To create an email link on a TextEdit page

1.
Type the text that you want to apply an email link to. This text can be anything—it doesn't have to be the email address itself.
2.
Select the text you want to apply the link to.
3.
From the Format menu, slide down to “Text,” then choose “Link….”
4.
Type into the field: mailto:
5.
Immediately after the colon you typed (as shown above), enter the entire email address just as you would address it. mailto:name@domain.com
6.
Click OK.

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