3.4. Editing Text Documents

When editing text documents, you can do the following:

  • editing text, formatting characters, formatting paragraphs

  • downloading or printing the selected document or sending it in an E-Mail

  • searching and replacing text

You can edit a text document either in the Text app or in the Files app.

How to edit a text document:

  1. In the Text app, click on Open text document in the tool bar.

    Select a document in the Open document window. Click on Open. The text document will be opened for editing.

    You can also click on a document under Recent Documents.

  2. To edit the text document, use the common techniques from familiar Office applications.

    To format characters or paragraphs or to edit cells, use the functions in the Format tool bar.

    Note: All changes are immediately saved.

  3. To download or print the selected text document or to send it in an E-Mail, use the functions in the File tool bar.

  4. To search and replace text elements, click the Toggle search icon on the right side of the Office menu bar. Control elements for searching and replacing will be shown.

  5. To finish editing and to close the text document, click the Close document icon on the right side of the Office menu bar.

How to edit a document in the Files app:

  1. Launch the Files app.

  2. Open a folder containing text documents, in the folder tree.

    Note: Open a folder for which you have the permission to create objects.

  3. Click on a text document in the display area. Click on Edit in the pop-up. The text document will be opened for editing.

    Use the techniques described in the instruction for editing documents.