Contents
Note that this section only covers Texpad-specific menu items that have not been covered above. The usual Mac OS menu items behave as expected.
The Texpad Menu
Menu Option | Explanation |
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Information, legal statement and credits. | |
A link to the iOS version of Texpad. | |
Settings and preferences window. | |
Opens the directory where auto-complete commands can be customised. |
The File Menu
Menu Option | Explanation |
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Create a new .tex document from a template. | |
View the directory where the templates are stored ~/Library/Application Support/Texpad/Templates/ . Any files added to this directory are automatically listed in the |
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Opens the Mac OS Finder where the output PDF file is stored. | |
[MENU]File,Email PDF ( |
Open a new email message with the current PDF file as an attachment. |
Choose the file encoding Texpad should use for loading and saving files. If you alter the file encoding with open documents, Texpad will migrate all files in the project, and save to disc. We strongly recommend that you use UTF-8 file encoding for your work; it supports all languages, and as such it is becoming a de facto standard for plain text files. [IMG]{200px}macos/encodings-menu] |
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If you see strange characters, there is a good chance you have opened a file with the incorrect encoding; this option will discard all changes and reload all open files using the specified character encoding. | |
Prints the source code. | |
Prints the PDF. |
The Edit Menu
Menu Option | Explanation |
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These menu options will comment or uncomment an entire block of text in one go. | |
These menu options will indent or unindent an entire block of text. | |
Force-opens the auto-complete window in the editor for the currently typed word. It is a menu alternative for the simple |
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Brings into focus the global search field on the top of the window. |
The Snippets Menu
The menu lists all the currently deployed snippets in the snippets’ directory that may be opened by selecting

The Typeset Menu
See the help article on the Texpad Toolbar for details on various typesetters and their use.
Menu Option | Explanation |
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Normal typeset. | |
Typeset and compile the bibliography file. | |
[MENU]Typeset,Add/Edit Global .tpbuild Scripts | Opens directory BuildScripts containing all currently installed global .tpbuild scripts. |
Switches on and off the auto-typeset for the current project. | |
If the |
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This will abort typesetting if in progress. |
The Window Menu
Menu Option | Explanation |
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Zoom in/out for the PDF pane. | |
Displays the Texpad welcome window. | |
Shows/hide the Outline View. | |
Menu items to change arrangement of the editor between Editor only, Editor and Output, and Output only respectively. | |
Allows you to switch the output pane between the PDF view and the Error log. |