Re: making TextEdit the default word processor

2009-10-25 Thread Pete Nalda
You're welcome. I didn't say how I found that, I went to the goto menu, which is quite handy as it lists all the places you can go and their keyboard shortcuts. On Oct 25, 2009, at 11:16 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: > > Hello Pete, > > On Oct 25, 2009, at 9:04 AM, Pete Nalda wrote: >> Even qui

Re: making TextEdit the default word processor

2009-10-25 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Pete, On Oct 25, 2009, at 9:04 AM, Pete Nalda wrote: > Even quicker still is to go to the finder then Cmd+shift+O to open the > documents folder directly. Your advice helped me to find this. Nice find! Thank you. Cheers, Anne --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You rec

Re: making TextEdit the default word processor

2009-10-25 Thread Pete Nalda
On Oct 24, 2009, at 10:24 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: > > Even quicker way to get to Home folder is to type Command-Shift-H from > the Finder. It's what I do all the time. > > Cheers, > > Anne Even quicker still is to go to the finder then Cmd+shift+O to open the documents folder directly. You

Re: making TextEdit the default word processor

2009-10-24 Thread Anne Robertson
Even quicker way to get to Home folder is to type Command-Shift-H from the Finder. It's what I do all the time. Cheers, Anne --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this

Re: making TextEdit the default word processor

2009-10-24 Thread Pete Nalda
> >> >> Donna, I actually did that as early as 1986 on a Mac Plus with system >> 3.1. Old habits die hard. >> Frank Frank, How did you use a mac plus with 3.1? Even CloseView wasn't available until 6.07. Did Outspoken run that early? Just curious. I myself did work on a document a long ti

Re: making TextEdit the default word processor

2009-10-24 Thread Donna Goodin
Message- >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin >>> Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 3:15 PM >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: making TextEdit the default word

Re: making TextEdit the default word processor

2009-10-24 Thread Pete Nalda
my Documents >> folder >> on my destop. >> Frank >> >> -Original Message- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin >> Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 3:15 PM >> To: macvision

Re: making TextEdit the default word processor

2009-10-23 Thread May McDonald
Thanks, I needed this info as well. On 2009-10-23, at 11:43 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: > > Hello Donna, > > On Oct 23, 2009, at 7:58 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: >> Is there some way that I can >> set Text Edit to be my default word processor, so that, when I click >> on a document, it automatically o

Re: Finding and navigating to files [was Re: making TextEdit the default word processor]

2009-10-23 Thread Donna Goodin
r > > > Frank Ventura wrote: > >> >> Donna, I actually did that as early as 1986 on a Mac Plus with system >> 3.1. Old habits die hard. >> Frank >> >> -Original Message----- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvis

Finding and navigating to files [was Re: making TextEdit the default word processor]

2009-10-23 Thread Esther
y as 1986 on a Mac Plus with system > 3.1. Old habits die hard. > Frank > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin > Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 4:50 PM > To: macvision

Re: making TextEdit the default word processor

2009-10-23 Thread Donna Goodin
> [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin > Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 4:50 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: making TextEdit the default word processor > > > Yeah, I'll probably do that too, eventually. I know long time mac > users hat

RE: making TextEdit the default word processor

2009-10-23 Thread Frank Ventura
@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: making TextEdit the default word processor Yeah, I'll probably do that too, eventually. I know long time mac users hate it when we windows converts do that, but it sure does make life easier. Donna On Oct 23, 2009, at 4:43 PM, Frank Ventura wrote: > > For

Re: making TextEdit the default word processor

2009-10-23 Thread Donna Goodin
t; folder > on my destop. > Frank > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin > Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 3:15 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: m

RE: making TextEdit the default word processor

2009-10-23 Thread Frank Ventura
@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: making TextEdit the default word processor Hi Anne and Ester, Sorry if this is a dumb question, but how do I select the document within Finder? My documents folder doesn't even show up there. the only way I know to open a document is by accessing documents from the

Re: making TextEdit the default word processor

2009-10-23 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Anne and Ester, Sorry if this is a dumb question, but how do I select the document within Finder? My documents folder doesn't even show up there. the only way I know to open a document is by accessing documents from the doc. thanks, Donna On Oct 23, 2009, at 3:01 PM, Anne Robertson wrot

Re: making TextEdit the default word processor

2009-10-23 Thread Donna Goodin
Anne, Here is what I'm doing. 1. Vo-D to open dock. 2. typing do to open documents. 3. Arrowing down to select a file in documents. 4. Pressing Cmd-I to get info, note that nothing changes, i.e. I don't see any info. 5. Pressing Vo-I to open Item Chooser. When I do this, it says there are n

Re: making TextEdit the default word processor

2009-10-23 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Donna, You simply have to select the document from the Finder to use the Getinfo command. Cheers, Anne --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send e

Re: making TextEdit the default word processor

2009-10-23 Thread Esther
Hi Donna, You need to select your document in Finder, and then use Command-I to get info, then use item chooser. Cheers, Esther Donna Goodin wrote: > > Thanks, Anne. where exactly do I need to be when I bring up the item > chooser? I've tried it from within testedit and from within > docu

Re: making TextEdit the default word processor

2009-10-23 Thread Donna Goodin
Thanks, Anne. where exactly do I need to be when I bring up the item chooser? I've tried it from within testedit and from within documents, but I'm unable to bring any options for opening a document. Thanks, Donna On Oct 23, 2009, at 2:43 PM, Anne Robertson wrote: > > Hello Donna, > > On Oc

Re: making TextEdit the default word processor

2009-10-23 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Donna, On Oct 23, 2009, at 7:58 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > Is there some way that I can > set Text Edit to be my default word processor, so that, when I click > on a document, it automatically opens in TextEdit rather than Pages? Yes. You can do this for any type of file and any appropriate