Notepad++
для Windows
Notepad++ — текстовый редактор, предназначенный для программистов и всех тех, кого не устраивает скромная функциональность входящего в состав Windows Блокнота.
Основные особенности программы:
- Подсветка текста и возможность сворачивания блоков, согласно синтаксису языка программирования
- Поддержка большого количества языков (C, C++, Java, XML, HTML, PHP, Java Script, ASCII, VB/VBS, SQL, CSS, Pascal, Perl, Python, Lua, TCL, Assembler)
- WYSIWYG (печатаешь и получаешь то, что видишь на экране)
- Настраиваемый пользователем режим подсветки синтаксиса
- Авто-завершение набираемого слова
- Одновременная работа с множеством документов
- Одновременный просмотр нескольких документов
- Поддержка регулярных выражений Поиска/Замены
- Полная поддержка перетягивания фрагментов текста
- Динамическое изменение окон просмотра
- Автоматическое определение состояния файла
- Увеличение и уменьшение
- Заметки
- Выделение скобок при редактировании текста
- Запись макроса и его выполнение
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Отзывы о программе Notepad++
kelvin phitrow про Notepad++ 8.5.3 [25-05-2023]
написано что есть поддержка WinXP, и даже есть версия 32 бита,
качаю, а она не ставится..
Кто проверял совместимость?! руки бы оторвать, по самую шею!!
33 | 39 | Ответить
Вячеслав про Notepad++ 8.4.7 [26-11-2022]
Отличная прога! Все работает! Спасибо автору!!
15 | 23 | Ответить
ILLJ86 про Notepad++ 8.3.3 [17-03-2022]
Самый Адекватный Блокнот
Для разработчиков и Вэб дизайнеров.
21 | 19 | Ответить
tolkopro в ответ ILLJ86 про Notepad++ 8.4.1 [14-05-2022]
Использую его лишь для открытия файлов Не текстового расширения! И для открытия крупных файлов.
Писать код в нём крайне невозможно. Возможно дополнительные плагины и настройки помогут, но это неудобно.
Он точно не для разработки и написания кода! Максимум, годится для правки javascript кода.
19 | 14 | Ответить
AZJIO про Notepad++ 8.3 [15-02-2022]
Программа нормальная, но автор любитель лозунгов, то и дело вставляет то «я шарли», то топит за гомосексуалистов. В общем пришлось отказаться дабы не поддерживать его лозунги. Если что, на оффоруме есть тема «Boycott Notepad++ «, я туда тоже написал.
31 | 24 | Ответить
Neo в ответ AZJIO про Notepad++ 8.4.1 [14-05-2022]
Ах, вон оно что.. То-то думаю, что она недоделанная такая по умолчанию?
25 | 20 | Ответить
Rublox про Notepad++ 7.8.5 [24-03-2020]
El programa me funciono a la perfeccion! facil y rapido muchas gracias.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Windows Notepad
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Notepad on Windows 11 |
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| Original author(s) | Richard Brodie | |||
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| Developer(s) | Microsoft | |||
| Initial release | 1983; 42 years ago (as Multi-Tool Notepad) |
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| Operating system | Windows 10, 11 | |||
| Platform | IA-32, x86-64, and ARM (historically Itanium, DEC Alpha, MIPS, and PowerPC) | |||
| Predecessor | MS-DOS Editor | |||
| Type | Text editor | |||
| License | Freeware | |||
| Website | apps |
Windows Notepad is a simple text editor for Windows; it creates and edits plain text documents. It was first released in 1983 to commercialize the computer mouse in MS-DOS.
In May 1983, at the COMDEX computer expo in Atlanta, Microsoft introduced the Multi-Tool Notepad, a mouse-based text editor Richard Brodie had created as a stripped down version of Multi-Tool Word. Notepad had the ability to bold, underline or italicise text removed. All these programs were to support the release of the $195 Microsoft Mouse, with the mouse coming with Notepad or Word, sometimes both, depending on the date.[3][4][5] Most visitors had never heard of a computer mouse before.[6] The mouse began shipping in July.[7] Initial sales were modest because it had no use other than running the programs included in the box (a tutorial, a Doodle drawing app, a musical piano app, Multi-Tool Notepad and/or Multi-tool Word.)[8]
The Multi-Tool product line began with expert systems for the Multiplan spreadsheet.[9][10] On the suggestion of Rowland Hanson, Microsoft dropped the Multi-Tool brand name. Hanson’s rationale was that «the brand is the hero» and people wouldn’t automatically associate «Multi-Tool» with Microsoft. As a result, the Multi-Tool Notepad and the Multi-Tool Word became Windows Notepad and Microsoft Word, respectively. (Hanson also convinced Bill Gates to rename «Interface Manager» to «Windows» before the release of Windows 1.0.)[6][8]
Since then, Notepad has been part of Microsoft Windows.
Change in development model
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Since the introduction of Microsoft Store in 2012, Microsoft has converted some of the built-in Windows apps into Microsoft Store apps (e.g., Sticky Notes), so that they could be updated independent of Windows releases. Within three years, Notepad has appeared on Microsoft Store thrice. The first time was in August 2019; it vanished shortly thereafter.[11] This version required Windows 10 preview build 18963.[12] During this short-lived presence on the Store, technology news blogs speculated that Microsoft intended to de-couple Notepad’s life-cycle from that of Windows 10 and update it more frequently through Microsoft Store.[12][13] Notepad appeared on Microsoft Store for a second time in April 2020, this time, sporting a new logo. It runs on the preview versions of Windows 10, build number 19541 or later.[11][14]
On 16 February 2022, Microsoft started rolling out a new and redesigned version of Notepad to all Windows 11 users. This version had Dark Mode added and a new Find and Replace flyout with the same functionality. Notepad is now available in the Microsoft Store in both Windows 10 and 11.
