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Keep the correct spacing when you paste text in TextEdit on Mac
When you use “smart copy/paste”, the correct spacing is maintained when you copy and paste words in your TextEdit documents.
In the TextEdit app
on your Mac, choose TextEdit > Preferences, then click New Document.
Select “Smart copy/paste” under Options.