Victor Boctor's Blog

PureText is a very useful and light weight tool (13k download) that provides an easy way to paste text without unwanted formatting. For example, when pasting text that is copied from Microsoft Word, it's better to use PureText to get rid of the special characters that are typically used by Microsoft Word.

Following is a summary of the use of PureText copied from it's website:

"Have you ever copied some text from a web page, a word document, help, etc., and wanted to paste it as simple text into another application without getting all the formatting from the original source? PureText makes this simple. Just copy/cut whatever you want to the clipboard, click on the PureText tray icon, and then paste to any application. Better yet, you can configure a Hot-Key to convert and paste the text for you. The pasted text will be pure and free from all formatting."

My use of PureText is not limited to Mantis, I've found it a very useful tool in general and I think it is an essential tool in any user's toolkit.