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Does anyone use notepad for anything other than looking at config files? I mean, does anyone write documents with notepad?
Edit: Thanks for all the comments. I have used notepad similarly, but doesn't sound like anything that needs AI.
I paste blocks of text or data into it, then copy it out again so I dont infect document B with document A's weird formatting
Ctrl+Shift+V pastes without formatting.
It doesn't fix artificial line break issues though. Simple text editors are perfect for stopping some text from looking unnecessarily like poetry.
I am 46 how am I just learning this now?!
incredibly pro tip, I use this all the time
I use it for writing quick temporary notes for work when I don't have a pen and paper handy.
I used to use it for taking quick notes when I had a slow computer. I didn't want to wait for Word to load, so I'd just use Notepad. Now I use Post Its or just don't write stuff down as much.
Funny enough, I use it like a notepad. Oh s***, I need to write this down real quick. I need to grab an exerpt off a website, our store serial number or make a quick list. It's literally scrap paper in digital form for me.
i use it constantly because it's the only text editor that comes with windows 10
Easily replaced.
No, its not easily replaced in a locked-down enterprise setting. That's naive.
There's portable Notepad++, it's great
Just because it's portable doesn't necessarily mean that it's allowed on the organizations allow list, but it does seem highly unlikely that the organization doesn't have any alternative text editors allowed.
But maybe they don't edit text files often enough to bother. And honestly, notepad was recently updated with tabs which makes it a lot more usable that it used to be.
Portable App, "open with", "always use this app".
edit: right, locked down, executable whitelist?
I only use it to strip HTML text down to plain text. As long as it can do that, I'll probably keep using it unless something better comes around.
It has such a distinct lack of any features whatsoever, that it makes it a perfect tool for practicing written assignments for language exams.
I use it as a cache for chunks of text I want to move around. I use Textpad a lot for code and config files where I don't need all the lookup and predictive stuff.