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If you can’t open a text document

TextEdit opens files from most other word-processing applications, including Microsoft Word. If you have difficulty opening a file in TextEdit, or if the file does not look the way you expected, try converting it to a Rich Text Format (RTF) file.

To create a TextEdit-compatible file:

  1. Open the document in its original application.

  2. Save it or export it as a Rich Text Format (RTF) file.

You may also be able to save or export the document from the original application as a plain text file, but you’ll lose any text formatting such as bold text.


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