Hello Chris, TextEdit works great for reading Word documents but is certainly limited in its formatting capacity. TextEdit can provide a certain amount of formatting such as bold, italic, underscoring, colours, different fonts and sizes, and indents. Sighted people can also add tables, but VoiceOver can’t read them properly. So, for someone who only needs to write letters or simple articles, TextEdit works fine. It doesn’t work for anyone having to produce documents with a number of different paragraph styles, text boxes, tables, and so on. You’re also correct in saying that TextEdit won’t open a Pages document.
Cheers, Anne > On 27 Jul 2015, at 10:37, Christopher-Mark Gilland <clgillan...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Ann, > > But, how much ability will she get! with Word files, or Pages files? > > I mean, won't you lose most of the formatting? I don't even think you really > can design a Word, or Pages file very effectively with Text Edit, can you? I > mean, I know T E has some! formatting abilities, but I think it's designed > more as a basic text editer, than it is a, in Stacy's words, word processor. > Am I incorrect on this assumption? > > Not trying to be an asshole. I mean, if it works for her needs, and if it's > easier for her, then more power tooer, but personally, I'd try to get the > hang of Pages. > > I can't exactly say I prefer nor like it either, but for some of the things I > have to type/edit, I really don't have much of a choice but! to learn how to > use it. I'm not you by any means. I probably only know the very very most > basics of Pages, if even that, but I can at least get by. > > Chris. > >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Anne Robertson <mailto:a...@anarchie.org.uk> >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 2:58 PM >> Subject: Re: default word processor >> >> Hello Stacey, >> >> You have to do this for each type of file you want to edit with TextEdit. >> So, normally, RTF will open with TextEdit but DOC and DOCX will have to be >> changed. >> >> Select a file of the type you wish to change and press Cmd-i to open the >> Information window. >> Interact with the scroll area. >> Press VO-i for the Item Chooser and type the letters “op” to find Open with. >> If the disclosure triangle is collapsed, press VO-Space to expand it. >> Navigate right once and press VO-Space on the menu button. >> Type the letters “te” for TexteEdit then press Return. >> Navigate right to Use this application to open all documents like this one >> and continue right to the button. >> If the button is dimmed, you’ll need to go to the end of the window to >> unlock the padlock which requires you to type in your admin password. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Anne >> >> >>> On 26 Jul 2015, at 20:45, Stacey Robinson <stacey...@bellsouth.net >>> <mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> Can someone tell me if there is a way to make text edit my default word >>> processor? >>> I don’t care for Pages at all. >>> >>> Blessings, >>> Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk. >>> mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net <mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>> <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >>> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries > <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
