Haven't ttried to use text editt, I just tried to open items on my
thumb drive just to see what happens. Does it have fonts like arial
and such or is that a Windows thing?
On Sep 25, 2007, at 4:08 PM, Esther wrote:
James, Shaun, and Others,
I forgot to mention that if you're using a TextEdit in real text
format with a selected style, you'll want to paste text in with
matching style (option-command-shift-v) instead of simple
paste (command-v). Otherwise the font style will match the
style of the text you copied -- not the font style of your
real text document. Of course, if you just insert text by
typing, your text will match the current style.
I've only found out things by experimenting. There are probably
some TextEdit power users out there. Wish I knew a good
source of information on TextEdit, because it's a lot more powerful
than I thought it was when I first got a Mac.
Cheers,
Esther
On Tuesday, September 25, 2007, at 08:01AM, "James Austin" wrote:
Thanks for this Esther
On 25 Sep 2007, at 18:37, Esther wrote:
Hi James and Shaun,
The .doc file can be sent as an attachment. I think that if you
want to save the format and default font options from a Word
document in TextEdit, you can just use the existing document
as a pattern, use item chooser menu to navigate to the "Styles"
button and arrow down to "other". Then you can type in a
name for this style and add it to your favorites. When you
start editing a new document in TextEdit, you can use
command-shift-t to turn a plain text document to rich text,
and if you navigate to the "Styles" button and now find your
newly named style you should be able to apply these
formatting defaults for font, alignment, line spacing, etc.
to the document. I haven't really done much with rich text
in TextEdit, so someone else can probably tell you how to
use all these TextEdit options and what works.
Cheers,
Esther
On Tuesday, September 25, 2007, at 07:10AM, "James Austin" wrote:
Ah I see. It will change it within Text Edit, but I think then yowl
have to save it as .text if you want to E Mail it as text and then
retain it as plain text when the recepient gets it.
On 25 Sep 2007, at 20:38, VaShaun Jones wrote:
What I was asking if pressing they key combo you mentioned will
change the document to plain tecxt for good unless I change it. So
I change the .doc file to pplain text and e-mail tit, will they
get
it in plain text or .doc?
On Sep 25, 2007, at 6:12 PM, James Austin wrote:
What do you mean? If you attach a plain text file, it will be
much
smaller than a .doc file, as there is no complex formatting or
fonts etc
Hope this helps
James
On 25 Sep 2007, at 19:43, VaShaun Jones wrote:
I will try it. Also if I make it plain text and e-mail
it.
What will the get?
On Sep 25, 2007, at 1:25 AM, James Austin wrote:
Have you tried restarting VO? Also, if you press Command Shift
T, it will turn the .doc file into plain text, and vice versa
back to RTF.
Hope this helps
James Austin
On 25 Sep 2007, at 09:38, VaShaun Jones wrote:
Listers any clue on how to make my .doc files read in Text
Edit? .txt files open just fine, but .doc files just say new
line and nothing is read.
