Re: TextEdit for iOS

2024-09-13 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
isionaries wrote: Just yesterday I learned about an app called Drafts and installed it. So far it's just exactly what I needed. 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries writes: Hi all, Apple does not offer an iOS version of TextEdit. Is there a decent third party app that is free?I want something

Re: TextEdit for iOS

2024-09-13 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
app called Drafts and installed it. So > far it's just exactly what I needed. > > 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries writes: >> Hi all, >> Apple does not offer an iOS version of TextEdit. Is there a decent third >> party app that is free?I want something for txt an

Re: TextEdit for iOS

2024-09-13 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
Just yesterday I learned about an app called Drafts and installed it. So far it's just exactly what I needed. 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries writes: > Hi all, >Apple does not offer an iOS version of TextEdit. Is there a decent third > party app that is free?I want s

Re: TextEdit for iOS

2024-09-13 Thread Jürgen Fleger
wrote: >>>> Dropbox is what I use for Text editing on the iPhone. It definitely does >>>> text and I think it does RTF. >>>>>> On Sep 12, 2024, at 11:34, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries >>>>>> wrote: >>>>> &g

Re: TextEdit for iOS

2024-09-12 Thread Kliph
' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi all, > Apple does not offer an iOS version of TextEdit. Is there a decent third > party app that is free?I want something for txt and rtf documents. > > From E.T.'s Keyboard... > I reserve the right to be wrong. Which wil

Re: TextEdit for iOS

2024-09-12 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
does RTF. On Sep 12, 2024, at 11:34, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries wrote: Hi all, Apple does not offer an iOS version of TextEdit. Is there a decent third party app that is free?I want something for txt and rtf documents. From E.T.'s Keyboard... I reserve the right to be wrong.

Re: TextEdit for iOS

2024-09-12 Thread Jürgen Fleger
oud.com > >> On 9/12/2024 9:45 AM, Herbie Allen wrote: >> Dropbox is what I use for Text editing on the iPhone. It definitely does >> text and I think it does RTF. >>>> On Sep 12, 2024, at 11:34, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries >>>> wrote: >>>

Re: TextEdit for iOS

2024-09-12 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
wrote: Hi all, Apple does not offer an iOS version of TextEdit. Is there a decent third party app that is free?I want something for txt and rtf documents. From E.T.'s Keyboard... I reserve the right to be wrong. Which will never happen. My e-Mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com -- The foll

Re: TextEdit for iOS

2024-09-12 Thread Herbie Allen
Dropbox is what I use for Text editing on the iPhone. It definitely does text and I think it does RTF. > On Sep 12, 2024, at 11:34, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi all, > Apple does not offer an iOS version of TextEdit. Is there a decent third > p

Re: Need to Repair TextEdit on Monterey OS

2022-04-19 Thread Dave Carlson
Herbie, Yes restarted and shutdown/start a few times, and until the last time, did not fix. I also Googled the question and found that some .clist files in the library folder needed to be cleared out. One file with the name com.apple.textInput.keyboardServices.textReplacement.plist seemed to do

Re: Need to Repair TextEdit on Monterey OS

2022-04-19 Thread Herbie Allen
Have you tried restarting your system? I had this same issue and restarting fixed it completely. Text edit comes as part of the OS, and I could not find a way to reinstall the program. > On Apr 18, 2022, at 23:03, Dave Carlson wrote: > > My Text Edit constantly goes into “Tex

Need to Repair TextEdit on Monterey OS

2022-04-18 Thread Dave Carlson
My Text Edit constantly goes into “TextEdit not responding” when I open it without a document, or when I close a document. I always have to use the force quit to shut it down. This started happening yesterday, and so far I’ve found no solution to fix it. Is there a site where I can download a

Re: TextEdit, moving / altering the margins, Help please.

2021-12-18 Thread 'Ron' via MacVisionaries
t;> . >> >> >> >> >> >>> On 16 Dec 2021, at 17:56, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> According to this Apple Support document, you cannot change the margins in >>>

Re: TextEdit, moving / altering the margins, Help please.

2021-12-17 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
>> On 16 Dec 2021, at 17:56, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries >> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> According to this Apple Support document, you cannot change the margins in >> TextEdit, you’ll need to open it in Pages if you wish to change margins. >&g

Re: TextEdit, moving / altering the margins, Help please.

