TextEdit is a word processor. It would be similar to packages like Microsoft Word or Word Perfect.
Word processors are used for creating or editing text in general, for example Notepad (or Textedit if you're on a mac) and Microsoft Word are both word processors
Microsoft word is available for the Mac. You have to buy the Microsoft office package if you don't have it already, and it will come with word, excel, and powerpoint. You have to make sure it is for the mac, and not the pc.
In an emergency you might open a .doc with Textedit and extract the text. Word processors that can open .doc come in free and paid forms. Free apps include the Open Office group, Abiword, and Bean. Paid apps include Microsoft Word for Mac, and Apple Pages.
Yes.
Microsoft Word 2011 for Mac. Click the link for the download.
Microsoft Word, Wordpad, Pages(Mac)
The general command is ctrl button and the i button while the text is highlighted. This works on most programs such as Microsoft Word for Mac.
Yes there is, it's for mac
Yes there is; Microsoft Word.
The document will need to be saved from the Mac's Word 2011 in a format that can be read by Word 2007. Microsoft are a law unto themselves and ignore standards and even their own established standard formats. Word 2007 was particularly problematical.
Depends on the version of word