On March 21, 2024, Microsoft announced that it is adding spellcheck and autocorrect to Notepad for Windows 11.[15][16]
On November 6, 2024, Microsoft announced that rewriting tools powered by LLMs will be added to Notepad.[17] Users will be able to rewrite selected text, adjust its length and modify its tone and format, similar to Grammarly’s AI writing features.
The new features are available to Windows Insider members in the Canary and Dev Channels and will be available to all Windows 11 users at a later time.
Notepad is a text editor, i.e., an app specialized in editing plain text. It can edit text files (bearing the «.txt» filename extension) and compatible formats, such as batch files, INI files, and log files.
Notepad offers only the most basic text manipulation functions, such as finding and replacing text. Until Windows ME, there were almost no keyboard shortcuts and no line-counting feature. Starting with Windows 2000, shortcuts for common commands like «New», «Open», and «Save» were added, as well as a status bar with a line counter (available only when word-wrap is disabled). Before Windows 10 version 1809, Notepad could not properly interpret either Unix-style or Mac-style newline characters.[18] Windows 10 version 1809 also introduced the Ctrl+← Backspace keyboard shortcut (deletes the previous word), zoom functionality, the ability to zoom in and out, and the «Search with Bing» function.[19][20]
Improving performance has been the main focus of Notepad’s development. As part of this effort, Notepad is capable of reading text files even when other apps have acquired a range-based lock on the file.[21]
On Windows 95 and earlier, Notepad renders text files in the Fixedsys font. Starting with Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 98, it allows users to choose their own font to display the text. They cannot, however, select individual parts of the text and change their fonts.[22][23] Its default font changed to Lucida Console on Windows 2000, and Consolas on Windows 8.
Notepad can print files. It allows customizing headers, footers, and margins before printing. The date, file name, and other information can be placed in the headers and footers with various codes consisting of an ampersand (‘&’) followed by a letter.[24]
Notepad accepts text from the Windows clipboard, but only in the CF_TEXT format.[25] It strips the pasted text of any embedded font and style information. One could temporarily paste formatted text into Notepad, then immediately copy it again to obtain the raw text.
Notepad has a simple logging function. Each time it opens a file with «.LOG» on its first line, the app inserts a timestamp on the file’s last line.[26][27]
Notepad supports the following character encodings:
- «ANSI» (the locale-dependent codepage)
- Unicode, encoded as:
- UCS-2 (Windows NT 3.5 to 2000)
- UTF-16 (Windows 2000 or later), both little- and big-endian
- UTF-8 (Windows 2000 or later)
- Before Windows 10, Notepad always inserted a byte order mark character at the start of the file. Since Windows 10, the BOM has been optional.
Starting with Windows 10 1809 Insider build, it supports Unix-style (LF) and Classic Mac OS -style (CR) line endings, along with the native DOS/Windows CRLF style. Before this, only CRLF line endings were recognized.[28]
Opening and editing in left-to-right and right-to-left based languages are done via RichEdit controls and input method editors, available in versions for Windows XP or later.
Notepad used a built-in window class named EDIT. The maximum file size Notepad can open depends on operating system limitations on the size of the EDIT window class, with a different limit in each version of Windows. Because of this limitation, on Windows 3.0, Windows 3.1, and Windows 3.11, Notepad could not open files larger than 54 KB. (Microsoft recommended using another text editor for opening files larger than 45 KB.)[29] This limit was extended to 64 KB in Windows 95, with users now directed to WordPad for larger files. On Windows XP, Notepad was limited to 32 MB and declined to open bigger files.[30] On Windows 11, Notepad uses the RichEdit control.[31] The size limit was raised to about 1 GB, and attempting to open any file larger than that shows a dialog box suggesting that the user open it with a different text editor.[32]
On the Windows NT family of operating systems (including Windows 2000 and Windows XP), Notepad can detect Unicode files even when they lack a byte order mark. To do this, it calls the IsTextUnicode() function of the Windows API.[33] Until Windows Vista, this function was imperfect, incorrectly identifying some all-lowercase ASCII text as UTF-16. As a result, Notepad interpreted a file containing a phrase like «aaaa aaa aaa aaaaa» («4-3-3-5») as a two-byte-encoded Unicode text file. If a font with support for Chinese was installed, nine Chinese characters (桴獩愠灰挠湡戠敲歡) would display. Otherwise, it would display square substitute characters instead of Chinese characters. This issue was resolved on Windows Vista and newer.[34][35]
Notepad lacks many basic features available in other text editors, such as block selection and MDI. There are many third-party replacements for Notepad with additional functionality, such as AkelPad, Metapad, Notepad++, Notepad2, and TED Notepad, which include features such as, but not limited to:
- undo history
- syntax coloring
- code folding
- regular expressions
- macros
- manual code page selection
- themes
- sorting
- case changes
- external change detection
- matching braces
- visible line-endings and visible line-wrap indication
- line numbering, splitting and joining
- automatic indentation
- mass-editing of lines
- blank line removal
- hard alignment (using whitespace characters)
- whitespace stripping
- running in portable mode
- MS-DOS Editor, Notepad’s predecessor
- XML Notepad
- ^ «Windows Notepad». Microsoft Apps. Retrieved 2025-04-22.
- ^ «KB5055612 (OS Build 19045.5796)». Microsoft Support. Retrieved 2025-04-22.
- ^ «COMDEX: Micros in American mainstream». InfoWorld. IDG. May 23, 1983. p. 1. ISSN 0199-6649.
- ^ «Mouse and new WP program join Microsoft product lineup». InfoWorld. IDG. May 30, 1983. p. 10. ISSN 0199-6649.
- ^ «Microsoft ad». InfoWorld. IDG. May 23, 1983. p. 85. ISSN 0199-6649.
