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| mac os x-only software made by apple inc. | |
| mac os x word processors | |
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TextEdit is a simple, Open Source Word Processor and Text Editor , first featured in NeXT 's NEXTSTEP and OPENSTEP . It is now distributed with Mac OS X since Apple Inc. 's acquisition of NeXT and available as a GNUstep application for other Unix-compatible operating systems such as Linux .1 It is powered by Apple Advanced Typography and has advanced typography features not found in even high-end word processors such as Microsoft Word. Advanced Typography with TextEdit in Mac OS X It replaces the text editor of previous Macintosh Operating System s, SimpleText . TextEdit reads and writes documents in Rich Text Format , Rich Text Format Directory and Plain Text files, Microsoft Word document format and HTML , and can open (but not save) old SimpleText files. It also has access to the operating system's built-in Spell-checking service. The version included in Mac OS X V10.3 added the ability to read and write documents in Word format, and the version in Mac OS X V10.4 the ability to read and write Word XML documents. The version shipped in the Leopard Developers Preview includes OpenDocument Text read and write support. SOURCE CODE Apple distributes TextEdit's Source Code as part of the documentation of its Integrated Development Environment (IDE) Xcode . On the Internet , the source code to a version of TextEdit enhanced to demonstrate the calling of Quartz Composer compositions from the Cocoa API can be found at Apple's developer website . REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS |
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