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TextEdit

When you need to create text documents, TextEdit is a highly versatile word processor, including... Created by Apple

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When you need to create text documents, TextEdit is a highly versatile word processor, including tools to format and layout your page, edit and stylize text, check spelling, create tables and lists, import graphics, work with HTML, and even add music and movie files. Here are some of the things you can do in TextEdit.

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TextEdit was added by Stuck in Oct 2008 and the latest update was made in Dec 2017. The list of alternatives was updated Dec 2017 There is a history of all activites on TextEdit in our Activity Log. It's possible to update the information on TextEdit or report it as discontinued, duplicated or spam.

TextEdit main interface (Updated) (Noticed I used the same text thing as the other one?)

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Text Edit spelling and grammar check (Updated)

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