- ^ a b Wallace, James; Erickson, Jim (1992). Hard Drive. Wiley. pp. 238–244. ISBN 0-471-56886-4. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
- ^ «In Focus». InfoWorld. IDG. August 29, 1983. p. 31. ISSN 0199-6649.
- ^ a b Manes, Stephen; et al. (Paul Andrews) (1993). Gates. Doubleday. ISBN 0-385-42075-7. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
- ^ «Microsoft ad». InfoWorld. IDG. April 25, 1983. p. 40. ISSN 0199-6649.
- ^ «In designers’ ⁷scenario, software undergoes behavior modification». InfoWorld. IDG. August 29, 1983. p. 34. ISSN 0199-6649.
- ^ a b Wyciślik-Wilson, Sofia (2020-04-19). «Windows Notepad returns to the Microsoft Store with new features». BetaNews. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
This is not the first time the app has appeared in the Microsoft Store. Originally announced in August last year, Notepad appeared for a while before vanishing.
- ^ a b Foley, Mary Jo (August 17, 2019). «Microsoft makes Notepad a separate Store app starting with new Windows 10 20H1 test build». ZDNet.
- ^ Parmar, Mayank (August 19, 2019). «Windows 10 Notepad Added to Microsoft Store, Only for Insiders». Bleeping Computer. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
- ^ Popa, Bogdan (16 March 2020). «This Is the New Notepad Icon for Windows 10». Softpedia. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
- ^ Warren, Tom (March 21, 2024). «Notepad in Windows 11 is finally getting a spellcheck feature». The Verge. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
- ^ Abrams, Lawrence (March 21, 2024). «Windows 11 Notepad finally gets spellcheck and autocorrect». Bleeping Computer. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
- ^ Roth, Emma (November 6, 2024). «Even Microsoft Notepad is getting AI text editing now». The Verge. Retrieved February 17, 2025.
- ^ «Introducing extended line endings support in Notepad». Windows Command Line Blog. Microsoft. May 8, 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-05-09. Retrieved 2018-05-09.
- ^ Huculak, Mauro (5 October 2018). «Check out all the changes in Notepad in the October 2018 Update». Windows Central.
- ^ «New features in Notepad in Windows 10». The Windows Club. 9 October 2018.
- ^ Chen, Raymond (21 May 2018). «Maintaining Notepad is not a full-time job, but it’s not an empty job either». The Old New Thing. Microsoft. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
To load a file, Notepad maps a view of the file as a memory-mapped file and uses that as the source. The code figures out the encoding, performs a code page conversion to UTF-16LE if necessary, puts the result in a memory block, and then uses the EM_SETHANDLE message to hand that entire block to the edit control.
- ^ Wyatt, Allen L. (1996). Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Bible. IDG Books. p. 239. ISBN 0-7645-8011-6. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
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- ^ Gralla, Preston (2005). Windows XP Power Hound: Teach Yourself New Tricks. Pogue Press. pp. 94–95. ISBN 0-596-00619-5. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
- ^ ««The Clipboard». Archived from the original on 2009-02-26. Retrieved September 29, 2009.
- ^ «Features of LOG and Time/Date Command in Notepad». Support. Microsoft. July 19, 2005. Archived from the original on June 28, 2007.
- ^ «How to Use Notepad to Create a Log File». Support. Microsoft. December 20, 2004. Archived from the original on April 6, 2005.
- ^ «Introducing extended line endings support in Notepad». Microsoft. 2018-05-08. Archived from the original on 2023-03-30.
- ^ «Maximum File Size Limits for Notepad». Support. Microsoft. September 24, 2011. Archived from the original on 2015-03-17. Retrieved 2016-10-28.
- ^ «What is file size limit for Notepad in Windows XP». Bytes. October 24, 2007. Archived from the original on 2016-10-29. Retrieved 2016-10-28.
- ^ «Windows 11 Notepad». Math in Office. 2022-02-23. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
- ^ Rusen, Ciprian Adrian (2022). Windows 11 All-in-One For Dummies. Wiley. p. 557. ISBN 978-1-119-85870-6. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
- ^ «IsTextUnicode()». MSDN. Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2016-09-10. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
- ^ Chen, Raymond (April 17, 2007). «The Notepad file encoding problem, redux». The Old New Thing. Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2011-09-03. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
- ^ Kaplan, Michael S. (March 25, 2008). «Bush might’ve still hid the facts, but he can’t hide them from Vista SP1/Server 2008 Notepad». Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- Official website
- Notepad FAQ in Windows Vista documentation at Microsoft.com – Archived October 13, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
Вот уже третий десяток лет Notepad++ помогает IT-специалистам, которым приходится писать, просматривать или редактировать большие объемы текста. Рассказываем, чем он так хорош.
Системный администратор, верстальщик, DevOps, редактор — практически каждый специалист, занятый в IT-сфере, знаком с Notepad++. Этот текстовый редактор покоряет пользователей своей функциональностью, скоростью работы и неприхотливостью к ресурсам компьютера. Легкое, интуитивно понятное приложение с простым интерфейсом и большим количеством возможностей очень востребовано в техническом сообществе.
Кто создал Notepad++ и почему им до сих пор активно пользуются?
Появление первой версии
Notepad++ появился в 2003 году благодаря одному человеку — французскому разработчику китайского происхождения по имени Дон Хо. Хо работал в небольшой компании, занимавшейся 3D-анимацией. И ему постоянно приходилось редактировать большие объемы кода.
Встроенный в Windows Блокнот был слишком простым и неудобным, а популярные на тот момент текстовые редакторы вроде UltraEdit были либо платными, либо чересчур сложными. Используемый в компании JEXT (текстовый редактор на Java) Хо тоже не нравился. И он разработал собственное решение.
