Notepad Fundamental || How to Use Notepad? || What is the Use of Notepad ? || How to Open Notepad?

 Notepad Application Software

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Introduction 

What is notepad?

Notepad is a simple text editor for Microsoft Windows and a basic text-editing program which enables computer users to create documents. In general ways Notepad is text editor which is usually used in simple writing and for programming language. It is also a kind of utility software and it extension name is .txt. that is the full form text. 

History 

In May 1983, at the COMDEX computer expo in Atlanta, Microsoft introduced the Multi-Tool Notepad, a mouse-based text editor Richard Brodie had create Microsoft company has first time released its window notepad version 1.0 in windows. Microsoft owner bill gates convinced by Rowland Hanson to release the notepad first version and then multi tool notepad and multi tool word became window notepad and Microsoft word respectively.

📌How to open notepad?

 

First way to open notepad:

    Window Key + R = RUN

Then write in the input box {notepad} click on okay button,

Notepad window will open.

Second way to open notepad:

Ø  Click on the window button on the taskbar.

Ø  If you are using window 7 find the option of accessories command.

Ø  In another windows like window 10, 11 find the option of windows accessories command.

Ø  Click on the accessories (windows accessories).

Ø  Then you will find the notepad icon and then left click on the icon and your notepad window will start.

Ø  Click on the search box on the taskbar then search the notepad program. And notepad icon will be show on click of icon.

 

 

 

 

Uses of Notepad

1. 1.  Simple writing.
2. 2.  Blog writing.
3. 3.  YouTube content writing.
4. 4.  Essay writing.
5. 5.  Writing Programming languages.
6. 6.  It is also used for re-editing in the notepad file.

Information of notepad windows

Title bar shows title of the Program. And has the minimize, maximize/resize, and close buttons it’s called program control buttons.

What is in the menu bar?

 

A menu bar is a thin, horizontal bar containing the labels of menus in a GUI. The menu bar provides the user with a place in a window to find the majority of a program's essential functions. These functions include opening and closing files, editing text, and quitting the program.

 

FILE MENU: (Alt+F)

 

To open file menu you have to click Alt key + F file menu will show up

Or you can also open file menu by mouse on clicking left corner of the screen.

File menu will be open in which there are many options and options are very important to maintain any file.

NEW (Ctrl +N)

 

This command is used for making new document in the file, for this option you can use shortcut key Ctrl + N or you can simply go on file menu and left click by mouse at new option.

 

NEW WINDOW

New window command is used for opening new window of notepad where you can make fresh documents it’s shortcut key is Ctrl+Shift+N or you can also open new window by the use of mouse, and new window will open.

OPEN

The file which are already saved in the notepad open command is used to open those files, the shortcut key of this option is Ctrl+O Or you can also open the file by the use of mouse.

SAVE

Save command is used for saving Any document which have been created. The keyboard shortcut key is Ctrl+S, or you can also save the file by the use of mouse.

SAVE AS

This command is used for saving the same document with another name  which have been already saved in the notepad. The keyboard shortcut is Ctrl+Shift+S or file can be also saved by the use of mouse.

PAGE SETUP

Page setup command is used to change the size of the page, and by the use of this option you can set the size, orientation and margin of the page easily.

PRINT

Print command is used for making print of any document which have been created in the notepad file. The shortcut key of this command is Ctrl+P.

EXIT

Exit command is used to close the notepad, by this option you can exit from the notepad.

To close the window or to exit from notepad you can also use the keyboard shortcut key Alt+F4.

EDIT MENU (Alt+E)

Edit menu is used for making some alteration in the action which have done previously. Let’s come and know about them in detail.

UNDO

This command is used to get back the previously done action again like any text, sentence which have maybe erased mistakenly. The shortcut key is Ctrl+Z.

CUT

This command is used to cut or earase any word, sentence or action and change the place of them from current palce. This command will only active if the required text, sentence or action is selected.it’s keyboard shortcut key is Ctrl+X.

 

COPY

In notepad this ommand is used to copy any word, sentence and action, Ctrl+C is the shortcut key of this command.

PASTE

Paste commnd is used to move the copied action from anywhere like from another file or the same document you can paste the copied action easily .the shortcut key is ctrl+V.

 

DELETE

Delete command is useful for deleting any action performed in the notepad,the delete key is available in the keyboard.

 

SEARCH WITH BING

This feature allows the user to select text in and then “search with bing” to open the default browser and search for the selected text. The shortcut key of this command is Ctrl+E.

 

FIND

Find command is used to find out the selected word, sentence in the written material of the notepad. And Ctrl+F is the shortcut key of this command.

 

FIND NEXT

The same word, sentence which you have find out from the written material with the use of FIND Command  you can also find out in the same page if written elsewhere after that.  The shortcut key of this command is F3.

 

FIND PREVIOUS

The use of this command is as same as “Find and Find next Command” but the difference is that you can find the same word or sentence if it is written previous to the word or sentence which you have found. Shift+F3 is the shortcut key of this command.

 

REPLACE

This command is very useful if there is already a document has written if you want to change any word or senence in the document which have been witten multiple time in the document you can change the word by the help of Replace command. The shortcut key is Ctrl+H.

 

GO TO

This command is used to jump on the particular line written in the document.  This is very convenient to go on any line by this command, the shortcut key of this command is Ctrl+G.

 

 

 

SELECT ALL

Select all command is used to select all the written text in the document, the shortcut key of this command is Ctrl+A.

 

TIME/DATE

In notepad program This command is used to insert the current time/date in present situation. The shortcut key is F5.

 

FORMAT Menu  (Alt+O)

 

 

WORD WRAP

This command is used to convert a long written line into multiple lines according to notepad window.

 

FONT

This command is used In the  notepad program to set up the font .

For example:

Ø  FONT :- with it you can the font face according to you.

Ø  FONT STYLE :- You can change font style like, Bold or Italic etc.

Ø  FONT SIZE :- you can change the size of font as you want.

 

 

VIEW (Alt+V)

 

ZOOM

In view menu zoom command is used for maintaining the size of the notepad document.in this command there are three options.

Ø  ZOOM IN

This option is often used to make the big size of the document. When you click on the zoom in the size of the document will automatically will become bigger than original size of the document.

Ø  ZOOM OUT

This option is often used to make the size of document small , when you click on the zoom out the size of document will automatically reduce.

Ø  RESTORE DEFAULT ZOOM

By his option you can maintain the original (100%) size of the document. When you click on the option the size will change into normal size.

STATUS BAR

Status bar gives the information like the number of line and column; the text occupies.

If you click on the status bar the status bar from the bottom line will disappear, and by re-click status bar will show up again.

HELP (Alt+H),(F1) 

View Help: It’s used for the Study of Notepad Commands.

SEND FEEDBACK:

About Notepad:  Check the Version of Notepad and Windows OS Build Number. 

Differences between window 7 & window 10, windows 11

Sr No	(Window7) NOTEPAD	(Window10) NOTEPAD	(Window11) NOTEPAD
1	Version 6.2	Version OS Build 1602	Version OS Build 19042 1889
2	New Window Option Is Not Available in Notepad Windows 7.	New Window Option Is available in Notepad Windows 10.	New Window Option Is available in Notepad Windows 11.
3	Zoom Option Is Not available	Zoom Option Is Not available	Zoom Option Is available   10% To 500%
4	Not	Edit Menu in Search with Bing Search Engine	Edit Menu in Search with Bing Search Engine

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