Description: TextEdit is an open source text editor and word processor, first released in NeXT's Ne XT STEP and OpenStep series. It has been distributed by Apple since their acquisition of Ne XT and is now also available as a GNUstep program for the other Linux and Unix-like systems. It offers a good combination of word processing features, spreadsheet tools and presentation tools. Some of its drawbacks are that it requires much more typing than some of the competitors and is lacking a number of features that may be important to you. Nevertheless, it does have some nice default features that may appeal to most users, and it runs on both Mac OS X and Windows.
The current release of TextEdit comes with over 100+ standard templates that you can use for creating documents. Other add-ons are also available for this software. While not free, they may be worth considering if you prefer native applications or if free tools are more to your liking. If you do spend some money on TextEdit, it would be worthwhile because it comes with professional quality scanning and correction software, an extensive help section, several useful add-on modules, and is one of the more polished free text editing programs on the market today.
To download TextEdit, go to the company's website, and follow the download wizard. A mirror of the software is also available on the company's website, if you prefer to download the software on a thumb drive rather than the computer's hard drive. You can then install the software and begin using it straight away - you won't need to install anything else. Although TextEdit is not free like some of the other office suites, it is still a quality suite that will satisfy most users.
