Can I create a context menu item that allows me to create a textedit document (or another application, like Word) by simply right clicking? It's a very useful function available on PCs that let you quickly create a text document within a folder.
Cheers! 😉
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Hi,
I'm afraid that no. But you can always drag and drop the Word or TexEdit icon from the application folder to the dock. this way one click will open wathever you choose...
Right click ony allows you in this case to create a new folder.
Cheers
There's a built-in service for that: "New TextEdit Window Containing Selection."
And... how about word ? Could you develop deeper ?
I don't use Word, but if it's scriptable, you should be able to create a service in Automator that does something similar.
You are correct 😉 , but for the "beginners" it might be a little hard to understand...
Thanks for the input. I'm quite computer savvy, but I know nothing about how to use a scriptable service.
I'm always creating folders that are nested way down, or on some external drive, and where I need a text document for later reference. I do have textedit in the dock, but when I save the doc I then have to navigate my there each time. Being a recent convert to Mac, I'm used to being able to bypass this with a mouse click on a PC, so it's irritating that it's not there.
Swings and roundabouts I suppose. 😉
One thing that may make your life easier: if you have already navigated somewhere in the Finder, you don't have to repeat the navigation with the application's save dialog box, just drag the folder you want to be "in" from the Finder window's toolbar into the Save dialog box:
In the example I've already dragged the proxy icon for the folder on another drive and dropped it in the Save navigation pane.
Francine
This shareware appears to do what you want:
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/34606/neu
http://www.elegantchaos.com/neu
I saw it a while ago, happened to remember the name.
Francine, Carl - many thanks! 😀 I won't be able to check that out for a few days, but I'm sure it covers what I'm looking for.
Cheers! 😎
Add 'create new textedit document' to right click menu?
