I have today been dabbling with Notepad for the first time since I started with computers in 1990. See my thread Are there different versions of Notepad?
I now know that Notepad is a simple text editor that can only save files in txt format and is so simple as to make me wonder why people don't use Wordpad instead. Can anyone tell me of any practical instances/examples where one would use Notepad over Wordpad?
This is not a facetious anti-Notepad question. In fact I have always used word processors (Word or Libreoffice Writer) because they have more capability but, if I did not have Word/Writer then I would use Wordpad. Maybe Notepad has some uses but I can't think what those might be. I can't ever see myself using Notepad hence my query in case I am missing something.
I now know that Notepad is a simple text editor that can only save files in txt format and is so simple as to make me wonder why people don't use Wordpad instead. Can anyone tell me of any practical instances/examples where one would use Notepad over Wordpad?
This is not a facetious anti-Notepad question. In fact I have always used word processors (Word or Libreoffice Writer) because they have more capability but, if I did not have Word/Writer then I would use Wordpad. Maybe Notepad has some uses but I can't think what those might be. I can't ever see myself using Notepad hence my query in case I am missing something.
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