Над его созданием Дон Хо трудился в свободное от работы время, поскольку его компания отказалась помогать в разработке. Тем не менее, 24 ноября 2003 года на платформе для размещения опенсорсных программ SourceForge появилась первая версия Notepad++. Любой желающий мог скачать установочный файл и исходный код, чтобы доработать программу под свои нужды. Название было выбрано неспроста, оно намекало на популярный оператор «++» в языках программирования, символизирующий улучшение или развитие.
В основе Notepad++ лежит библиотека Scintilla, которая обеспечивает базовые функции подсветки синтаксиса и текстового редактирования. С самого начала Дон Хо выбрал GPL-лицензию, сделав свою программу бесплатной и открытой для доработок сообществом.
Как менялся Notepad++
Изначально Notepad++ был создан как приложение для Microsoft Windows. Разработчик размышлял над идеей использования wxWidgets для портирования текстового редактора на платформы Mac OS X и Unix, но в итоге решил этим не заниматься из-за запутанности API Win32. Тем более что первые версии быстро завоевали популярность. Низкие системные требования сделали приложение идеальным для работы на устаревшем оборудовании или виртуальных машинах, где важна экономия ресурсов.
В программе были функции, недоступные в стандартных редакторах того времени: подсветка синтаксиса для различных языков программирования, работа с несколькими вкладками, макросы и поддержка регулярных выражений. На тот момент это было почти революцией для бесплатного ПО.
Автор перешел на разработку кроссплатформенных приложений (Windows/MacOSX/Linux Ubuntu) только через четыре года — в конце 2007. Все потому, что ему приходило множество писем с просьбой адаптировать Notepad++ для других платформ, а сообщество предлагало свою помощь в этом.
К середине 2000-х годов Notepad++ стал стандартом среди разработчиков, системных администраторов и даже обычных пользователей, работающих с текстовыми файлами. Его популярность росла во многом благодаря плагинам (расширениям), которые позволяли добавлять функции под конкретные задачи. Например, появились плагины FTP-соединения, автоматического форматирования кода и проверки орфографии.
Для упрощения работы с плагинами в 2006 году Хо добавил в Notepad++ Plugin Manager (сейчас заменен на Plugins Admin). С его помощью стало удобно искать, добавлять и удалять плагины. Также в редакторе появились новые функции: автодополнение, сравнение текстов, работа с регулярными выражениями.
Развитие функциональности и активное внедрение плагинов
Примерно с 2008 и до 2015 года программа активно развивалась. Дон Хо сосредоточился на оптимизации производительности, улучшении интерфейса и добавлении новых функций. Интеграция мощного инструмента поиска и замены с использованием регулярных выражений (RegEx) упростила обработку объемных текстовых файлов.
Разработчик также уделял внимание обратной связи от пользователей, что сделало Notepad++ одним из самых популярных проектов в техническом сообществе. Люди выбирали Notepad++ за его высокую производительность — именно это качество стало основой создания редактора и остается его ключевой идеей.
Еще два важных преимущества — широкая функциональность и компактный размер. Многие функции добавлены по запросам пользователей, что превратило Notepad++ из простого редактора кода в универсальный инструмент для работы с текстом. Программа своего рода швейцарским армейским ножом среди текстовых редакторов.
Интересно, что Дон Хо не раз попадал под давление со стороны крупных IT-корпораций, пытавшихся продвигать свои платные продукты. Однако он всегда сохранял верность философии свободного программного обеспечения. Например, в 2010 году, из-за ограничений доступа к проекту для некоторых стран (например, Куба и Иран), разработчик перенес хостинг программы во Францию. Это был шаг в защиту принципов свободного ПО. А еще после выхода Windows 10 Дон Хо добавил в страницу загрузки Notepad++ комментарий, что для скачивания новой версии пользователям «не требуется продавать душу». Это было сатирическое замечание на фоне опасений по поводу приватности в только что вышедшей Windows 10, что активно обсуждалось в IT-сообществе.
В 2015 году Stack Overflow провел опрос разработчиков, и Notepad++ был признан самым популярным текстовым редактором в мире: 34,7% из 26 086 респондентов заявили, что используют его ежедневно.
После 2015 года фокус развития сместился на рост производительности и улучшении интерфейса. Усилиями opensource-сообщества были оптимизированы алгоритмы, улучшена совместимость с Unicode. Одним из крупных обновлений стала поддержка 64-битных систем, что позволило работать с большими файлами и повысило стабильность программы.
Для чего используют Notepad++
Расширение функциональности благодаря плагинам (например, FTP, JSON Viewer, Compare) делает редактор гибким инструментом для любых задач — от веб-разработки до администрирования серверов. Разберемся, кому может пригодиться это приложение, для каких задач его обычно используют.
- Редактирование кода. В Notepad++ реализована подсветка синтаксиса для более чем 90 языков программирования, включая Python, Java, C++, HTML, CSS. Программа позволяет быстро открыть исполняемый файл и внести исправления в код или писать код с нуля.
- Работа с большими файлами. В отличие от многих других редакторов, Notepad++ позволяет открывать и редактировать файлы размером несколько гигабайт. Это удобно при работе с логами или базами данных.
- Автоматизация рутинных задач. Поддержка макросов позволяет Notepad++ записывать последовательность действий и повторять их. Таким образом можно автоматизировать однотипные процессы вроде поиска, замены или преобразования данных.
- Работа с разными файлами. Поддержка вкладок позволяет одновременно работать с несколькими документами. Это удобно, когда нужно постоянно держать на виду какие-то файлы или заниматься аналитикой данных.
- Поиск и замена при помощи регулярных выражений. Чем это лучше простого поиска? Тем, что позволяет задать шаблон. Как правило, их используют разработчики в коде приложения. Поддержка инструмента поиска и замены с использованием регулярных выражений (RegEx) облегчает обработку больших текстовых файлов или сложных данных.
- Сравнение файлов. При помощи плагинов вроде Compare можно сравнивать версии файлов или находить изменения в коде, что критически важно для контроля версий и ревизий кодовой базы.
