If there’s one thing that unites ProfHacker writers, it’s probably an appreciation for plain text files and well-designed text editors, preferably with Markdown support. Plain text goes anywhere, is ...

TUAW reader David wrote us to ask how he could view .erb files (Rails development) in Quick Look. The fact is, there are a lot of plain-text files with extensions that Quick Look doesn't recognize. It ...

Most note-taking apps promise structure, but at some point, they just add friction. I’ve probably tried about a dozen notes apps by now, and started wondering if they’re actually making the process ...

Plain text file lovers, rejoice: web-based text editor MyTextFile offers plenty of space to store your notes and lists plus a revision history of the file in question. Sign into MyTextFile with your ...

Plain text geeks, prepare for nerdgasm: Jesse Grosjean’s Folding Text app is out of beta and in the Mac App Store. Folding Text, as you may remember, is a Markdown-compatible plain text editor with ...

I save a lot of stuff into OmniFocus: bits of text, URLs, emails. I used to save favorite tweets into it, too. The app’s Quick Entry panel is so easy to invoke and so well-integrated with core parts ...

Word.docs look terrible as plain-text files if you just change the extension. Follow these steps to ensure your formatting meets best practices no matter what version you’re using. If you’ve spent ...

Windows only: We've covered a variety of tools for converting PDF files, but if you need to bulk convert a folder full of them, Zilla PDF to TXT Converter gets the job done quickly. If you only need ...

Convert Word to plain text, import to Excel, and save in Excel format. Use a free online tool to convert Word to Excel. 1] Convert Word to plain text, import to Excel, and save in Excel format You can ...

One of the most common problems identified by static code analysis tools is the presence of plain text passwords written directly into configuration files. It's ...