Text editing is the order of the day from our computers, for which we use more or less complex specific applications. One of the best known proposals is Microsoft’s Word, although at the other extreme we also find the memo pad included in Windows itself.
Using one application or another will largely depend on the needs we have in each case, since there are all kinds of them. Before we have mentioned two clear examples in addition to well known because it could be said that they are at both ends. With this, what we want to tell you is that the program included in the Office suite is one of the most complete editors that we can find. On the contrary, if we do not need to create complex documents and we do not want to complicate our lives, the aforementioned Notepad is perfect.
In fact, here we are faced with a simple application that by default is included with the Redmond operating system itself. It has been with us for a good number of years and has not changed much since its inception. But it is necessary to bear in mind that, if something characterizes this tool, it is its simplicity and functionality. It is a text editor especially suitable for generating plain text documents that we can later use in multiple jobs. It will even help us to generate programming code that we will use later in the corresponding compilers.
However, and due to its widespread use, despite its simplicity, some users ask for other functions somewhat more in keeping with the times that run for Notepad.
Changes that should make it to Windows Notepad
For a few weeks now, there has been talk of the arrival of the dark mode to the aforementioned notepad in pre-versions of Windows. This is something that is expected shortly simply for everyone in the Microsoft system. Although it is not a particularly significant functional change, at the level of user interface It is important. However, the Redmond firm should work on other features to improve this text editor.
As a curiosity we will tell you that if we press the F5 key on the screen it will print, when working with the aforementioned Notepad, the current date and time. However, it is worth noting that this is one of the few key combinations that we find here. Although the work in this editor is not too complicated, it does miss certain combinations for some of its most common functions. In the same way, surely many also miss the power work directly in the cloud.
This would allow us to save our documents created here on platforms such as OneDrive from Microsoft itself. Changing the third, as happens with many other applications included in the system, one of the utilities that would be very welcome in Notepad, is the power work with tabs. This would allow us to open and edit multiple text documents simultaneously, all from a single window. In the absence of these tabs, we could at least split the screen to work with two projects at the same time.
At the same time, the available interface could be something more functional, for example, including a function tape superior as it happens with WordPad, among others.