- Анализ логов и данных. Notepad++ полезен для анализа логов серверов, скриптов и других больших текстовых массивов, с которыми работают DevOps или системные администраторы.
Notepad++ в наше время
Уже в наше время, начиная с 2020-х годов, основным вектором развития Notepad++ стало улучшение безопасности и интеграция с современными инструментами. Так появилась поддержка темного режима, интеграция с Git через плагины, стала еще удобнее работа с большими файлами.
Notepad++ и в 2024 году остается редким примером программного обеспечения, которое четко следует своей цели. Здесь нет лишнего — только удобный интерфейс и инструменты, которые ежедневно используют разработчики и писатели. Первоначальный интерфейс Notepad++ почти не изменился за два десятилетия, что подчеркивает его простоту и удобство.
Даже спустя 21 год программа сохраняет актуальность. Как бы ни менялись подходы к написанию и управлению кодом, Notepad++ остается востребованным. Он может подойти любому человеку: от начинающего разработчика или писателя до пользователей, редактирующих конфигурационные файлы операционных систем. Недаром его перевели на 91 язык!
Notepad was made by Microsoft many years ago. With a few simple keystrokes, Notepad can be used to compose notes, produce HTML code for web sites, and even create plain text files. Also, it is easy enough for beginners to use.
However, due to its restricted capability, advanced users may become discouraged when attempting to do so. Some may not be aware of how to use this application, though. Consequently, if you’re new and require assistance with Notepad in Windows 10, this article is tailor-made for you.
We’ve covered how to start Notepad on Windows 10, save, copy, paste, print, change the font and font style, alter the header and footer instructions, use Notepad on Windows 10 to create log or XML files, and examine the majority of Notepad’s functions.
What is Notepad?
Notepad is a text editor in Windows. It is useful for creating and editing simple text files. You can also use it to view and edit the system configurations. It can be used to create, edit, and open text files, as well as edit the system configurations of your PC.
Notepad allows editing and creation of any files with the “.txt” extension. Other similar text editing applications barely ever support the basic text editing features like this software does.
How to Open Notepad in Windows 10
Even though Notepad is crucial, many individuals still struggle to locate and launch it on their PC. It’s much simpler than we think. Here’s how to do it. There are few countable methods given below. Try to follow the steps of the method which works the best for you.
Launch Notepad Via Start Menu
A very easiest way to access a notepad application is by finding it via the start menu. Here’s how to do it.
1. Press the Windows key on your keyboard or click the Windows symbol in the bottom left corner of your taskbar to access the Start Menu.
2. Scroll down and click the Windows Accessories folder down-arrow to expand it.
3. Then, search through the list and click the Notepad application once you find it.
Launch Notepad From Windows Search Box
The windows search box option is a great way to search and access any programs present on your PC easily. And, Notepad is no exception. All you need to do is to follow the instructions given below:
1. Simply press the Windows button on your keyboard to open the Start Menu and type notepad on the search bar present at the bottom-left of your display screen.
2. Once the Notepad application search is found, Click the Open option as highlighted to launch it.
Launch Notepad By Simply Right-Clicking Desktop
Now, this method opens Notepad in a jiffy just by a few clicks. Execute the instructions given:
1. On your desktop screen, right click an empty space and drag your cursor to the New menu option in the resulting window.
2. Then, select the Text Document option from the further opened context menu to launch Notepad.
Launch Notepad With Run Dialog Box
One can also use the Run prompt to open Notepad just like any other program. Also, the keyword to open this application via Run box is pretty straightforward. Let’s see how.
1. Press Windows + R key simultaneously to launch the Run dialog box.
2. Once done, type notepad on the search bar and hit the Enter key on your keyboard to launch the Notepad application successfully.
Launch Notepad Via Command Prompt or PowerShell
Commad prompt or PowerShell will obviously be a way to open Notepad as they can launch any programs on your computer if given a relevant command. To do so, follow the instructions given:
1. Press Windows key on your keyboard to launch Start Menu.
2. Once done, type cmd or powershell as per your requirement on the Search bar and click Open to launch the respective prompt.
3. On the Command Prompt window, type the following command and hit Enter to launch the Notepad application on your PC.
notepad
File Menu in Notepad
Menu bars in the Notepad are: File, Edit, View, Format, and Help. Each menu bar has its own set of options which are used to perform various functions in the Notepad program.
These menus are pretty straightforward and easier to grasp, since all those options listed are already being used by us at various other Microsoft applications. Nevertheless, we’ll see how each option works.
Create, Open, and Save Files in Notepad
Hope you have successfully launched the Notepad program on your PC. On the top-left corner of the Notepad screen, you’ll find the menu bars arranged in a horizontal manner. The first one is the File menu which holds all the basic necessity options like New, Open, Save, Save As, Print, etc. Let’s see all of them one by one.
Create a New Notepad File
A brand-new notepad window can also be opened. We have two cases here. The first is whether you want to keep the current window open while opening a new notepad file or whether you prefer to launch a new notepad file in a separate window. Here is a list of both of these steps.
Open a New Notepad in Same Window
1. Launch Notepad on your computer.
2. Once done, select the File menu present at the top-left corner of your Notepad screen and click the New option from the context menu as shown or simply press Ctrl + N keys together to open a new notepad easily.
Open a New Notepad in a Different Window
1. Open Notepad.
2. Select the File menu present at the top-left corner of your Notepad screen and click the New Window option from the context menu as highlighted or simply press Ctrl + Shift + N keys together to open a new notepad in a separate window.
Open an Existing Notepad File
If you already have a notepad file with you, then follow the steps given below to open it directly from the Notepad application itself.
1. Launch Notepad.
2. On the Notepad window, select the File menu and click Open from the context menu or simply press Ctrl + O keys together to launch the Open window.
