Notepad has been synonymous with Microsoft Windows Operating System since its inception.

This built-in text editor is used to write programming code (HTML, PHP, ASP etc.) for website development. There are other makes use of too. This article will highlight those features. Here is the list.

1.Windows Notepad can be utilized to store messages with date and time. Open Notepad application. Type ”.LOG” in the first line without quotes. Save the file. Subsequent time while you open the file you will find notepad has added time and date to it. Nice way to create log/message files. This feature may also be activated by urgent the F5 key earlier than saving the file.

2. Notepad is handy whenever you wish to copy content from web pages and paste in Microsoft Excel or Word application. Normally, when you paste directly in Excel or Word, the result may be quite disastrous. The solution is Notepad.

Copy the content material from a webweb page and paste it in Notepad. Now, copy the content material from notepad online and paste in Microsoft Excel or Word using the Unicode method.

3. This is neither a tip nor a help command. This is called the 4 three three 5 sequence ( Notepad interprets this as unicode and not ANSI ). Write the next textual content in Notepad without quotes “Sara hid the info”. Save the file. Open and view the contents. Stunned!

4. Matrix impact: Open your notepad and type the following.

@echo off

coloration 02

:start

echo %random% %random% %random% %random% %random% %random% %random% %random% % random% %random%

goto start

Save this as a.bat file. Open this file after saving. Try to be able to see the matrix effect.

On a more considerate note. Type Q33N in notepad. It was the flight number of one of many planes that hit World Trade Center. Change the font to WINGDINGS. Check out the result. It appears our good old Notepad knew concerning the terror attack.