HELP: What's the best html copy and paste program?

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[Rain-maker]

I'm looking for a program that lets you select from a web site what you want to copy and paste in html to the Freeper forum site.

Looking through the source code in notepad, then having to modify the image link addresses and references is a pain at times.

Anyone have good luck with a program for this?

Thanks!

[ppaul]

Hey!
Lemme know too, okay?

[MeekOneGOP]

If you have Internet Explorer, hit "View", then "Source". That will copy the source code on that page into a window. Copy and paste. Voila!

If you have version 5.5 you can download from MS website a program that allow highlighting text and doing a "Partial Source" copy. . .

[B.Bumbleberry]

I'm no pro, but why are you going to all that trouble. In IE just click on Edit/Copy, then paste all the article into the FreeRepublic window. Do the same for the URL, title, date etc. The only thing I have to add is paragraph breaks. This is a little bit of a pain that maybe someone else on here knows how to avoid.

[MeekOneGOP]

One tip that I use that helps take out the "Garbage":

When I do the function I describe in Post #3, I link to the original article, but I open the "Printer friendly" file of the article. That takes out a lot of the graphics codes, etc. I "View/Source" that file for the text I post. . .

[hole_n_one]

Partial Source

[ElkGroveDan]

I recently gave in and switched to Dreamweaver as my html editor because the tech guy at my work uses it.

I actually like it a lot.

Just cut and paste whatever you want into Dreamweaver delete the adds and whatever stray columns you don't want, then switch from DESIGN to CODE and it will all be there, ready to drop into the FR window.

[Lokibob]

Actually, the "new mail" section of Ms Outlook is a great way to translate and trouble shoot HTML code.

You cut and paste as if you were going to e-mail the article, then you select the tab for HTML, and cut/paste it into the program you want. Always use the preview function to see what it is going to look like.

[Rain-maker]

I use the view/source presently...no problemo.

I want a program that auto-completes those image and reference links, and keeps me from wading thru all that code.
Like a WSIWYG type copy and paste, though it pastes in html code.

Can browse through the word processor, but it won't let me edit out the junk visually either.

[hole_n_one]

HTML Editors

[Rain-maker]

Looks like what i'm looking for hole_n_one.

I owe you a drink on the 19th...thanks.

[McGruff]

You are right. The "View Partial Source" utility is great for hightlighting part of a webpage
and getting the HTML code for it. Only works with Internet Explorer though.

[Rain-maker]

Thanks for the tip Lokibob.

Was there all the time and I didn't notice...LOL

[Lokibob]

Forgot to tell you, just copy the body section. and your very welcome.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I hate to promote Microsoft, but FrontPage is an excellent HTML editor. You can highlight a section of a web page, copy and paste it into FrontPage, cut out the parts you don't want in visual mode, then switch to HTML mode and copy and paste the remaining HTML code. It works very well. FrontPage is also an excellent productivity tool if you are creating a lot of HTML pages with tables.

[SlickWillard]

Actually, the "new mail" section of Ms Outlook is a great way to translate and trouble shoot HTML code.

You get something similar in Outlook Express: If you start work on a new email message, and check "View | Source Edit", then you can paste a web page and view the source code that Outlook Express generates. I've used it a fair amount, but it has numerous bugs and is rather flaky. Also, it uses the <DIV> tag instead of the <P> tag, so the output is not of much use here at FR.

[Cultural Jihad]

View Partial Source:
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a39839d50316a.htm#6

[Lokibob]

I just tried it in outlook express and it generated the proper paragraphing. I have outlook express 6.0, perhaps that is the reason.

[JCG]

Anyone have good luck with a program for this?

I just spent a good part of my weekend wading through download possibilities for this very thing.  I think I've finally settled on TSW WebCoder International.  It's free so you won't lose anything trying it out.

http://www.tsware.net/

I posted this reply with it.

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[SlickWillard]

I just tried it in outlook express and it generated the proper paragraphing.

I'm using Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 on Windows 2000 SP2 (+ critical updates), and if I write

line one

line two

then I get

<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>line one</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>line two</FONT></DIV>

As an aside, note how the middle line is

<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>

instead of what it should be, namely

<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>

It's one of those frustrating bugs I mentioned above; this one really screws up your fonts as you type.