Page View in TextEdit

It must be a very simple switch.

I have two documents open, one is in a 'page layout' type view where the pages are visible against a shaded background, and there is a zoom toggle at the bottom right hand corner offering different viewing sizes.

The other document is just 'normal' view, no indication of pages, and no zoom toggle at the bottom.

I have no idea how to switch between the different viewing methods.

Both documents are rtfs.

There's nothing in the menus to suggest how this is done. Nothing in help. Right clicking doesn't help.

What am I missing?

Yvan,

I used the forum search function to find "TextEdit view" - the results all came up in Appleworks forum. It struck me as odd, but since there isn't a TextEdit forum, then where else should I post??

Roger,

Thanks for the reply.

"Wrap to Page" is indeed the command that gives page view.

It strikes me as a cryptic way of doing it, but I'm sure it made sense somewhere along the line.

Thanks again Roger,

that does make sense – particularly from a programmers point of view.

However, as an end user receiving a document created by someone else on another rig, and finding the text miniscule, and the only apparent means of magnifying it is by changing the font size - it can be frustrating.

Similarly, reaching for the 'wrap text' command when simply trying to make the print legible, feels counter-intuitive.

I will of course submit a request to Apple through the proper channels - if I can find them.

Yvan,

1) That does not respond to my question. If you look, the question was about viewing size, not printing size which is an entirely different issue.

2) Simply entering a non-specific term 'TextEdit' into a search is not how I would choose to seek answers.

3) In any case, I saw that answer, and as stated above, it is not relevant.


Why there is such an unnecessary degree of petulance on these forums baffles me.