Lifehacker article: Top 10 things you can do with text (and formatting)

Life hacker article on plug ins and apps that help you juggle text.

These include – 1. Clean up unwanted formatting.  2. Batch rename files.  3. Easily pull text from pdfs.  4. Make quick formatting changes and alterations via the command lind.  5. Identify unknown fonts.  6. Recognise text that isn’t exactly text.  7. Add security and have fun with ASCII.  8. Make web page text more readable.  9. Keep notes in sync.  10. Text expansion (like the autocorrect function in Microsoft Word)

http://lifehacker.com/5817628/top-10-awesome-things-you-can-do-with-text