How do I get new TextEdit docs to open on one place on my screen?

Am using TextEdit all the time for research. I would like TextEdit to open in the last place I put it. Instead, each time it opens, it moves a little bit to the right each time, wrapping around the right edge of the screen and popping up on the left side. I want to put it on the right side and have it stay there. I'm opening up to a couple hundred a day and it's really tiresome to have to move each one.
Other applications open where you last put them. Why does TextEdit have to be such a brat? It's contributing to my RSI and general stress levels. Can't you make it so that I can tell it where I want it to open or make it so that it opens where it last opened? It's bad enough that I have a job where I'm copying and pasting a couple hundred articles a day into TextEdit. Please make my life easier.

Hi Cap,
I'm not sure if this will help or not but try it... it sure can't hurt. Locate this file:
com.apple.textedit.plist It's here: /Home/Library/Preferences. Open the Preferences folder, locate that file, drag it to the Trash, empty the Trash and reboot. Launch TextEdit and see if it behaves.
Also, try to avoid having too many applications open at the same time as Text Edit and see if that helps...
Carolyn

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