3. Now, select the existing file you want and click the Open button to launch it.
Save and Save As a File in Notepad
Saving files is very essential in any part of work. And, it is very crucial in Notepad as it does not have an autosave feature. Here’s how to do it. If you are looking to save a notepad document for the first time or not a new user, then following the instructions will help you. Note that Save and Save As features are pretty similar.
1. First of all Notepad on your Windows 10 running PC.
2. Here, the Select the File menu and click the Save option in the Notepad window or just use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + S to save the document.
3. If you want to use Save the Notepad file with a different name click on Save As.. option.
4. Once the Save As window opens, set a File name and click the Save button to save the file successfully.
Save Notepad Document as PDF
Microsoft Print to PDF is a feature that allows you to save a Notepad file as a PDF. You can convert your papers from one format to PDF using a built-in capability of Windows.
1. Launch Notepad on your Windows 10 PC.
2. Go to the File menu and select the Print option or just press Ctrl + P keys on your keyboard.
3. On the Print window, Select the Microsoft Print to PDF option under the Select Printer section and click the Print button.
4. Once done, name the file and select a destined folder to save and then click the Save button.
This way automatically saves your file in a PDF format. Henceforth, you can open the respective file via dedicated PDF reader.
Print in Notepad
You can also print in Notepad. Below are the available print options.
Notepad Page Setup
In Notepad, we have a separate page setup option to align your page. Here’s how to do it.
1. Open Notepad on your PC.
2. Go to the File menu and select the Page Setup option.
3. On the Page Setup window, resize and align as per your requirements with the in-built features and click OK to save the changes.
How to Print in Notepad
Implement the steps given below to print your notepad document. Also, please remember to check the page preview with the help of the page setup option as mentioned before.
1. Launch Notepad on your PC.
2. Go to the File menu and select the Print option or just press Ctrl + P keys on your keyboard.
3. On the Print window, Select the printer name under the Select Printer section and click the Print button to get a hardcopy of your document.
Email a Notepad Document
Unfortunately, you cannot mail the notepad document directly via the application itself as there is no relevant in-built feature with respect to it. Instead, you can attach the .txt files to your mailbox and can share it.
Edit Menu in Notepad
Let’s now discuss a few of the fundamental features that Notepad offers and which are also quite helpful. Cut, Copy, Paste, Select All, Find, and Find and Replace are some of these features. We’ll see how it functions.
Cut, Copy, and Paste in Notepad
When using word processing software, like Windows Notepad, there are numerous tools that we all need to do at some point, such as cut, copy, paste. As a result, we may require assistance in understanding how it is done.
1. Launch the Notepad application on your computer.
2. On the Notepad document, select the text you want to cut or copy.
3. Once selected, go to the Edit menu. If you want to remove and move the text somewhere else, click the Cut option. But, if you want to retain the text here and need the same text somewhere else as well, select the Copy option.
4. Then, move your cursor and select where you want to place your content. Once done, go to the Edit menu bar again and select the Paste option as shown.
Editing: Find, Find and Replace, and Select All
You can also use the Find option to search your Notepad for a specific word or phrase. This is achieved by simultaneously pressing the Ctrl and F keys.
1. Open Notepad app on your PC.
2. On the Notepad software, go to the Edit menu bar.
This way, as illustrated in the image, Notepad on Windows 10 can be used to Find and Replace a word. All you need to do is hold down the Ctrl + H keys simultaneously.
How to Insert the Current Date and Time in Notepad
To insert current date and time in your Notepad document, follow the instructions given below:
1. Open Notepad in your computer.
2. On the Notepad application, go to the Edit menu bar and select the Time/Date option from the context menu as shown. Alternatively, just click the F5 key on your keyboard.
3. You’ll find the current time and date set as depicted on your Notepad document.
Format Menu in Notepad
The format menu in the Notepad application only has two sets of options which are word wrap and fonts. Each of these features has its own functionality. Let’s see how it helps.
How to Word Wrap in Notepad
When typing in Notepad, the text continues across the straight line and spans very far. This makes editing a document difficult as you’ll have to use the Notepad window’s bottom navigation bar. To automate it, word wrap is used.
However, note that it is not enabled by default. This signifies that there will only be one line of text. The scroll tool, located at the bottom of the window, must be used to view or access text that is concealed in the notepad. Enabling word wrap in the notepad is one simple technique to cut down on the labor. To enable Word Wrap, follow the instructions.
1. Lauch Notepad.
2. On the Notepad window, go to the Format menu and select the Word Wrap option to enable it.
This way you can see all your text without the need to scroll the span left or right.
Font: Change Font, Font Size, and Font Format
You Should understand how to modify the font style and font size of your texts in Notepad documents if you want to make the most of them. This feature enables you to adjust the font size and style as per relevance. Here’s how to perform it.
1. Launch Notepad using one of the explained ways.
2. On the Notepad window, go to the Format menu bar and select the Font option from the context menu.
3. On the Font window, set a Font, Font Style and Size as per your requirement. Once done, click the OK to save the changes made.
View Menu in Notepad
Just as the name of the menu, this option enables you to view the text in various forms. Let’s see how it helps further.
How to Zoom in and Zoom Out in Notepad
To increase and decrease the size of the text in your notepad, follow the steps as given and execute the control as per your requirement.
1. Launch Notepad.
2. Click on the View menu bar from the Notepad window and select the Zoom option. Then, select the Zoom In to expand the size of your text as per your need.
3. Click on the View menu bar from the Notepad window and select the Zoom option. Then, select the Zoom Out to decrease the size of your text as per your need.
If you want your words to be the same size as before, you must return notepad text to default zoom. There is an option in the Zoom context menu, which is, Restore Default Zoom restores your text size in your regular format.
Status Bar In Notepad
Basic information about the document you are typing on is shown in the status bar, which sits at the bottom of the Notepad window. The bar might eventually need to be removed or added, though. What’s the best course of action then?
