TextEdit on a Small Screen?

Question

Hi,
I have been trying to use dictation.
I can't use it in LibreOffice, due to old bugs and a new regression, but I can use it in TextEdit, and copy and paste. Unfortunately, TextEdit shows the text at about half size. If I try to zoom in, then TextEdit shows the text at about the right size, but TextEdit extends the text beyond the size of the window. How do I get TextEdit to show the text at a readable size, wrapping within its own window, without specifying twice the font size?

Answer 1

Hello Marja E,
It sounds like you need the default text on new TextEdit documents to be larger, and to have the text wrap, rather than having to scroll left and right all the time. You can set both of those options using the TextEdit Preferences using this article:
Set new document, open, and save preferences
Set new document preferences
At any time, you can change any document’s format using the Format menu.
Choose TextEdit > Preferences, then click New Document.
Select a default format.
Rich text allows formatting, such as bulleted lists, plain text doesn’t.
Select “Wrap to page” to wrap text within the document’s page margins.
Otherwise, text wraps to the document’s window size.
Set a default window size.
Choose default fonts for plain text and rich text documents.
For rich text documents you can, add document properties, such as the author’s name.
Select any additional options.
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Take care,
Sterling