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When was the last time you used Notepad?

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rudeguy

Lifer
Dec 27, 2001
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I used it today. I use it every day at work. Easier for me to take notes on notepad than write it out. I type way faster than I write.
 

Leros

Lifer
Jul 11, 2004
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I use notepad when I want to take a quick notes or quickly save something. I use notepad++ for code when I don't want to open a full IDE.
 

alkemyst

No Lifer
Feb 13, 2001
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all the time especially for quick webpage edits.

I can type windows key-R, notepad, enter faster than most people can even see what I am doing.
 

IronWing

No Lifer
Jul 20, 2001
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I use notepad every day. I even have a link to notepad.exe in my taskbar I use it as my telephone message pad at work. I use it to strip formatting when copying/pasting from a browser to MS Office (which rocket surgeon decided that html should be the default format when copying to Office?).
 

lxskllr

No Lifer
Nov 30, 2004
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I use it a lot. Last time was a few days ago. I use Notepad++ for serious stuff, and Notepad for quick notes.
 

cherrytwist

Diamond Member
Apr 11, 2000
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Every day at work, sometimes at home. Probably within the last 24 hours I used it for something.
 

vi edit

Elite Member
Super Moderator
Oct 28, 1999
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all the time especially for quick webpage edits.

I can type windows key-R, notepad, enter faster than most people can even see what I am doing.

Yup. Same here. It takes less than a second to open. I use it daily to pick through log files and and as a clipboard for stuff.
 

Joemonkey

Diamond Member
Mar 3, 2001
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multiple times per day, mainly like others have said to strip out all text formatting. For coding I use notepad2
 

Jadow

Diamond Member
Feb 12, 2003
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I use it all the time to look at config files, xml files, raw data files, etc...
 
Jun 27, 2005
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I use it all the time for light system programming code... punch in the commands... save as... change the file extension... done.
 

BoomerD

No Lifer
Feb 26, 2006
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Last week...or was that Wordpad? Hell, I use them both fairly interchangeably.
 

Sumguy

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Jun 2, 2007
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I use it a couple of times per week.

Every now and then I have to make a quick note for some reason, but I mostly use it to write code in C or assembly. I am aware there are better programs out there for this reason (have one installed) but the stuff I write now is nowhere near long or complex enough to need them. Maybe if it was over 500 lines.