2021-12-17 Thread 'Ron' via MacVisionaries
gt; Hi, > > According to this Apple Support document, you cannot change the margins in > TextEdit, you’ll need to open it in Pages if you wish to change margins. > > https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/textedit/txte313927e3/mac > > Also, note that when using VoiceOver, y

Re: TextEdit, moving / altering the margins, Help please.

2021-12-16 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, According to this Apple Support document, you cannot change the margins in TextEdit, you’ll need to open it in Pages if you wish to change margins. https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/textedit/txte313927e3/mac <https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/textedit/txte313927e3/mac> Also

TextEdit, moving / altering the margins, Help please.

2021-12-16 Thread 'Ron' via MacVisionaries
I am trying to set the margins smaller to print closer to the edge of the paper, likewise with the header and footer. I would also like to set this as the default. II have enabled the ruler but haven't been able to acomplish the above. Anyone able to offer any pointers in the right direction, th

Re: Mannually Checking the Spellings in TextEdit?

2021-02-08 Thread Brad Snyder
Highlight the mis-spelled word, and open the Shortcut menu, using VO + Shift + M. You can also go the MenuBar, select the Edit menu, and arrow down to the Spelling and Grammar submenu. - Brad - On Feb 8, 2021, at 15:09, Fazil wrote: Hi, Group. I have turned off the option of checking the spe

Mannually Checking the Spellings in TextEdit?

2021-02-08 Thread Fazil
Hi, Group. I have turned off the option of checking the spellings as I type, how can I check the spellings of a certain word if I want to? Thanks! -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of

Re: Default location of TextEdit to save files?

2021-02-03 Thread Jonathan Cohn
nd I did not get a > location option. > Thanks! > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On > Behalf Of Jonathan Cohn > Sent: Monday, February 01, 2021 3:38 PM > To: macvisionaries > Subject: Re: Default location of TextEdit to save files? > > Hello, > I bel

RE: Default location of TextEdit to save files?

2021-02-01 Thread Fazil
Jonathan Cohn Sent: Monday, February 01, 2021 3:38 PM To: macvisionaries Subject: Re: Default location of TextEdit to save files? Hello, I believe the default is to save in your iCloud/TextEdit folder, but once changed it should stay in the new place. Also note that Apple Applications

Re: Default location of TextEdit to save files?

2021-02-01 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Hello, I believe the default is to save in your iCloud/TextEdit folder, but once changed it should stay in the new place. Also note that Apple Applications default to saving without an explicit save, for example right now I have about 5 untitled txt files in my TextEdit folder. If you need more

Re: Default location of TextEdit to save files?

2021-02-01 Thread Herbie Allen
If you do Command S, that will bring up the Save as dialog and you can choose where it gos. > On Feb 1, 2021, at 14:07, Fazil wrote: > > > > Hi, Group. > > May I know Where does Text Edit offer to save files by default? > > Thanks! > > > > > > > -- > The following information is

Default location of TextEdit to save files?

2021-02-01 Thread Fazil
Hi, Group. May I know Where does Text Edit offer to save files by default? Thanks! -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inap

Re: What is TextEdit?

2021-02-01 Thread Steve Matzura
It's so much more than just a text editor. Here's the user guide <https://support.apple.com/guide/textedit/welcome/mac> for it. Once you get into using it, you'll probably want it on your Dock where it's handy. On 2/1/2021 10:43 AM, 'Nancy Badger' via MacV

Re: What is TextEdit?

2021-02-01 Thread 'Nancy Badger' via MacVisionaries
ing app that comes with the computer. > > Peggy and Dixie Marie > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jan 31, 2021, at 11:02 PM, Fazil wrote: >> >> Hi, Group. >> What is TextEdit? Is it a Mac app? If yes, how can I access this app, please? >> Thanks! >

Re: What is TextEdit?

2021-01-31 Thread 'Peggy' via MacVisionaries
It's a word processing app that comes with the computer. Peggy and Dixie Marie Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 31, 2021, at 11:02 PM, Fazil wrote: > > Hi, Group. > What is TextEdit? Is it a Mac app? If yes, how can I access this app, please? > Thanks! > > -- >

What is TextEdit?

