Tuesday 24 May 2016

Notepad Tricks For Windows Users.

The Notepad in Windows is one of the most used programs. It is a very basic text editor you can use for simple documents. Lets us have a look at some Notepad tricks that will help you.



Notepad is a built-in basic text editor included in the Windows Operating System, which is also used to save certain file formats like Registry files, Batch files, Script files, etc.

1:To add a date and time stamp to an open Notepad, simply hit F5.

You will see it displayed as : 24:25 24-05-2016

2:At the first line of a Notepad file, type: .LOG   

This will put a timestamp at the end of the file, every time you open it.

3:To change the font used in Notepad, click Format > Font and select the font and style you prefer!

4:To customize the Page setup, size & side margins, click on File > page Setup to see the options.

5:The Status Bar appear at the bottom of the Notepad and gives the information like the number of line   and the number of columns, the text is occupying. show to enable Status Bar in Notepad.

6:You can remove or change Notepad headers and folders. If you open Notepad > File > Page Setup,     you will see that the default header and footer settings are:
  • Headers: &f
  • Footers: Page & p

These commands will display the title of the document on the top & page number at the bottom.

To change headers and footers, you can use the following commands in the Header & Footer fields given in the Page Setup Box:

  • &l----->Left-align the characters that follow
  • &c----->Centre the characters that follow
  • &r----->Right-align the characters that follow
  • &d----->Print the current date 
  • &t------>Print the current time 
  • &f------>Print the name of the document
  • &p------>Print the page number

If you leave the Header or Footer text box empty, no header or footer will print. You can also insert words into the Header and Footer text box and they will print in their appropriate position. All header
and footer setting must be entered manually each time you want to print a document. These settings can't be saved.

7:To make the text align to the right side, right click inside the Notepad and select Right to left reading order.



8:If your Notepad is working properly, this is how you can reset Notepad to default settings. Share to others and Follow for Update, Thankyou!

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