Tricks and Tips For Notepad
Notepad is the simplest Text Editor included with all versions of Microsoft Windows from very early time of the windows. The files are saved in .txt extension. Some cool Notepad Tricks and Tips are…
Use Notepad as a Log Book
- Open
Notepad - Write .LOG in the first line (in capital letters )
- Save the file and Close it
- Reopen the same file
- Here you find the current Date and Time, Save it again.
- Everytime you open this file the file will have a timestamp along with text on it
This trick can be used to make daily notes or even as a dairy.
Changing Header and Footer
If You want to change default page Header and Footer in Nnotepad follow the following steps…
- Open Notepad
- click on File Tab
- Then Page Setup,
- Remove the characters in the Header and Footer text boxes and write whatever you want.
Changing the Font
You can change the font in the
notepad by clicking Format -> Font, but all the text will be in the same font always.Goto Specific Line
Press ctrl-G and enter a line number to go to
Activate Wrap and Status Bar Default
- Navigate to the following key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Notepad
- Change the values DWORD StatusBar and fWrap to 1
- Exit the Regedit and Run Notepad
