Extracting information online can be simplified with HTML AsText application. As the name suggests, the application extracts text in the HTML file and displays them as pure text. It’s the perfect tool for those who wanted to extract data from various websites so that it can viewed offline.

The process of the application is very simple: users will target the HTML and specify the folder or destination of extracted text. The application will extract the text from the HTML and place the text in the folder as a text (.txt) file. It’s a very simple process and very useful to many users who wanted an available offline information.

What makes this application different from other text extractors is that HTMLAsText automatically ignores HTML tags. That means the text extracted from the website is automatically the data needed by the user. The functions for banners, headers and other commands unrelated to the data will not be included in the text file.

Users will also be able to convert multiple HTML files. While this is an advantage, it shows one small inconvenience from the application. Users have to first download the webpage before the data can be extracted as text file. But with a decent internet connection, you can easily download a webpage and extract the text file easily.

When using the application in extracting data that have bullets and tables, additional configuration is required so that the data will be displayed correctly. The characters per line in the text file should also be indicated. This might require some practice for first time users but HTMLAsText will work without any confusion after working with the application a few times.

Check it out http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/htmlastext.html

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