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TextEdit

name = TextEdit |logo = | screenshot = |caption = |developer = Apple Computer Apple Computer

Apple Computer, Inc. is an American [i] computer [i] technology [i] corporation [i] with ... 

|latest_release_version = 1.4 |latest_release_date = 2005 |operating_system = Mac OS X Mac OS X

Mac OS X is a line of proprietary [i], graphical operating system [i]s developed, ... 

|genre = Text editor Text editor

A text editor is software application [i] used for editing plain text [i]. ... 

, word processor Word processor

A word processor is a computer [i] application [i] used for the production of any ... 

|license = Bundled with Mac OS X Mac OS X

Mac OS X is a line of proprietary [i], graphical operating system [i]s developed, ... 

|website = is a simple word processor Word processor

A word processor is a computer [i] application [i] used for the production of any ... 

 and text editor Text editor

A text editor is software application [i] used for editing plain text [i]. ... 

, first featured in NeXT NeXT

NeXT was a computer [i] company headquartered in Redwood City [i], California [i] ... 

's NEXTSTEP NEXTSTEP

[i] [[operating system]... 

 and OPENSTEP OpenStep

OpenStep is an open object-oriented [i] API [i] specification for an object-oriented [i] ... 

. It is now distributed with Mac OS X Mac OS X

Mac OS X is a line of proprietary [i], graphical operating system [i]s developed, ... 

 since Apple Computer Apple Computer

Apple Computer, Inc. is an American [i] computer [i] technology [i] corporation [i] with ... 

's acquisition of NeXT and available as a GNUstep GNUstep

GNUstep is a free software [i] implementation of NeXT [i]'s OpenStep [i] Objective-C [i] libraries , widget toolkit [i] ... 

 application for other unix-compatible operating systems such as Linux Linux

Linux is a Unix-like [i] computer operating system [i]. ... 

. It replaces the text editor of previous Macintosh Macintosh

The Macintosh, or Mac, is a line of personal computer [i]s designed, developed, manufactured, and ... 

 operating system Operating system

An operating system is a software program [i] that manages the hardware [i] and software [i] ... 

s, SimpleText SimpleText

SimpleText is the native text editor [i] for the Classic Mac OS [i]. ... 

.

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TextEdit is a simple word processor Word processor

A word processor is a computer [i] application [i] used for the production of any ... 

 and text editor Text editor

A text editor is software application [i] used for editing plain text [i]. ... 

, first featured in NeXT NeXT

NeXT was a computer [i] company headquartered in Redwood City [i], California [i] ... 

's NEXTSTEP NEXTSTEP

[i] [[operating system]... 

 and OPENSTEP OpenStep

OpenStep is an open object-oriented [i] API [i] specification for an object-oriented [i]... 

. It is now distributed with Mac OS X Mac OS X

Mac OS X is a line of proprietary [i], graphical operating system [i]s developed, ... 

 since Apple Computer Apple Computer

Apple Computer, Inc. is an American [i] computer [i] technology [i] corporation [i] with ... 

's acquisition of NeXT and available as a GNUstep GNUstep

GNUstep is a free software [i] implementation of NeXT [i]'s OpenStep [i] Objective-C [i] libraries , widget toolkit [i]... 

 application for other unix-compatible operating systems such as Linux Linux

Linux is a Unix-like [i] computer operating system [i]. ... 

.

It replaces the text editor of previous Macintosh Macintosh

The Macintosh, or Mac, is a line of personal computer [i]s designed, developed, manufactured, and ... 

 operating system Operating system

An operating system is a software program [i] that manages the hardware [i] and software [i] ... 

s, SimpleText SimpleText

SimpleText is the native text editor [i] for the Classic Mac OS [i]. ... 

. TextEdit reads and writes documents in Rich Text Format Rich Text Format

The Rich Text Format is a proprietary [i] document file format [i] developed and o ... 

 and Rich Text Format Directory Rich Text Format Directory

Rich Text Format Directory, also known as RTFD, is the primary document format of TextEdit [i], an ... 

 and reads plaintext files, Microsoft Word Microsoft Word

Microsoft Word, or Microsoft Office Word, is Microsoft [i]'s flagship word processing [i] ... 

 document format and HTML HTML

In computing, HyperText Markup Language is a predominant markup language [i] for the creation of web page [i] ... 

, and can open old SimpleText files. It also has access to the operating system's built-in spell-checking Spell checker

In computing [i] terms, a spell checker or spelling checker is a design feature or a software [i] ... 

 service. The version included in Mac OS X v10.3 Mac OS X v10.3

Mac OS X version 10.3 "Panther" is the fourth major release of Apple Computer [i]'s Mac OS X [i] operating system [i] ... 

 added the ability to read and write documents in Word format, and the version in Mac OS X v10.4 Mac OS X v10.4

Mac OS X version 10.4 "Tiger" is the fifth major release of Mac OS X [i], Apple Computer [i]'s desktop a ... 

 the ability to read and write Word XML documents.

Formatted text, justification, and even the inclusion of graphics and other multimedia elements are supported by TextEdit, as well as the ability to read and write to different character encodings, including Unicode Unicode

Unicode is an industry standard [i] designed to allow text [i] and symbols from all of the writing systems [i] ... 

.

Mac OS X also includes emacs Emacs

Emacs is a class of text editor [i]s, possessing an extensive set of features, that are popular with computer programmer [i]... 

, vi Vi

vi is a screen-oriented text editor [i] computer program [i] written by Bill Joy [i] in 1976 [i] for an... 

, pico and other terminal Computer terminal

A computer terminal is an electronic or electromechanical hardware [i] device that is ... 

-based text editors, as it is a Unix Unix

Unix or UNIX is a computer [i] operating system [i] originally developed in the 1960s and 1970s by ... 

-based operating system.

Source code

Apple distributes TextEdit's source code Source code

Source code is any series of statements written in some human-readable [i] computer programming language [i] ... 

 as part of the documentation of its integrated development environment  XCode Xcode

name = Xcode
| logo = | screenshot = | caption = Xcode 2.3 building
... 

. On the internet Internet

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, the source code to a version of TextEdit enhanced to demonstrate the calling of Quartz Composer Quartz Composer

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 compositions from the Cocoa Cocoa

Cocoa is the dried and partially fermented fatty seed of the cacao tree [i] from which chocolate [i] ... 

 API can be found at .

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