Text Editor Help Text Editor enables you to create and edit short documents such as memos, mail messages, or resource files. Text Editor: starting starting: Text Editor opening: Text Editor Front Panel control, Text Editor Text Editor: Front Panel control Click the Text Editor control in the Front Panel. You can also start Text Editor using one of these methods: Open the Personal Applications subpanel in the Front Panel and click the Text Editor control. Drag a file icon to the Text Editor control in the Front Panel. Double-click a data file icon in File Manager. Select a data file icon in File Manager and choose Open from the Selected menu. Type the following command in a Terminal window: dtpad filename &