Text Pad

The couple of text editors Windows puts at your disposal can be used for both plain and rich text files. Needless to say that there’s also a way to write programming code. Regardless of purpose, you can also rely on third-party applications like Text Pad to fulfill different writing tasks, as long as they’re not too complex.

There are a few things which you notice quickly. First of all, there’s no setup involved, so you’re free to store it on a thumb drive in case you want to always have it at hand. On the other hand, you need to check whether or not .NET Framework is on your computer, otherwise the program doesn’t work.

The application tries to make things pretty simple, and in this regard, the visual design is kept pretty clean, with most of the space reserved for the text you wish to write, while the upper toolbar holds most functions required in the process. You can either start a project from scratch, or open up and existing one.

You might want to keep things quite simple. The application supports both plain and rich text file formats, and this can be used to your advantage both when it comes to import and export. Needless to say that this means you also have some degree of control over font customization options.

The application lets you use the default font editing window, with different fonts, styles, attributes, and even colors. On the downside, all customization you benefit from applies to the entire text, without the possibility to put emphasis on particular elements. Other edit options include some basics, like copy, paste, or cut.

Taking everything into consideration, we can state that Text Pad, if to be compared, is a rather simple text editor you can place among the basic tools Windows provides, so it mostly comes in handy for basic operations in case you don’t really like the tools provided by default.