2021-01-31 Thread Fazil
Hi, Group. What is TextEdit? Is it a Mac app? If yes, how can I access this app, please? Thanks! -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member&#

Re: Permanently stopping auto spellcheck in TextEdit

2020-12-10 Thread Phil Halton
Guess I should’ve looked at preference beers before I asked. Never mind, I found the settings to change Guess I should’ve looked at preferences before I asked. Never mind, I found the settings to change.Sent from my IPhone > On Dec 10, 2020, at 6:24 PM, Phil Halton wrote: > > Is there somew

Permanently stopping auto spellcheck in TextEdit

2020-12-10 Thread Phil Halton
Is there someway to permanently turn off the auto spellcheck feature in text edit. Currently I have to turn it off each time I use text at it. Is there something in settings or preferences I can use to fix this? Thanks Sent from my IPhone -- The following information is important for all membe

RE: No More Window Chooser in TextEdit

2019-10-17 Thread Simon A Fogarty
ct: Re: No More Window Chooser in TextEdit Nope. I am admin. Using Mojave latest. Dave Carlson Pioneer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, Engineer, and Musician -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the

Re: No More Window Chooser in TextEdit

2019-10-17 Thread Dave Carlson
Nope. I am admin. Using Mojave latest. Dave Carlson Pioneer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, Engineer, and Musician -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel tha

RE: No More Window Chooser in TextEdit

2019-10-17 Thread Simon A Fogarty
re as an option with Catalina still being a problem in some ways. -Original Message- From: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries Sent: Friday, 18 October 2019 12:18 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: No More Window Chooser in TextEdit Curious if, after doing all that, b

Re: No More Window Chooser in TextEdit

2019-10-17 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
Curious if, after doing all that, before closing TextEdit, if the Hide Tab bar is still greyed out. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 10/17/2019 4:00 PM, Dave Carlson wrote: Tim, Yes, I act

Re: No More Window Chooser in TextEdit

2019-10-17 Thread Dave Carlson
Tim, Yes, I actually tried doing that this morning and tried again after your message. Indeed after checking a window and then moving the tab into a window, I get a list of windows in the window chooser. Problem is that once I close TextEdit, it goes back to the same original behavior. It won’t

Re: No More Window Chooser in TextEdit

2019-10-17 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
as indeed merged all the windows within TextEdit, it's actually considered one document, so this won't work.  He'll need to do as I suggested in my previous post. Later... Tim Kilburn Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Jamf Certified Associate Fort McMurray, AB Cana

Re: No More Window Chooser in TextEdit

2019-10-17 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, If he has indeed merged all the windows within TextEdit, it's actually considered one document, so this won't work. He'll need to do as I suggested in my previous post. Later... Tim Kilburn Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Jamf Certified Associate Fo

Re: No More Window Chooser in TextEdit

2019-10-17 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
Close all but one document and try again. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 10/17/2019 10:58 AM, Dave Carlson wrote: E.T., Went there. It already says “hide tabs bar” and it is dimmed. Dave Carls

Re: No More Window Chooser in TextEdit

2019-10-17 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Dave, Took some work, but I think that I've figured it out. Open TextEdit, then under the Window menu, select the tab you wish to separate out. Next go back to the Window menu and select Move Tab to new window. Now you'll have two windows to choose from. If you had many tabs

Re: No More Window Chooser in TextEdit

2019-10-17 Thread Dave Carlson
E.T., Went there. It already says “hide tabs bar” and it is dimmed. Dave Carlson Engineer, Pioneer, Farfar, Woodworker, Musician, and Oregonian -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of t

Re: No More Window Chooser in TextEdit

2019-10-17 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
it’s off. Just did a total shutdown and reboot. Still no difference. TextEdit insists on operating in Tabs mode rather than Windows mode. Wonder if there was an update recently? Only one I noticed was for Safari. And no, I’m not using Catalina. Mojave 10.latest. Dave Carlson Pioneer, F

Re: No More Window Chooser in TextEdit

2019-10-17 Thread Dave Carlson
Nope. I checked that, and it’s off. Just did a total shutdown and reboot. Still no difference. TextEdit insists on operating in Tabs mode rather than Windows mode. Wonder if there was an update recently? Only one I noticed was for Safari. And no, I’m not using Catalina. Mojave 10.latest. Dave

