How to format text for normal reading

[NoOp]

On 11/05/2010 09:52 AM, user1 wrote:
> I am using ubuntu 10.10
> 
> I have downloaded a lot of text files, both in text, html and e-mail 
> format.
> 
...
> So, my question is do anybody know some good and simple programs to 
> format such text, so I can read it in my text reader (I am using leafpad, 
> as I find it easy to use and good for changing pages when reading.)

Have you tried opening in OpenOffice.org (OOo)? OOo does a pretty good
job with html files, and the text files can easily be reformated if
necessary. It's obviously much heavier than leafpad, but still might be
worth testing.