Launching Quitting TextEdit

Launching & Quitting TextEdit

Like any other application, you must launch TextEdit before you can use it. This loads it into your computer's memory so your computer can work with it.

To launch TextEdit

Double-click the TextEdit application icon in the Applications folder window (Figure 3).

Figure 3. You can find TextEdit in the Applications folder.

Or

1.	Select the TextEdit application icon in the Applications folder window (Figure 3).
2.	Choose File > Open, or press . TextEdit launches. An untitled document window appears (Figure 4). Figure 4. A TextEdit document window has the same basic parts as a Finder window.

Tip

• As illustrated in Figure 4, the TextEdit document window has the same standard window parts found in Finder windows. I tell you how to use Finder windows in Chapter 2; TextEdit and other application windows work the same way.

To quit TextEdit

1.

Choose TextEdit > Quit TextEdit (Figure 5), or press . Figure 5. Choose Quit TextEdit from the TextEdit menu.

2.

If a single unsaved document is open, a dialog sheet like the one in Figure 6 appears, attached to the document window. Click Don't Save to quit without saving the document. Click Cancel or press to return to the application without quitting. Click Save or press or to save the document. Figure 6. A dialog sheet like this appears when you quit TextEdit with an unsaved document open. or If multiple unsaved documents are open, a dialog like the one in Figure 7 appears: Click Discard Changes to quit Text-Edit without saving any of the documents. Click Cancel or press to return to the application without quitting. Click Review Changes or press or to view each unsaved document with a dialog like the one in Figure 6 to decide whether you want to save it. Figure 7. A dialog like this appears when you quit Text-Edit with multiple unsaved documents open. TextEdit closes all windows and quits.

Tip

• You learn more about saving TextEdit documents later in this chapter.