Hi Orin, To change the format of your TextEdit document from RTF (rich text format) to plain text, use the keyboard shortcut Command-Shift-t. This switches your format from RTF (if, for example, you opened a MicroSoft Word document) to plain text. It also will switch your plain text document to RTF format.
You can also change your composition to plain text by using the format menu on your menu-bar: VO-keys+m to go to the menu-bar, type "fo" to go to the format menu, arrow down to "Make Plain Text" and return, then save the file with Command+s. If you are creating new documents, and you want these to be plain text, open the TextEdit preferences menu with Command+comma and under the "New Document" tab VO-keys+right arrow to the radio button "Plain Text" under the format and choose it (VO-keys+space). HTH. Cheers, Esther On Feb 22, 2008, at 11:49AM, Orin wrote: >And how do I go about changing this? > > >On Feb 22, 2008, at 12:38 PM, David Poehlman wrote: > >> Start by changing your composition to plain text and then you can >> save to >> plain text. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Orin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS >> X by >> theblind" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 12:32 PM >> Subject: TextEdit: Saving to "TXT" and not "RTF" >> >> >> Hi all, >> >> Just wondering how to make TextEdit save to txt and not RTF? Because >> in the "type" list for textedit dialog, there is no txt. >> >> Thanks. >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > >
