Rich text: Set the default format to rich text. Rich text allows formatting, such as bulleted lists, that plain text doesn’t.
Plain text: Set the default format to plain text. Plain text doesn’t allow text formatting.
Wrap to page: Wrap text within the document’s page margins. Otherwise, text wraps to the document’s window size.
Window Size
Set a default window size.
Font
Choose a default font style and size for plain and rich text documents.
Properties
For rich text documents, you can set the document properties by adding the author’s name, the organization name, and the copyright information.
Options
Set default options to check or autocorrect spelling and grammar as you type. See Check spelling and grammar.
Show ruler: Select to view the ruler in rich text documents. See Adjust paragraphs.
Data detectors: Automatically detect dates, times, and contact information in your documents. See Turn on data detectors.
Smart quotes and dashes in rich text documents only: Select to automatically substitute straight quotes for curly quotes and double hyphens for em dashes in rich text documents only. Deselect to automatically substitute straight quotes and double hyphens in rich text, plain text, and HTML documents.
Check and correct spelling in rich text documents only: Select to check and autocorrect spelling in rich text documents only. Deselect to check and autocorrect spelling in rich text, plain text, and HTML documents.
Smart quotes: Automatically substitute curly quotation marks for straight quotation marks. To change the smart quote style in a document, choose Edit > Substitutions > Show Substitutions. See Change Keyboard Text preferences.
Smart dashes: Automatically substitute an em dash (—) for double hyphens (--) in new documents.
Text replacement: Automatically replace text in new documents. For example, if you type “teh,” it’s converted to “the”. See Replace text and punctuation in documents.
Restore All Defaults
Click to revert all preferences in both “New Document” and “Open and Save” panes to their initial settings.
Open and Save options
Option
Description
When Opening a File
Display HTML files as HTML code instead of formatted text: Always view the HTML code when opening an HTML file. See Work with HTML documents.
Display RTF files as RTF code instead of formatted text: Always view RTF directives when opening an RTF file. See View RTF directives.
When Saving a File
Add “.txt” extension to plain text files: Select to always use the .txt extension when saving a plain text file.
Plain Text File Encoding
When opening or saving plain text files, choose the default text encoding options from the Plain Text File Encoding pop-up menus. See If characters aren’t displayed correctly.
HTML Saving Options
Document type: Set the default document type when saving HTML files.
Styling: Set the default type of cascading style sheets (CSS) when saving HTML files.
Encoding: Set the default text encoding for saving HTML files.
Preserve white space: Select to include code that preserves the white space in your document’s formatted text.
Restore All Defaults
Click to revert all preferences in both “New Document” and “Open and Save” panes to their initial settings.
