Category Archives: TextEdit Tips

Copy and Paste Without Formatting

Posted on 06/21/2013 by macnancy

In Mac OS X, when you copy and paste text from one place to another it retains the text formatting. That can be cool, or it can be very time consuming. And annoying. Particularly if you are doing a copy … Continue reading →

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Page Up, Page Down, Get Where You Want To Go

Posted on 05/05/2013 by macnancy

Sometimes I surprise myself with how obtuse I can be. Granted, I looked for a solution for this particular problem, but I didn’t look in the right place and I didn’t ask. I have put up with a very annoying … Continue reading →

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TextEdit Tips

Posted on 10/28/2012 by macnancy

When using TextEdit you can choose several nonadjacent bits of text and copy them or cut them.  To do this you highlight the first bit of text then hold down the Command key and highlight more text.  Then if you … Continue reading →

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