Re: No More Window Chooser in TextEdit

2019-10-17 Thread Dave Carlson
No joy. I looked at the Finder preferences, and the only mention of Tabs vs. Windows is related to opening Folders in the Finder. Dave Carlson Pioneer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, Engineer, and Musician -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list

Re: No More Window Chooser in TextEdit

2019-10-17 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
t how TextEdit behaves? Dave Carlson Musician, Engineer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, and Pioneer -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member'

Re: No More Window Chooser in TextEdit

2019-10-17 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
No. I have tabs set in the Finder but my TextEdit files are in windows still. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 10/17/2019 10:09 AM, Dave Carlson wrote: Hmmm. But if I always open my text

Re: No More Window Chooser in TextEdit

2019-10-17 Thread Dave Carlson
Hmmm. But if I always open my text files from the finder, would that affect how TextEdit behaves? Dave Carlson Musician, Engineer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, and Pioneer -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions

Re: No More Window Chooser in TextEdit

2019-10-17 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
On Oct 17, 2019, at 12:21 PM, Dave Carlson wrote: Don’t know what setting changed. I used to be able to use the Window chooser in TextEdit (Options+W) to scroll through open files in TextEdit and choose a different one. Now all I get is a single file (the current one). Now I need to use the Ctr

Re: No More Window Chooser in TextEdit

2019-10-17 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
E.T., Cannot find anything in the TextEdit preferences that refers to Tabs vs. Windows. Perhaps somewhere else? Sounds like the spot I need to find. Dave Carlson Engineer, Pioneer, Farfar, Woodworker, Musician, and Oregonian -- The following information is important for all members of th

Re: No More Window Chooser in TextEdit

2019-10-17 Thread Caitlyn Furness
I think the windows versus tabs deal can be found in the finder prefs.. HTH, Caitlyn > On Oct 17, 2019, at 12:21 PM, Dave Carlson wrote: > > Don’t know what setting changed. I used to be able to use the Window chooser > in TextEdit (Options+W) to scroll through open files in

Re: No More Window Chooser in TextEdit

2019-10-17 Thread Dave Carlson
E.T., Cannot find anything in the TextEdit preferences that refers to Tabs vs. Windows. Perhaps somewhere else? Sounds like the spot I need to find. Dave Carlson Engineer, Pioneer, Farfar, Woodworker, Musician, and Oregonian -- The following information is important for all members of the

Re: No More Window Chooser in TextEdit

2019-10-17 Thread Dave Carlson
Tim, Sorry but even when not in full screen mode the windows chooser does not work. Only solution (and this does not stick) is to VO+m to the menu, open the windows menu, and select “move tab to new window”. Then the window chooser works for the two open files. But when I launch TextEdit again

Re: No More Window Chooser in TextEdit

2019-10-17 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
Yes. TextEdit preferences. Change from tab to window. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 10/17/2019 9:21 AM, Dave Carlson wrote: Don’t know what setting changed. I used to be able to us

Re: No More Window Chooser in TextEdit

2019-10-17 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, Did you accidentally put TextEdit into Full Screen mode? I believe it's cmd-ctrl-f to toggle it on/off. Later... Tim Kilburn Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Jamf Certified Associate Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Oct 17, 2019, at 10:21, Dave Carlson wrote: Don’t

No More Window Chooser in TextEdit

2019-10-17 Thread Dave Carlson
Don’t know what setting changed. I used to be able to use the Window chooser in TextEdit (Options+W) to scroll through open files in TextEdit and choose a different one. Now all I get is a single file (the current one). Now I need to use the Ctrl+Tab to move to another file. I also notice that

RE: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

2019-09-08 Thread Simon A Fogarty
nsert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers Jonathan, Okay, now you’ve given me enough rope to seriously hang myself. With the correct script syntax in that OCR rendering, I’ll see if I can actually create that magical single keystroke to accomplish the task. Not sure how soon I’ll get t

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

2019-09-08 Thread Dave Carlson
Jonathan, Okay, now you’ve given me enough rope to seriously hang myself. With the correct script syntax in that OCR rendering, I’ll see if I can actually create that magical single keystroke to accomplish the task. Not sure how soon I’ll get to it today, but my appetite is whetted. Dave Carlso

