They created WordPad because of antitrust issues and never changed it. Try opening a Word document created by a recent version, it’s pretty useless today.
Notepad rules though, it even got UTF8 support recently-ish! /s
Can you format at all in Notepad++? I tend to use it for notes jot down in a rush or editing tiny scripts. For stuff that needs to look prettier, I tend to use Google Docs.
Yes and then some. It has built in support for a lot of programming languages plus allows you to add more. It also support extended and regex find/replace.
meanwhile, wordpad… probably used by more people over the age of seven than paint is, getting axed.
microsoft has office subs to sell, but they do not have a photoshop or gimp or even a paint.net alternative to sell.
They created WordPad because of antitrust issues and never changed it. Try opening a Word document created by a recent version, it’s pretty useless today.
Notepad rules though, it even got UTF8 support recently-ish! /s
I’ve been using Notepad++ for a good while now and it’s proven to be a great alternative to MS WordPad.
Can you format at all in Notepad++? I tend to use it for notes jot down in a rush or editing tiny scripts. For stuff that needs to look prettier, I tend to use Google Docs.
Yes and then some. It has built in support for a lot of programming languages plus allows you to add more. It also support extended and regex find/replace.
I think they’re just pushing people to use OneNote (which is free).