How to create or edit a TXT text file on macOS? Although in the Windows operating system it is a very simple thing – just using Notepad, in macOS it is necessary to follow some steps to create or edit a TXT file. With that in mind, in this special article here on Coliseu Geek you will find out how to do it in a simple and practical way!
Briefly, these types of files (".TXT") are text files without style and formatting, for example, these same documents do not have text in bold, italics, images, colors, different types of fonts, hyperlinks, tables, bulleted lists, among others.
They are relatively simple text documents. A TXT file can be created, opened and edited on a Mac operating system with a text editor. The most practical and advisable is the TextEdit, included free of charge and pre-installed on the macOS. Check out how to perform this simple procedure in this practical tutorial!
Let’s start with the steps to follow… 🙂
Step 1: open the app TextEdit on your Mac (launchpad -> TextEdit or use the spotlight, press the command space bar to search, find, and open the TextEdit). In practice, TextEdit is a text editing and word processing tool that comes with your Mac.;
Step 2: On the “Format” tab, select “Create plain text or Format” – or if you use it in English, as shown in the image above. It is important to note that if you change a file .RTF (rich text) to file .TXT (plain text), your document will lose all formatting options (like images, etc);
Step 3: Create and edit your text file as you wish;
Step 4: And, in sequence, go to “File” -> Save, so you can save your text file;
Step 5: Choose the location to save and that's it! Procedure completed! 😛
As you can see in the 5 steps above, it is very simple but it is not done by default on the system as is the case with Windows.
Whenever you need you can follow these guidelines to make your document a TXT or vice versa, in case you want to convert a file from TXT to RTF, for example.
What did you think of the tip above? Any questions, just send your comment below! 🙂
