Text edit file DS Store

After upgrading to Leopard, my office Mac now automatically opens a TextEdit file titled ".DS_Store"; the contents of which is: "Bud1

Two things
first, check that textedit is not listed in your Login Items list in the Accounts folder.
Then, find the file,
com.apple.TextEdit.plist
which is in your "User"/Preferences folder where "User" is your short login name. (Use Finder to locate it). This file is probably corrupt.
Take this .plist file and drag it into the trash. Do not flush!
Now restart and see if your problem goes away.
If everything is OK you can now delete the trash at your leisure.
If you still have the problem, post back.

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To The Apple Discussion Boards!
After you click on the download link a window will pop up showing you what type of file it is you are trying to download. In this case, it's a .sit file.
In the center of the window you will see:
_*Open With.*_ Make sure this is selected.
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Alphabetize text edit file.paid, ad free, app?

Model Name:          MacBook Pro
Model Identifier:          MacBookPro5,4
Processor Name:          Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:          2.53 GHz
I strongly prefer hassle free, ad free, NON free application that easily accomplishes this task:
copy and paste a list in eg. Textedit to an (undisclosed as of now!!! ) App, that sorts a list of words in alphabetical order-
then I would presumably re paste it back to Textedit...
That is, unless this new app is really cool as an organizing tool unto itself!! , in which case I would put my word lists in this new app.
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Why not try TextWrangler as an alternative to TextEdit. As long as you're just dealing with plain txt (no styling or other fanciness), it will do a far better job, and can sort (ie, alphabetize). It's free, but is of higher quality than many paid apps, and has no ads.

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how to export the text edit data to excel file without splitting the data in excel file?
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