# phpman > perldoc > HTML::FormatText

## NAME
    [HTML::FormatText](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3AFormatText/markdown) - Format HTML as plaintext

## VERSION
    version 2.12

## SYNOPSIS
        use [HTML::TreeBuilder](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3ATreeBuilder/markdown);
        $tree = [HTML::TreeBuilder](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3ATreeBuilder/markdown)->new->parse_file("test.html");

        use [HTML::FormatText](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3AFormatText/markdown);
        $formatter = [HTML::FormatText](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3AFormatText/markdown)->new(leftmargin => 0, rightmargin => 50);
        print $formatter->format($tree);

    or, more simply:

        use [HTML::FormatText](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3AFormatText/markdown);
        my $string = [HTML::FormatText](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3AFormatText/markdown)->format_file(
            'test.html',
            leftmargin => 0, rightmargin => 50
            );

## DESCRIPTION
    [HTML::FormatText](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3AFormatText/markdown) is a formatter that outputs plain latin1 text. All character attributes
    (bold/italic/underline) are ignored. Formatting of HTML tables and forms is not implemented.

    [HTML::FormatText](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3AFormatText/markdown) is built on [HTML::Formatter](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3AFormatter/markdown) and documentation for that module applies to this -
    especially "new" in [HTML::Formatter](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3AFormatter/markdown), "format_file" in [HTML::Formatter](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3AFormatter/markdown) and "format_string" in
    [HTML::Formatter](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3AFormatter/markdown).

    You might specify the following parameters when constructing the formatter:

    *leftmargin* (alias *lm*)
        The column of the left margin. The default is 3.

    *rightmargin* (alias *rm*)
        The column of the right margin. The default is 72.

## SEE ALSO
    [HTML::Formatter](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3AFormatter/markdown)

## INSTALLATION
    See perlmodinstall for information and options on installing Perl modules.

## BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
    You can make new bug reports, and view existing ones, through the web interface at
    <<http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=HTML-Format>>.

## AVAILABILITY
    The project homepage is <<https://metacpan.org/release/HTML-Format>>.

    The latest version of this module is available from the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network
    (CPAN). Visit <<http://www.perl.com/CPAN/>> to find a CPAN site near you, or see
    <<https://metacpan.org/module/[HTML::Format](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3AFormat/markdown)/>>.

## AUTHORS
    *   Nigel Metheringham <<nigelm@cpan.org>>

    *   Sean M Burke <<sburke@cpan.org>>

    *   Gisle Aas <<gisle@ActiveState.com>>

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
    This software is copyright (c) 2015 by Nigel Metheringham, 2002-2005 Sean M Burke, 1999-2002
    Gisle Aas.

    This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl
    5 programming language system itself.