1. Launch Notepad on your system.
2. On the Notepad window, click the View menu bar and select the Status Bar option from the context menu.
3. To remove the same, just click the Status Bar option to uncheck it. This way you’ll not be able to view the status bar option in your Notepad main page.
Help Menu in Notepad
To use the help options present in the Notepad application, follow the below mentioned steps to find the option destination.
1. Open Notepad in your computer.
2. Select the Help menu from the Notepad window. You’ll find three following options listed in the context menu – View Help, Send Feedback, About Notepad.
Notepad Keyboard Shortcuts
| Shortcut Keys | Functionality |
| Esc | Closes the dialog box that appears on screen |
| F1 | Opens Microsoft Help feature on your Notepad |
| F5 | Inserts current date and time on the Notepad |
| Alt + E | Opens Edit menu |
| Alt + F | Opens File menu |
| Alt + H | Opens Help menu |
| Alt + O | Opens Format menu |
| Alt + V | Opens View menu |
| Ctrl + Tab | To provide space between two texts |
| Ctrl + [+ or -] | Page zoom in and zoom out |
| Ctrl + A | Selects all texts on the Notepad |
| Ctrl + E | To search any letter, word, or special character on the Bing search engine directly. |
| Ctrl + F or F3 | Open text find dialog box |
| Ctrl + H | Open text replace dialog box |
| Ctrl + I | Provides space between two texts |
| Ctrl + J or Ctrl + M | Breaks a particular line |
| Ctrl + N | Opens a new note |
| Ctrl + Shift + N | Open a new note in a new window |
| Ctrl + P | Opens print dialog box |
| Ctrl + S | Saves the note |
| Ctrl + Shift + S | Open save dialog box and browse the file location |
| Ctrl + W | Exits the Notepad window |
| F10 | Changing the text cursor into normal select mode on the Notepad |
| PgUp | Directly jumps to the top of the page |
| PgDn | Directly jumps to the bottom of the page |
| Left/Right Arrow | Moves the text cursor left or right |
| Up/Down Arrow | Moves the text cursor up or down |
FAQs
How to recover a Notepad file?
Users can retrieve or restore a deleted Notepad file from the Windows operating system’s recycle bin. The recycle bin keeps the computer’s deleted files for 30 days. Find the notepad file in the recycle bin on your computing device. Click the restore button when you see the selected Notepad file to download it once more to your computer.
Is there an Autosave feature in the Notepad application?
Unfortunately, no. The Microsoft Notepad application does not have an autosave feature. You need to look for similar alternative applications to experience the autosave feature.
Are Notepad and Notepad++ applications similar or different?
Notepad and Notepad++ are two different applications. You can store and edit text on your computer device using Notepad. The text files are saved with the.txt extension and Notepad supports practically all languages. The Notepad ++ application, on the other hand, is a more sophisticated version of the Notepad application.
Final Words
In Windows 10, notepad has a lot of capabilities. We have attempted to cover the key points in this article, such as how to open notepad on Windows 10 and how to utilize it. If you are still unsure of something or are unable to solve your problem with Notepad, you might consider contacting the Microsoft community for assistance with notepad in Windows 10.
Windows Notepad is a simple text editor program for Microsoft Windows which enables computer users to create and edit plain text documents. It was first released as a mouse-based MS-DOS program in 1983, and has been included in all versions of Windows since Windows 1.0 in 1985.
History[]
In May 1983, at the COMDEX computer expo in Atlanta, Microsoft introduced the Multi-Tool Notepad, a mouse-based text editor that Richard Brodie had created, along with the US$195 Microsoft Mouse. Multi-Tool Word, a word processor that Charles Simonyi was developing and supported the mouse, also appeared at COMDEX.[1] It has been included with all versions of Microsoft Windows since Windows 1.0 in 1985.[2][3]
Features[]
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Notepad is a text editor, or an app specialized in editing plain text. It can edit text files (bearing the «.txt» filename extension) and compatible formats such as batch files, INI files, and log files.
Notepad offers only the most basic text manipulation functions, such as finding and replacing text. Until Windows Me, there were almost no keyboard shortcuts and no line-counting feature. Starting with Windows 2000, shortcuts for common commands like «New», «Open», and «Save» were added, as well as a status bar with a line counter (available only when word-wrap is disabled). Prior to Windows 10 version 1809, Notepad could not properly interpret either Unix-style or Mac-style newline characters.[4] Windows 10 version 1809 also added the CTRL+Backspace keyboard shortcut (deletes the previous word), zoom functionality, the ability to zoom in and out, and the «Search with Bing» function.[5][6]
Improving performance has been the main focus of Notepad’s development. As part of this effort, Notepad is capable of reading text files even when other apps have acquired a range-based lock on the file.[7]
On Windows 95 and earlier, Notepad renders text files in the Fixedsys font. Starting with Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 98, it allows users to choose their own font to display the text. They cannot, however, select individual parts of the text and change their fonts. Its default font changed to Lucida Console on Windows 2000, and Consolas on Windows 8.
Notepad can print files. It allows customizing headers, footers, and margins before printing. The date, file name, and other information can be placed in the headers and footers with various codes consisting of an ampersand (‘&’) followed by a letter.
Notepad accepts text from the Windows clipboard, but only in the CF_TEXT format. It strips the pasted text of any embedded font and style information. One could temporarily paste formatted text into Notepad, then immediately copy it again to obtain the raw text.
Notepad has a simple logging function. Each time it opens a file with «.LOG» on its first line, the app inserts a timestamp on the file’s last line.
Supported file types[]
If a text file in Notepad is saved with any of the following extensions at the end of the filename, it will identify as one of the following file types:[8]
Plain text ASCII art displayed in Notepad.
