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Making text fit the window size or page size

By default, TextEdit fits text in the width of the window so that when you widen the window the lines of text get longer. When you print a document, TextEdit matches the length of lines in the printed document to what you see on the screen. If the window is very wide, TextEdit must reduce the font size to fit all of the words on the page.

You can make TextEdit fit lines of text within the page margins so that lines don’t change size when you change the window’s size.

To make text fit within the page margins:

Choose Format > “Wrap to Page.”

A rectangle appears in the window indicating the margins of the document. You may need to enlarge the document window to see the entire rectangle.

To make text wrapping appear more smooth:

Choose Format > Allow Hyphenation.

To set the paper size you want to use:

Choose File > Page Setup.

Related Topics

printing

formatting documents

formatting text