The result won't be obvious unless the document is in Wrap to Page mode (Command-Shift-W).
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Maybe this obscure key combination will be unnecessary when Panther comes out, but so far I have been unable to find a menu item for inserting page breaks in TextEdit. I forget where I read this, but it turns out that you can insert a page-break code by using the keyboard and typing Control-Q followed by control-L.
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Insert page break symbols in TextEdit documents
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Insert page break symbols in TextEdit documents
Just a little explanation of why I think this works...
Insert page break symbols in TextEdit documents
What would be the key combo if you wanted DOS line feeds?
Insert page break symbols in TextEdit documents
DOS and Windoze use CR + LF which is ^m ^j.
Inserting windows line endings
What would be the key combo if you wanted DOS line feeds? UNIX ends lines with a newline (aka linefeed, aka '\n') character (ASCII 10). Classic Mac OS uses a carriage return aka ('\r') character (ASCII 13). Windows uses a carriage return followed by a newline. So to get this, you would type Also, a quick way I discovered to convert between the different formats (there's probably a quicker one via the terminal) is to open the file in ProjectBuilder. Under the "Formats → Line Endings" menu, you can choose whatever you want and resave.
For more information about the ascii table, check out ---
Insert page break symbols in TextEdit documents
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