- .txt (Plain Text File)
- .bat (Batch File)
- .exe (Executable File)
- .reg (Windows Registry File)
- .jar (Java Archive File)
- .vbs (Visual Basic Script File)
- .js (JavaScript File)
- .eml (Email File)
- .arj (Archived by Robert Jung File)
- .dll (Dynamic Link Library File)
- .sys (Windows System File)
- .html (HTML Script File)
- .tar (TAR Archive File)
- .com (COM Executable File)
- .ini (Initialization Configuration File)
- .css (Cascading Style Sheets File)
Features[]
Screenshot of Notepad on Windows Vista.
Notepad is a common text-only (plain text) editor. The resulting files—typically saved with the .txt extension—have no format tags or styles, making the program suitable for editing system files that are to be used in a DOS environment.
Notepad supports both left-to-right and right-to-left based languages, and one can alternate between these viewing formats by using the right or left Ctrl+Shift keys to go to right-to-left format or left-to-right format, respectively.
Unlike WordPad, Notepad does not treat newlines in Unix- or Mac OS-style text files correctly.
Early versions of Notepad offered only the most basic functions, such as finding text. Newer versions of Windows include an updated version of Notepad with a search and replace function (Ctrl + H), as well as Ctrl + F for search and similar keyboard shortcuts.
Notepad makes use of a built-in window class named «EDIT». In older versions such as those included with Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me and Windows 3.1, there is a 64k limit on the size of the file being edited, an operating system limit of the EDIT class.
Up to Windows 95, Fixedsys was the only available font for Notepad. Windows NT 4.0 and 98 introduced the ability to change this font. As of Windows 2000, the default font was changed to Lucida Console. The font setting, however, only affects how the text is shown to the user and how it is printed, not how the file is saved to disk.
Up to Windows Me, there were almost no keyboard shortcuts and no line-counting feature. Starting with Windows 2000, shortcuts for common tasks like new, open, and save were added, as well as a status-bar with a line counter (available only when word-wrap is disabled).
In the Windows NT-based versions of Windows, Notepad can edit traditional 8-bit text files as well as Unicode text files (both UTF-8 and UTF-16, and in case of UTF-16, both little-endian and big-endian).
Notepad also has a simple built-in logging function. Each time a file that starts with .LOG is opened, the program inserts a text timestamp on the last line of the file.
Notepad accepts text from the Windows clipboard. When clipboard data with multiple formats is pasted into Notepad, the program will only accept text in the CF_TEXT format. This is useful for stripping embedded font type and style codes from formatted text, such as when copying text from a web page and pasting into an email message or other WYSIWYG text editor. The formatted text is temporarily pasted into Notepad, and then immediately copied again in stripped format to be pasted into the other program.
Simple text editors like Notepad may be used to edit text with markup, such as HTML. However, because they lack many features (such as syntax highlighting), web developers may favor more specialized editors for this purpose.
Unicode detection[]
The Windows NT version of Notepad, installed by default on Windows 2000 and Windows XP, has the ability to detect Unicode files even when they are missing a byte order mark. To do this, it utilizes a Windows API function called IsTextUnicode(). However, this function is imperfect, incorrectly identifying some all-lowercase ASCII text as UTF-16. As a result, Notepad interprets a file containing a phrase like «aaaa aaa aaa aaaaa» («4-3-3-5») as two-byte Unicode text file and attempts to display it as such. If a font with support for Chinese is installed, nine Chinese characters (桴獩愠灰挠湡戠敲歡) are displayed; otherwise, it will display squares instead of Chinese characters.
A few people misinterpreted this issue for an easter egg. Many phrases which fit the pattern (including “this app can break”, “Bush hid the facts” and “acre vai pra globo”) appeared on the web as hoaxes. Windows expert Raymond Chen correctly attributed it to the Unicode detection algorithm.
This issue has been resolved in the Windows Vista and Windows 7 versions of Notepad.
Competing software[]
Notepad does not require a lock on the file it opens, so it can open files already opened by other processes, users, or computers, whereas WordPad cannot. Also, since Notepad lacks advanced formatting functionality, many people find its simple interface faster and easier to use for basic text operations. The MS-DOS Editor, especially as updated in Windows 95, where it became an MDI (Multiple document interface) application, also provides many features never offered by Notepad.
There are many third-party replacements for Notepad with additional functionality, including both free software (e.g. Notepad++ and Notepad2) and freeware (e.g. TED Notepad).
Notepad lacks many features available in other text editors, such as Unix-format newlines, code folding, regular expressions, macros, block-select, and MDI (Multiple document interface), and lacks full support for line-wrapping.
References[]
- ↑ «The good, bad and ugly history of Microsoft hardware» (in en). PCWorld.
- ↑ Windows 1.01, ToastyTech. Accessed 2022-01-26.
- ↑ Windows turns 35: A visual history by Tom Warren, The Verge. 2020-11-20.
- ↑ Introducing extended line endings support in Notepad by Michel Lopez, Microsoft. 2018-05-08.
- ↑ Check out all the changes in Notepad in the October 2018 Update by Mauro Huculak, Windows Central, 2018-10-05.
- ↑ New features in Notepad in Windows 10, The Windows Club, 2018-10-09.
- ↑ Maintaining Notepad is not a full-time job, but it’s not an empty job either by Raymond Chen, Microsoft. «To load a file, Notepad maps a view of the file as a memory-mapped file and uses that as the source. The code figures out the encoding, performs a code page conversion to UTF-16LE if necessary, puts the result in a memory block, and then uses the EM_SETHANDLE message to hand that entire block to the edit control.»
- ↑ Microsoft Notepad: Supported File Types, FileInfo.com. Accessed 2022-01-22.
See also[]
- WordPad
- Microsoft Windows
External links[]
- Notepad in Windows XP Product Documentation at Microsoft.com
- Notepad FAQ in Windows Vista documentation at Microsoft.com
- Windows Notepad at Microsoft
- Help in Notepad at Microsoft Support
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