Guides
Practical notes on text, formatting, and using the tools without the usual marketing fog. Written by Bhupathi Reddy.
2026-10-21 · 8 min read
How to clean text copied from a PDF
Why pasted PDF text breaks into jagged lines, leftover hyphens, and odd spaces — and the order of cleanup that actually works.
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Title case vs sentence case: which one to use
When a heading should capitalize every major word, when it should not, and why automatic title case still needs a human pass.
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Word count is not one number
Microsoft Word, Google Docs, and social networks count the same paragraph differently. Here is what each of them is actually counting.
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Base64 is not encryption
Base64 makes binary safe to paste through text systems. It does not hide the data. Treat a Base64 string as readable as the original.
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Why most TextFixer tools run in your browser
Case conversion, cleanup, and encoding never need a server. Keeping that work on your device is a product choice, not a slogan.
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How to write a URL slug that still makes sense
A good slug is short, readable, and stable. Here is what to delete, what to keep, and when not to change an old URL.
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How to edit an AI draft without pretending you wrote it
AI drafts are useful and obviously machine-made. Here is an editing pass that adds your judgment instead of hiding the source.
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What an AI detector is actually measuring
Detectors score how predictable text looks to a language model. That is not the same thing as proving who wrote it.
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