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Clarifications concerning NOTEPAD (Reply to this comment)
by neomartin
Given both the actual opinion as well as a few of the comments made in response to this opinion, I write this comment for everyone.
It is true that NOTEPAD loads very quickly. However, this is because NOTEPAD is a very simple program.
While NOTEPAD can be used for making HTML files, NOTEPAD is simply a general purpose text editor, and HTML files are simply text files containing HTML tags at strategic locations.
Since NOTEPAD is a text editor and not a word processor, the only formatting available is within Page Setup as well as the manual returns we make for each line; font formatting makes no sense on a text editor. (Wordpad is a simple word processing program, so it can be used to select fonts and format text.)
The computer I use at home was built for me in 1997, and it has Windows '95 on it. On my system, NOTEPAD has no feature for setting a font. Maybe I need to download an updated version of NOTEPAD for Windows '95, but the menus in NOTEPAD vary among the operating systems (Windows '95, Windows NT 4.0, possibly Win98 and Win2000).
With NOTEPAD, quick-and-dirty messages can be typed and printed. Small web page files can be made with NOTEPAD as long as the NOTEPAD user knows HTML. Data files can be created with NOTEPAD so that other programs can use them. None of the uses I mentioned requires font selection or text formatting beyond hitting the ENTER key to start a new line of text. NOTEPAD resembles a pocket-sized memo pad, so it can be used as a software equivalent.
If there are other clarifications to be made concerning NOTEPAD, please feel free to read my review on it from last night. NOTEPAD may not be the best, but it does have its uses for which it is ideal. I hope this helps set things straight.
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Aug 05 '01
1:43 pm PDT
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I see you made a few changes but... (Reply to this comment)
by Gr8ful
There are still some incorrect facts. Notepad was not designed for HTML, you can use it to edit HTML files and to view the source code but this is not what it was designed to do.
Notepad is a simple text editor and nothing more. You can however change the font veru easily if you have the latest version of it and if you don't you can change the font by simply changing the default system font.
Let me know if you update this again.
Gr8ful
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Jan 02 '01
9:03 am PST
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by foxfield
Thanks for your comments,
I changed the epinion. Im still not clear how to change the font on Notepad though! Maybe you could explain and re rate, If anything else is wrong please tell me. :)
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Jan 01 '01
8:41 am PST
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by foxfield
Thanks for your comments,
I changed the epinion. Im still not clear how to change the font on Notepad though! Maybe you could explain and re rate, If anything else is wrong please tell me. :)
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Jan 01 '01
8:40 am PST
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I agree (Reply to this comment)
by krial
I agree totally. While your opinion was nice, it was inaccurate, so I had to give it a SR. When notepad that shipped with early versions of Windows, it was really difficult to change the font/size, but since (I think) Windows 95 OSR2, you have been able to change it easily by clicking Edit -> Set Font. Notepad wasn't created for authoring HTML files, it was created for scripting, batch files, and writing simple text files. If you want to go re-write your opinion, I will be glad to come back and re-review it.
-- Frank
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Jan 01 '01
8:21 am PST
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by autoamerican
I had to NR your opinion. You CAN change colors/fonts in Notepad, but it's not easy to do. Also, Notepad has been around since the very first versions of Windows. The original grandfather of Notepad is EDIT.COM which was a standard in MS-DOS. Both Notepad and EDIT.COM's main function was to write batch files and scripts for DOS/Windows. As far as HTML, I "learn't" HTML using Notepad and found it much less confining than the "cheater" programs like Frontpage.
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Jan 01 '01
7:53 am PST
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Reason for SR... (Reply to this comment)
by Gr8ful
I agree with Mike, you have some incorrect facts in this review. One of which is the statement that you can't change the font, this is totally inaccurate. You can set the font and choose from any installed font on the computer, but you have to use the same font for the entire document. You can't mix the fonts.
If you edit this review and correct the wrong information, email me and I will return to rate again.
Gr8ful
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Jan 01 '01
7:50 am PST
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I disagree totally (Reply to this comment)
by MikeHussey
Notepad was not designed for HTML. Notepad has been with Windows since at least the 3.x days. If your facts would have been correct you would have got at least a reccommended.
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Jan 01 '01
7:45 am PST
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