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Jump to locations in TextEdit documents on Mac
You can jump to a line or to the location of the insertion point in a TextEdit document.
Jump to a line
In the TextEdit app
on your Mac, choose Edit > Find > Select Line.
Do one of the following:
Jump to a specific line: Enter its number.
Jump forward or backward a number of lines: Enter “+” or “-” and the number of lines.
For example, to jump forward 5 lines, enter “+5.”
Click Select.
Jump to the insertion point
In the TextEdit app
on your Mac, choose Edit > Find > Jump to Selection.