Well I had a look at this and it is a bit weird but you can do it. After researching on Google I found the following worked.
1. Make sure that TextEdit is wrapped to page rather than wrapped to window. The toggle for this is command shift W. 2. This is the weird bit. Press control Q, then immediately, after control L and a page break character will be forced in. the is no feedback from Voiceover that this is what you have achieved. The weird bit is that you use the control key rather than the command key to do this.. Also in wrap to page view I find it impossible to read and edit the text with normal arrow keys but have to use VO keys to read the text but in this mode Voiceover does read the page break characters as well which is how I knew it has worked. . So I suppose it is a fairly clunky 4 steps. Do the above 3 steps and then check with Vo keys that it has worked, then press command shift W to shift wrap back to window and continue editing in the normal way. Apparently copying and pasting the character also works so an alternative I suppose is to have a single line Textedit rtf document which simply consists of this, page break character and put it somewhere easy to retrieve like your desktop or dock and simply copy and paste it into further documents as needed. I think Nicholas Parsons on this list has created applescript scripts to deliver a word count for any selected text. he may provide a link or a search through Mail archives may reveal this. David Griffith > On 5 Jan 2015, at 23:02, Ian McNamara <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all is there anyway of inserting a page break in text edit. if so how do i > do this. > > If not I can switch to pages but i’m having a problem with that. I opened my > txt document in pages but every time i try to insert a page break the option > is dimmed. also is there any way of doing a word count in ether text edit or > pages. If not then is there an accessible word processing program for the mac > that will allow me to do this. > > thanks very much. > > Ian McNamara > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > the list's public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we always strive to ensure that the > Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. > However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume > neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. > > Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by > visiting the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at the list's public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we always strive to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
