be the filename of the file. Example: "File.txt"
  The constant %extension% will be replaced by the file extension of the corresponding file. Example: ".txt"
  The constant %number% will be replaced by the number of the file in the list. In the first file, this constant is replaced by 1, in the second file by 2 and so on. With this, you can number all files. You can change the order of the files in the list by moving them with the mouse or by sorting the list.
  The constant %created% will be replaced by the creation date of the file. Example: "10.10.10 10:10"
  The constant %accessed% will be replaced by the date of the last access to the file. Example: "10.10.10 10:10"
  The constant %modified% will be replaced by the date of the last change of the file. Example: "10.10.10 10:10"
  The constant %size% will be replaced by the filesize of the file. The unit of this value is adjusted individually. Example: "234,298 KB"
  The constant %wintype% will be replaced by the windows type of the file, so for example "Text Document" or "LOG-File".
• Transcription and Transliteration: With this function, it is possible to convert a text from one writing system to another one, for instance Cyrillic letters to Latin letters. In the box "Profiles", you can choose one of the pre-defined profiles, but you can also create, apply and save your own profiles with "Customize". In the profiles box, there are some transliterations and transcriptions available, which are partly ISO standards but also language specific English and German transcriptions. You can choose pre-defined profiles for the writing systems Latin, Japanese (Hiragana and Katakana), Hebrew, Hindi, Thai, Cyrillic, Greek, Georgic and Arabic. More information about the techniques of transcriptions, the difference between transliterations and transcriptions, as well as the available profiles, you can read in the section Transcriptions.
• Transcription and Transliteration > Invert Transcription (Re-Transcription): Inverts the current transcription. For instance, if your choice was "Georgic - Latin (ISO 9984)", the Latin letters will be converted to Georgic letters and not the other way arround. With this function only one list can be used for both directories.
• Transcription and Transliteration > Create Upper Characters from Source: Often, there are no differences between upper and lower characters, so that it is not neccessary to create own rules for both. If your transcription rule consists only of lower characters, you can choose this option, to complete your rules with the upper characters according to the rules of the lower characters.
• Transcription and Transliteration > Create Lower Characters from Source: Often, there are no differences between upper and lower characters, so that it is not neccessary to create own rules for both. If your transcription rule consists only of upper characters, you can choose this option, to complete your rules with the lower characters according to the rules of the upper characters.
• Transcription and Transliteration > Rewrite Umlauts (e.g. Ä -> AE): Often, other writing systems have no own characters for Ä, Ü, Ö and ß. With this option, the umlauts are replaced with AE, UE, OE and SS before the transcription, so that also these characters can be transformed.
• Transcription and Transliteration > Customize: In the new opening window, you can manage and create own transcriptions and transliterations. It is also possible to edit existing profiles to save them as new ones. All transcriptions are saved in the directory "Transliteration" in the folder of the Text Converter. All transcriptions saved in this folder are loaded when starting the Text Converter and can be found in the box "Profiles" in the main window, so that they can be applied immediately. Also in the case of saving an own list, this list appears in this box in the main window, so that you can choose the rules from there. In every line of the file (you can also edit the files with the editor), there is one transcription rule, which is separated with the character |. For instance, the line A|B means, that A is replaced by B in the text. The lines are processed from the first to the last line, so that related letters should be written at the top of the file, so that they will not be replaced by single letters (CH|X should appear before C|K and H|J). The list you want to work on or a complete new list, can be edited directly in the window or you can add single elements with "Add" (Element|Transcription). If your list is completed, you can choose a name in the box above the list and you can click on "Save". Then the rules are saved in the folder "Transliteration" under the choosen name. The button "Inverse List" creates an inverted list of the current list, so that all of the rules are turned to the other way arround (for example A|B turns to B|A).

Text Converter: Saving

The last box in the main window, located on the right below cares about saving the files. Here you can specify whether the files should be overwritten or whether they are saved as new files to a certain folder, under a certain name an in a certain format. For example it is possible to save the text files as image files.

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