Category: Text

How to Create Web Pages with TextEdit

Mac OS X comes with a text editor, TextEdit, that lets you create web pages. Although TextEdit is not an advanced HTML editor and it won't help you create a complex web page if you don't know HTML, TextEdit can be used for typing or editing HTML code. Read this tutorial to learn how to create a web page with TextEdit.

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TextEdit for Personalized To Do Lists

Did you know you can create a personalized To Do list with TextEdit? The latest version of TextEdit makes customized list creation easy with its built-in list function. In this short tutorial, I'll show you how to create a To Do list in just a few minutes.

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Fix NeoOffice PDF Export Problem

If you are using NeoOffice, you may have noticed that documents do not always export correctly to PDF. One major problem is that some letters will be too close together and, in extreme cases, two words might be joined together. Clearly, this is a serious bug if you need to export NeoOffice documents to PDF format.

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Don't Trust TextEdit's Automatic Spell Checker

I had an embarrassing situation happen today because I trusted TextEdit's "Check Spelling As You Type" command. I use TextEdit for preparing the content of my website and blog entries and I keep spell checking enabled so I can see my spelling or typographical errors as I write.

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Movies and Music in TextEdit

Did you know that you can play music and movies directly in TextEdit? It's really very easy to do.

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Word Processor for Children - OK Writer

OK-Writer is a word processor for children. The main window has buttons on the right and left sides for controlling fonts and type styles and buttons along the top for commands. Children can select one of six different font styles, Bigger or Smaller text sizes, Regular, Bold, Italic, or Underline text effects, and one of eight different colors for their font.

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