| This is an example of how I use Mariner Write to quickly and easily clean up text grabbed from a web page — much more conveniently than using other word processors. In this case, an article about an image from the Mars Odyssey orbiter satellite, the first paragraph was wrapped around an image, causing paragraph breaks after every word, making it difficult to read. Mars Today.com Date Released: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 Source: Mars Odyssey THEMIS NASA Mars Odyssey THEMIS Image: The Eye of Mars Is Upon You Humanity is a very visual species. We rely on our eyes to tell us what is going on in the world around us. Put any image in front of a person and that person will examine the picture looking for anything familiar. Even if the examiner has no idea what he/she is looking at in a picture, he/she will still be able to make a statement about the picture, usually preceded by the words "it looks like..." The image to the left is part of the surface of Mars, but is presented for its artistic value rather than its scientific value. When first viewed, this image solicited a statement that "it looks like..." something seen in everyday life. Nietzsche said, "Gaze long into the abyss, and the abyss gazes into you." In this case, look at this crater-in-a-crater on Mars and see Mars looking back at you. [Source: ASU THEMIS Science Team] Note: this THEMIS visual image has not been radiometrically nor geometrically calibrated for this preliminary release. An empirical correction has been performed to remove instrumental effects. A linear shift has been applied in the cross-track and down-track direction to approximate spacecraft and planetary motion. Fully calibrated and geometrically projected images will be released through the Planetary Data System in accordance with Project policies at a later time. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the 2001 Mars Odyssey mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C. The Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) was developed by Arizona State University, Tempe, in collaboration with Raytheon Santa Barbara Remote Sensing. The THEMIS investigation is led by Dr. Philip Christensen at Arizona State University. Lockheed Martin Astronautics, Denver, is the prime contractor for the Odyssey project, and developed and built the orbiter. Mission operations are conducted jointly from Lockheed Martin and from JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Arizona State University Typing Command-Return removed all the single paragraph returns while leaving the double returns alone (a QuicKeys shortcut invoking Mariner’s “Create paragraphs” command); typing Control-Command-Spacebar (a QuicKeys find/replace macro) removes spaces at the end of each paragraph, yielding this easier-to-read result. Time elapsed: about 1.5 second. Mars Today.com Date Released: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 Source: Mars Odyssey THEMIS NASA Mars Odyssey THEMIS Image: The Eye of Mars Is Upon You Humanity is a very visual species. We rely on our eyes to tell us what is going on in the world around us. Put any image in front of a person and that person will examine the picture looking for anything familiar. Even if the examiner has no idea what he/she is looking at in a picture, he/she will still be able to make a statement about the picture, usually preceded by the words "it looks like..." The image to the left is part of the surface of Mars, but is presented for its artistic value rather than its scientific value. When first viewed, this image solicited a statement that "it looks like..." something seen in everyday life. Nietzsche said, "Gaze long into the abyss, and the abyss gazes into you." In this case, look at this crater-in-a-crater on Mars and see Mars looking back at you. [Source: ASU THEMIS Science Team] Note: this THEMIS visual image has not been radiometrically nor geometrically calibrated for this preliminary release. An empirical correction has been performed to remove instrumental effects. A linear shift has been applied in the cross-track and down-track direction to approximate spacecraft and planetary motion. Fully calibrated and geometrically projected images will be released through the Planetary Data System in accordance with Project policies at a later time. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the 2001 Mars Odyssey mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C. The Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) was developed by Arizona State University, Tempe, in collaboration with Raytheon Santa Barbara Remote Sensing. The THEMIS investigation is led by Dr. Philip Christensen at Arizona State University. Lockheed Martin Astronautics, Denver, is the prime contractor for the Odyssey project, and developed and built the orbiter. Mission operations are conducted jointly from Lockheed Martin and from JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Arizona State University Typing Command-Option-[ changes straight quotes to curly. Typing Command-Option-; converts 3 periods into an ellipsis (3-dot character). Dropping the text file onto my SuperReplace filter converts the text to html. Mars Today.com Date Released: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 Source: Mars Odyssey THEMIS NASA Mars Odyssey THEMIS Image: The Eye of Mars Is Upon You Humanity is a very visual species. We rely on our eyes to tell us what is going on in the world around us. Put any image in front of a person and that person will examine the picture looking for anything familiar. Even if the examiner has no idea what he/she is looking at in a picture, he/she will still be able to make a statement about the picture, usually preceded by the words “it looks like…” The image to the left is part of the surface of Mars, but is presented for its artistic value rather than its scientific value. When first viewed, this image solicited a statement that “it looks like…” something seen in everyday life. Nietzsche said, “Gaze long into the abyss, and the abyss gazes into you.” In this case, look at this crater-in-a-crater on Mars and see Mars looking back at you.  [Source: ASU THEMIS Science Team] Note: this THEMIS visual image has not been radiometrically nor geometrically calibrated for this preliminary release. An empirical correction has been performed to remove instrumental effects. A linear shift has been applied in the cross-track and down-track direction to approximate spacecraft and planetary motion. Fully calibrated and geometrically projected images will be released through the Planetary Data System in accordance with Project policies at a later time. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the 2001 Mars Odyssey mission for NASA’s Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C. The Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) was developed by Arizona State University, Tempe, in collaboration with Raytheon Santa Barbara Remote Sensing. The THEMIS investigation is led by Dr. Philip Christensen at Arizona State University. Lockheed Martin Astronautics, Denver, is the prime contractor for the Odyssey project, and developed and built the orbiter. Mission operations are conducted jointly from Lockheed Martin and from JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Arizona State University Another example |