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

2019-09-08 Thread Jonathan Cohn
OK, I like a challenge and I am avoiding auditing a course for accessibility. The apple script in that OCR is: begin script on run {input, parameters} set thedate to (current date) as string tell application "System Events" keystroke thedate end tell end run end script I am fairly conf

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

2019-09-07 Thread Dave Carlson
Robert, Wow. much better than the OCR I got. Winder if the LI and the on on separate lines should be Lion, the name of the OS being used? Maybe Mojave on that line is one fix? I thought that Apple Scripts had more left and right brackets surrounding instructions? Perhaps these did not get recog

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

2019-09-07 Thread 'Robert Cole' via MacVisionaries
Hi, I got a slightly better OCR, but it still have errors. Is there anyone on this list that uses Aira? Maybe you can get them to read the image and type it for you. Here is what I got. Workflow receives /N. •in any application Input isOutput replaces selected text Image * Action Color Black Run A

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

2019-09-07 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi Dave, as someone mentioned in this thread: the easiest way to accomplish this was to write an Apple Script. Unfortunately I’m not familiar with Apple Script to provide you with the necessary steps. All the best Jürgen > Am 07.09.2019 um 15:55 schrieb Dave Carlson : > > Jürgen, > Again tha

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

2019-09-07 Thread Dave Carlson
Jürgen, Again thanks for that set of single commands to do what I wanted. So now I’m wondering if there is a method in OS to record a sequence of keystrokes as a macro, and then assign to a single command? Point me in the direction, and I’ll see if I can figure it out. Dave Carlson Pioneer, Farf

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

2019-09-07 Thread Dave Carlson
Oh, this is so simple, and yet I didn’t know about the VO-Shift-C command. Thanks very much. Dave Carlson Engineer, Pioneer, Farfar, Woodworker, Musician, and Oregonian -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or conce

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

2019-09-07 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hello, just for people who need time and date inserted for more simple purposes: • Option + t • VO + Shift + c • CMD + v All the best Jürgen > Am 07.09.2019 um 06:55 schrieb Dave Carlson : > > For the benefit of listers who missed it, below you will find the web site > where the instructions

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

2019-09-06 Thread Dave Carlson
For the benefit of listers who missed it, below you will find the web site where the instructions came from. Dave Carlson Pioneer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, Engineer, and Musician -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any qu

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

2019-09-06 Thread Dave Carlson
Don’t know where that idea evolved. I have not gotten it even close. The instructions I sent out were copied from the web site that E.T. suggested. I was simply showing him what I was wable to read on the screen, and the mystery text contained in an image file (.PGN) I had to use OCR to render.

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

2019-09-06 Thread 'Robert Cole' via MacVisionaries
Hi Dave, Since it's working for you, Can you send us a copy of your WorkFlow file? Here is how to find it. 1. press shift+Command+G 2. paste or type the following in to the edit field. ~/Library/services 3. press enter Now open the Library and copy the Type the date file. Thanks, Rob > On Sep 6

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

2019-09-06 Thread David G. Carlson via iPhone
What you saw is what I saw. Dave Woodworker, engineer, musician, Oregonian, and pioneer On Sep 6, 2019, at 6:09 PM, 'Robert Cole' via MacVisionaries wrote: Hi, Did the email program add or delete some words or punctuation? This did not work for me, the script had errors. And why is the word “

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

2019-09-06 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
I did not spend enough time looking at this but got stuck on where or how to add the "Run Applescript" action. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 9/6/2019 6:09 PM, 'Robert Cole' via MacVisionaries

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

2019-09-06 Thread 'Robert Cole' via MacVisionaries
Hi, Did the email program add or delete some words or punctuation? This did not work for me, the script had errors. And why is the word “image” there? Thanks, > On Sep 6, 2019, at 4:07 PM, Dave Carlson wrote: > > E.T., > > I pulled in the PNG file to do OCR, and inserted the result where the “

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

2019-09-06 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
Oh ok. Does that thing work? From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 9/6/2019 1:07 PM, Dave Carlson wrote: E.T., I pulled in the PNG file to do OCR, and inserted the result where the “user uploaded fi

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

2019-09-06 Thread Dave Carlson
E.T., I pulled in the PNG file to do OCR, and inserted the result where the “user uploaded file” was found. Here’s the total answer. Dows that “stuff” in the middle make sense? Hahaha... it works!!! Here it is. All it takes is a single Action, to run a little Applescript. 1) In Automator, crea

