I think so. I got some inconsistencies when trying to adjust text earlier, but I'll keep playing with it. Thanks. On Sep 25, 2012, at 9:47 AM, Tim Kilburn <kilbur...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > That's fairly normal behaviour for a Word Processor. Consider that Bold, > Italic and such are applied to specific text within a given area whereas > alignment is applied to specific lines of text. Therefore, when the cursor > is on a certain line of text, and the center alignment is applied, that line > of text is centered. If your cursor was at the end of whatever you're > typing, and you set it to Bold, then everything from then on would be bold > until you turned that toggle off. If you put the cursor in the middle of > some text, pressed cmd-b to start Bold, then only the new text entered would > be bold. > > Hope that makes sense. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On 2012-09-25, at 5:51 AM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> I was playing with Text Edit again today and I think I figured something >> out. In MS Word, you highlight the text you want to format and then apply >> the formatting. In Text Edit, you do the same for bold or italic, but >> aligning seems different. I think you can just move to the start of the text >> to be, say, centered and press command vertical line. To stop centering, you >> press command left brace. No highlighting required, you just issue the >> commands for alignment where you want them and off you go, but remember to >> left-align after you are done centering or everything will be centered. Am I >> right here? Do even bold or other format commands work this way? thanks. >> >> >> Have a great day, >> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >> mehg...@gmail.com >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) mehg...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
