These commands are available when TextEdit is frontmost.
| What You Say | Result |
|---|---|
| About This Command Set | Displays information about this command set. |
| What You Say | Result |
|---|---|
| About This Application | Displays information about TextEdit. |
| Access Preferences Window | Opens the Preferences Window. |
| Hide This Application | Hides TextEdit. |
| Hide Other Applications | Hides other applications. |
| Show All Applications | Shows all applications. |
| Quit This Application | Quits TextEdit. |
| What You Say | Result |
|---|---|
| Make or Create (A) New Document | Makes a new document. |
| Open A Document | Allows you to open an existing document. |
| Clear Recent Menu | Clears the recent menu. |
| Close All Windows | Closes all TextEdit windows. |
| Close This Window | Closes the active window. |
| Save This Document | Saves the active document. |
| Save All Documents | Saves all the documents. |
| Access Save As Window | Opens the Save As dialog box. |
| Revert To Last Saved Version | Reverts to the last saved version of the current document. |
| Show Properties Window | Shows the Properties window. |
| Hide Properties Window | Hides the Properties window. |
| Print This Document | Prints the active document. |
| What You Say | Result |
|---|---|
| Undo Last Action | Undoes the last action. This is the same as pressing Command-Z (undo). |
| Redo Last Action | Redoes the last action. |
| Copy Selection | Copies the selection to the clipboard. |
| Cut Selection | Cuts the selection to the clipboard. |
| Paste From Clipboard | Pastes the contents of the clipboard at the insertion point. |
| Paste And Match Style | Matches the style at the insertion point when pasting the contents of the clipboard. |
| Delete Selection | Deletes the selection. |
| Complete Selection | Auto-completes the selection. |
| Select All | Selects everything. |
| Insert Line Break | Inserts a line break at the insertion point. |
| Insert Page Break | Inserts a Page Break at the insertion point. |
| Insert Paragraph Break | Inserts a Paragraph Break at the insertion point. |
| Access Find Window | Opens the Find dialog box. |
| Find Next | Finds the next occurrence of the find string. |
| Find Previous | Finds the previous occurrence of the find string. |
| Use Selection for Find | Uses the selection for the find string. |
| Jump to Selection | Jumps to the selection. |
| Access Select Line Window | Opens the Select Line window. |
| Show Spelling And Grammar Window | Shows the Spelling and Grammar window. |
| Hide Spelling And Grammar Window | Hides the Spelling and Grammar window. |
| Check Spelling And Grammar Of This Document | Allows you to check the spelling and grammar of the active document. |
| Turn Check Spelling While Typing Off | Turns off the Check Spelling While Typing feature. |
| Turn Check Spelling While Typing On | Turns on the Check Spelling While Typing feature. |
| Turn Check Grammar With Spelling Off | Turns off the Check Grammar with Spelling feature. |
| Turn Check Grammar With Spelling On | Turns on the Check Grammar with Spelling feature. |
| Turn Substitutions Smart Copy And Paste Off | Turns off the Smart Copy and Paste feature. |
| Turn Smart Copy And Paste On | Turns on the Smart Copy and Paste feature. |
| Turn Smart Links Off | Turns off the Smart Links feature. |
| Turn Smart Links On | Turns on the Smart Links feature. |
| Turn Smart Quotes Off | Turns off the Smart Quotes feature. |
| Turn Smart Quotes On | Turns on the Smart Quotes feature. |
| Start Speaking | Starts speaking the selection using the built-in text-to-speech capabilities of OS X. |
| Stop Speaking | Stops speaking. |
| Display Special Characters Window | Displays the Special Characters palette. |
| What You Say | Result |
|---|---|
| Show Fonts Palette | Shows the Fonts Palette. |
| Hide Fonts Palette | Hides the Fonts Palette. |
| Make Selection Bold | Makes the selection bold. |
| Make Selection Italic | Makes the selection italic. |
| Make Selection Outline | Makes the selection outlined. |
| Make Selection Underlined | Makes the selection underlined. |
| Make Selection Plain Text | Makes the selection plain text. |
| Make Selection Bigger | Makes the selection bigger. |
| Make Selection Smaller | Makes the selection smaller. |
| Show Colors Palette | Shows the Colors Palette. |
| Hide Colors Palette | Hides the Colors Palette. |
| Align Text Center | Aligns the text to the center. |
| Align Text Left | Aligns the text to the left. |
| Align Text Right | Aligns the text to the right. |
| Justify Selection | Justifies the selected text. |
| Change Text Writing Direction | Changes the writing direction. |
| Show Text Ruler | Shows the Text Ruler. |
| Hide Text Ruler | Hides the Text Ruler. |
| Copy Text Ruler | Copies the Text Ruler for the selection. |
| Paste Text Ruler | Applies the formatting settings copied with the “Copy Text Ruler” command to the selection. |
| Access Text Spacing Window | Opens the Text Spacing window. |
| Access Link Window | Allows you to assign a URL to a selection of text. |
| Access List Window | Allows you to format the selected text as a list. |
| Access Table Window | Allows you to format the selection as a table. |
| Convert Document To Plain Text | Converts the active document to plain text. |
| Convert Document To Rich Text | Converts the active document to rich text. |
| Turn Prevent Editing Off | Turns Prevent Editing off. |
| Turn Prevent Editing On | Turns Prevent Editing on. |
| Wrap Text To Page | Toggles whether the text is wrapped to the page or not. |
| Toggle Hyphenation | Turns Hyphenation of words at the ends of lines on or off. |
| Access/Show/Display Hyphenation | Turns Hyphenation of words at the ends of lines on. |
| Hide/Close Hyphenation | Turns Hyphenation of words at the ends of lines off. |
| What You Say | Result |
|---|---|
| Bring All Windows To Front | Brings all TextEdit windows to the front. |
| Minimize This Window | Minimizes the active window. |
| Minimize All Windows | Minimizes all TextEdit windows. |
| Zoom This Window | Zooms the front-most window. |
| What You Say | Result |
|---|---|
| Display Help | Displays Help about TextEdit. |