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

2019-09-06 Thread Dave Carlson
E.T., Yes, I was able to find the reply/solution. But part of it was an image user uploaded file that was in PNG format? Here’s the text I copied from the web site, along with the additional note they added later… Hahaha... it works!!! Here it is. All it takes is a single Action, to run a littl

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

2019-09-06 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
No. Do this. Load the page, interact, turn on QuickNav, press h until you hear "all replies". You don;t need to read the question so can skip to the replies. Now this is what I find works. Turn QN off and vo right arrow to the text area. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

2019-09-06 Thread Dave Carlson
E.T., Thanks for the additional. But I think the essential information is contained in the embedded image upload to that set of instructions? I tried OCR on it, but it was poor resolution and did not render into something that I could understand. It sounded like a set of script instructions to i

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

2019-09-06 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
This may be the solution. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 9/6/2019 8:26 AM, David G. Carlson via iPhone wrote: Same result for me Dave Woodworker

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

2019-09-06 Thread David G. Carlson via iPhone
Same result for me Dave Woodworker, engineer, musician, Oregonian, and pioneer On Sep 6, 2019, at 8:20 AM, John JD Denning wrote: I followed the link and attempted to complete the instructions. I didn’t know that service was there. Well it isn’t they are on my Mac. I’m wondering if it depen

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

2019-09-06 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
I did not see those items either under Mojave. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 9/6/2019 8:20 AM, John JD Denning wrote: I followed the link and attempted to complete the instructions. I didn’t k

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

2019-09-06 Thread John JD Denning
I followed the link and attempted to complete the instructions. I didn’t know that service was there. Well it isn’t they are on my Mac. I’m wondering if it depends on the version of macOS one has. I’m using Mojave. Here are the instructions from that site. To enable this service open System Pre

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

2019-09-06 Thread 'Devin Prater' via MacVisionaries
Try this: http://www.mactricksandtips.com/2012/04/insert-the-date-and-time-with-a-keyboard-shortcut.html > On Sep 5, 2019, at 10:51 PM, Dave Carlson wrote: > > I was always using the Ctrl+F5 keystroke in Windows Notepad to insert the > date and time quickly and easily. How can this be accomplis

Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

2019-09-05 Thread Dave Carlson
I was always using the Ctrl+F5 keystroke in Windows Notepad to insert the date and time quickly and easily. How can this be accomplished in OSx? Dave Carlson Pioneer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, Engineer, and Musician -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Vi

Re: How to Get TextEdit to Display "Documents" Folder when Opening

2019-07-28 Thread Craig Werner
Hello, Anne. I'll bet I got so accustomed to the way TextEdit behaved with iCloud Drive on that I quite forgot how it behaved with this function disabled. Funny how recent memories can take over and make one think it was ever so. I'm now in tune with not seeing all the shared files,

Re: How to Get TextEdit to Display "Documents" Folder when Opening

2019-07-28 Thread Anne Robertson
. Cheers, Anne > On 28 Jul 2019, at 06:03, Craig Werner wrote: > > Hello, everyone. > > When I first got my Mac, and even when I briefly experimented with > iCloud Drive, I could have sworn that when I opened TextEdit, it > displayed the files listed in the "Document

How to Get TextEdit to Display "Documents" Folder when Opening

2019-07-27 Thread Craig Werner
Hello, everyone. When I first got my Mac, and even when I briefly experimented with iCloud Drive, I could have sworn that when I opened TextEdit, it displayed the files listed in the "Documents" folder. Of course, the option to open a new document with "Command-N" was also

Re: TextEdit for iOS

2019-04-29 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
I was looking for a TextEdit-like app for iOS. Am I dreaming? :) I have not tried MS Word yet on the iPhone. Can it access iCloud Drive? From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 4/29/2019 2:40 AM, Sim

RE: TextEdit for iOS

2019-04-29 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi ET, What about pages, Word, Surely they will do that if you need it. -Original Message- From: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries Sent: Monday, 29 April 2019 5:29 AM To: MacVisionaries Subject: TextEdit for iOS Is there a TextEdit equivalent text editor that supports .r

