Notepad++ is one of the best text editors we know and a great choice to replace the native text editor from Windows, which is just lacking too many features to be useful. And using MS Word (need an ISO file to re-install Word? Click Here!) or OpenOffice just to take some notes would be overkill. Notepad++ is fast and requires very few resources. It is also free, and its use is governed by the GPL License.
Simple and Convenient
In some cases, it is helpful to have a good text editor at hand, to quickly buffer a text (e.g., copied from a website) without any formatting (font, bold, underline, color, etc.). The problem with the formatting is always present. You probably had that issue at some point. I often use examples from websites when explaining why I translated a text in a specific way. But if I copy directly from the website into my email client, I get the formatting as well. This can be very inconvenient, especially if the text size or font differs from my other email content. To solve that issue, I simply copy the text into Notepad++ and copy the text, then again paste it into my email client or wherever I need it.
The Autosave feature is another one that I really like. Whatever I write into a document, it will immediately automatically be saved, even if the document has not been saved under a specific name. I use this feature just to write down some notes. No filename is needed. If I later open Notepad++ again, the same notes show up in the unnamed document as if it was never closed.
Features of Notepad++
- Autosave
- Indentation
- Simultaneous editing
- Split-screen editing and synchronized scrolling
- Line operations, including sorting, case conversion (Uppercase, lowercase, camel case, sentence case), and removal of redundant whitespace
- Tabbed document interface
- Search/Replace with regular expressions
- GUI entirely customizable: minimalist, tab with close button, multi-line tab, vertical tab, and vertical document list
- Document Map
- Auto-completion
- Multi-Document (Tabbed document interface)
- Zoom in and zoom out
- Multi-Language environment supported (84 languages)
- Bookmarking
- Macro recording and playback
- and many more
Available for: Windows
