Bingo...sorta!!!

You're correct about my having changed my doc, and trashing /Users/artie/Library/Autosave Information/com.apple.TextEdit.plist - no other files at that location - got things back to normal, but I was unable recreate my problem, so I'm not sure what, specifically, brought it on.

Sorry for totally forgetting about having changed the doc when I posted.

Thanks for helping me get things back to normal! smile

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