TextEdit Commands

These commands are available when TextEdit is frontmost.

What You Say Result
About This Command Set Displays information about this command set.

Application Menu Actions

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.

File Menu Actions

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.

Edit Menu Actions

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.

Format Menu Actions

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.

Window Menu Actions

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.

Help Menu Actions

What You Say Result
Display Help Displays Help about TextEdit.