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Identifying your documents using properties

To make your documents easy to find and identify, you can use document properties. You can add information such as an author’s name, comments, keywords, and more.

To specify the properties for all new documents:

  1. Choose TextEdit > Preferences.

  2. Click New Document.

  3. Type the information you want in the Properties section.

To change the properties for a single document:

Choose File > Show Properties while you’re working in the document.

You can use Spotlight to search for your files by the properties.


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