Re: TextEdit for iOS

2019-04-28 Thread Daniela Rubio
Hi there: Pages will open and save rtf files in iOS if you wish to edit files created with Textedit on the Mac. Best, Daniela > El 28 abr 2019, a las 19:28, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries > escribió: > > Is there a TextEdit equivalent text editor that supports .rtf for

TextEdit for iOS

2019-04-28 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
Is there a TextEdit equivalent text editor that supports .rtf for iOS? From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list

Re: TextEdit and Windows

2018-04-07 Thread E.T.
s.com Subject: Re: TextEdit and Windows ET, In notepad++ there is a item in the editing menu for changing line endings. It looks like the Latin / Win encoding used “Unix” style line endings. Windows expects the line to end with both a carriage return and a new line character. Which is not ter

RE: TextEdit and Windows

2018-04-06 Thread Simon Fogarty
Sent: Friday, 6 April 2018 2:20 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: TextEdit and Windows ET, In notepad++ there is a item in the editing menu for changing line endings. It looks like the Latin / Win encoding used “Unix” style line endings. Windows expects the line to end with both

Re: TextEdit and Windows

2018-04-05 Thread E.T.
with TextEdit with a Windows user, it will not display correctly. I did some digging and think the reason Notepad fails here is because it does not support the Western encoding. It does support UTF-8 so I may experiment with the two apps. I did install Notepad++ just to see what it&#

Re: TextEdit and Windows

2018-04-05 Thread Jonathan Cohn
people will probably use the default applications > so if I were to share a document created with TextEdit with a Windows user, > it will not display correctly. > > I did some digging and think the reason Notepad fails here is because it > does not support the Western encoding.

Re: TextEdit and Windows

2018-04-05 Thread Anders Holmberg
so if I were to share a document created with TextEdit with a Windows user, > it will not display correctly. > > I did some digging and think the reason Notepad fails here is because it > does not support the Western encoding. It does support UTF-8 so I may > experiment with the

Re: TextEdit and Windows

2018-04-04 Thread E.T.
Jonathan, My thinking is that most people will probably use the default applications so if I were to share a document created with TextEdit with a Windows user, it will not display correctly. I did some digging and think the reason Notepad fails here is because it does not support the

Re: TextEdit and Windows

2018-04-04 Thread Jonathan Cohn
ote: > > Jonathan, > I will need to look at this again as it did not work for me. Maybe I am not > understanding the issue. I set the encoding to Western (DOS Latin 1) in > TextEdit preferences, Open and Save. > > In TextEdit the text I enter displaud properly. If I look

Re: TextEdit and Windows

2018-04-04 Thread E.T.
Jonathan, I will need to look at this again as it did not work for me. Maybe I am not understanding the issue. I set the encoding to Western (DOS Latin 1) in TextEdit preferences, Open and Save. In TextEdit the text I enter displaud properly. If I look at the document with Windows

Re: TextEdit and Windows

2018-04-04 Thread Jonathan Cohn
OS Latin 1)” from the encoding menu. It will probably already be selected. 6. Now save your document. HTH, Jonathan Cohn . > On Apr 4, 2018, at 11:12 AM, E.T. wrote: > > When reading a plain text document in Windows that was created with > TextEdit on the Mac, the line returns ar

Re: TextEdit and Windows

2018-04-04 Thread Daniel Chavez
I myself don’t believe that text edit has settings for line breaks. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact

TextEdit and Windows

2018-04-04 Thread E.T.
When reading a plain text document in Windows that was created with TextEdit on the Mac, the line returns are not respected. Isn't there a setting in TextEdit that will correct this? Thanks. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visi

Re: Odd behavior in TextEdit and email

2016-08-25 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Nothin like that where I m and I use a bluetooth keyboard as well as a Mac keyboard (the one from Apple) on two computers. > On 26 Aug 2016, at 03:07, Nancy Badger wrote: > > This is extremely frustrating. I can't believe it hasn't been talked about > more. Or maybe I just wasn't listening beca

Re: Odd behavior in TextEdit and email

2016-08-25 Thread Nancy Badger
This is extremely frustrating. I can't believe it hasn't been talked about more. Or maybe I just wasn't listening because it wasn't happening to me. Has this been reported to Apple? Nancy Badger, Sent from my iPhone with dictation software. Please excuse spelling errors. > On Aug 25, 2016, at

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