and go to Preferences.
There you will find the default paper size.
Adjust it to whatever suits you best.
using textedit in lion, the default page is abou1 3" wide. i want a way to make it the size of a normal letter- like i have been doing with all the cats before this one
thanks
imac, new, osx7.2

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