TextEdit is one of the tiny application which can used to create different kinds of text documents on your Mac device and by using this app TextEdit you can create everything like fancy formatting to simple small letters. One of the issue facing by the users while interfacing with this application is switching the rich text format and the plain text format. By default the app comes with rich format and when ever you need the plain format you have to switch to it. If the majority of your TextEdit work requires you to create documents without formatting and you should just set plain text as the default text mode and it is easy to do.

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If you’re not aware of how to set plain text as default in text edit on Mac device then simply follow the steps given below. How to set plain Text as default in TextEdit on Mac: • Initially you have to launch the TextEdit on your Mac device. • Once the app is opened, click on the TextEdit followed by preferences, this will take you to preferences panel where you can change the settings for the app. • When the preferences panel is opened make sure that you’re in the new document tab, under the format section you should see a couple of text mode options that you can apply to the app. Click on the option that says ‘Plain text’.

Mac miller. • Plain text is now the default text mode. Create a new document by selecting “File” followed by “New,” and you will see that there are no formatting tools like what used to appear when you created a new document in the app. If you want the know how to enable the plain text mode only for a single document, then you can follow the steps given below: • Right click on the document and select Open with followed by text edit and It will launch the document in the text edit instead of any other document processing application. • Once the document is opened, click on the format followed by Make Plain text and It should enable the plain text mode for the current location. • You will be asked if you really want to switch to plain text mode and lose all the formatting. Tap on OK to confirm the action and you will see your document in the plain text mode without any formatting.