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Notepad is a basic text editor included in all versions of Windows since Windows 1.0.

Notepad is a basic text editor for editing plain text files. It has been included in all versions of Microsoft Windows since Windows 1.0. Unlike WordPad, the other text editor included in Windows, Notepad has no formatting capabilities and offers only the most basic functions.

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Application appears off screen

For some reason, notepad.exe starts up off the physical screen in some virtual location. As such I cannot use it. It's in the taskbar so I can kill it. Is there anyway to have it reset its top left corner so I can use it again?
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Is there a way to refresh Notepad?

Say, for example, that there's one process that's writing to a file. While the process is running, I opened the file in notepad. The process keeps writing to the file. Other than closing and reopening the file, is there any way for me to "refresh"…
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Why are my .txt files printed when I double-click them?

My Text files (.txt) are not opening. Instead, they are printing as the default command when I double-click on any file. I realized that the print command is default now and open is not the default command. How do i change it back?
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Recover the text from a notepad dump file

I was typing in notepad I then clicked save and it hanged so I went to task manager and clicked on the hanged process of notepad.exe "Create Dump File". I never got to save my .txt file ony the .dmp file. My dump file says notepad.dmp and is 104MB.…
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Notepad doesn't show line breaks

As the title says it, Notepad doesn't show line breaks, specifically \n. But in Windows Explorer, in the preview window, it does show line breaks that are just \n (really Microsoft?). After doing some experimentation, it turns out notepad actually…
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Insert bullets in Microsoft Notepad

Is there any shortcut to insert 'bullet' character in Microsoft Notepad ?
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Finding, deleting soft hyphens from a piece of text

I'm trying to clean up a piece of text I've copied from an OCR'd PDF. Currently the text contains a lot of (what I assume are) soft hyphens. This makes it difficult to 'Find' them in Notepad or Microsoft Word, which means it's difficult to delete…
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IS their any type of software like notepad wherein I can put images in it

I just wanted some program like notedpad which can store image as well as text in it. I know I can do this by using MS Word also. But notepad is faster, more responsive than MS Word. Can any one suggests some softwares or ideas to do this.
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Is automatic indent available for a notepad?

I am a windows 7 user. I need an automatic indent option for my notepad similar to that of the ubuntu gedit. Is that possible by any means?
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Add Current line to a pattern

I have a file with 2000 lines. I want to add the current line number between the (). For example: c-data (1).json c-data (2).json c-data (3).json c-data (4).json A screenshot of example test data:
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How can I copy all line of a notepad file that contain a specific word?

I have a large notepad TSV file that I need to copy all lines that contain a specific word in them and then paste them into an excel file. How do I go about doing this? Thanks!
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How to customize by modifying tab markers in Notepad ++ -

I am just started out to use "Notepad ++", after having used "WordPad" and "Office Word" for years, but I notice the tab settings are hidden somewhere in the menu settings of "Notepad ++". I would like to customize the tab distances by modifying…
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landscape in pagesetup cannot be chosen in notepad

I cannot choose landscape option in notepad. it is not enable. how can I enable it?
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Drag drop text into notepad

I want to copy and insert a text through drag and drop from a browser or text editors like UltraEdit or Notepad++. When I drag the text over Windows 7 notepad, it is not accepting the selected text. Does Windows 7 notepad accept any other types…
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How can i replace lines Serially?

i have two very very long texts, like this: text number 1: # @ woothemes #: comments.php:23 msgstr "text1" msgstr "" text number 2: # @ woothemes #: comments.php:23 msgid "text2" msgstr "" the result need to be like this: # @ woothemes #:…
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