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- Price: Free to try $29.00 to buy
- Operating system: Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: August 18, 2009
- Total Downloads: 1,118,088
- Downloads last week: 1,245
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 61 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: Jessica Dolcourt on December 09, 2008
When Word is too much and Notepad isn't enough, you might want to give TextPad a look. The text tool requires little drive space, but comes with a surprising array of unique features that are especially useful for programming tasks. A group of simple formatting tools such as indenting, line numbering, character transposing, and condition-based word wrapping help keep code in order. It offers excellent customization features, letting you create formatting and code coloring specific to whatever language you're programming in. Those looking for a robust tool for low-end desktop publishing will be disappointed, however. TextPad works best for programmers and other people who need a full-featured tool for plain text.
Publisher's description
From Helios Software Solutions :When just getting the job done is work enough, the last thing you need is to waste time having to learn yet another computer application. Your experience with other tools should be relevant to each new application, making it possible to sit down and use that new application right away.
That's why TextPad is so popular. Whether you simply need a powerful replacement for Notepad, a tool for editing your web pages, or a programming IDE, TextPad does what you want, the way you would expect.
Version 5.3.1 has resolved help menu commands which did not work and explorer crash on double clicking Desktop item.
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Version 5.3.1 has resolved help menu commands which did not work and explorer crash on double clicking Desktop item.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 4.6 stars out of 61 votes
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Version: TextPad 5.3.1
"Good features, very slow on large files"
Pros: Powerful,
Lots of cool features,
Fairly good UICons: Very slow on large files (>500 MB)
Summary: The latest version seems to have broken its ability to handle large files well. Where earlier versions (4.7.x) opened, edited and saved large files (>500 MB) with aplomb, the latest version (5.3.1) has become agonizingly and enragingly slow.
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Version: TextPad 5.3.1
"One of the very best plain text editors for many years."
Pros: Robust, easy to use, and at least as fully-featured as any of the alternatives.
Cons: While a minor point, it is clearly designed for use by coders and so those wishing to use it for simple plain text editing often turn off a few defaults to move the coder-specific functionality out of the way. So what, really?
Summary: Just get it.
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Version: TextPad 5.3.1
Pros: This is one of those tools thats just good. Once it's in your toolbox you won't be parted from it. No more need be said.
Cons: Can't think of any...
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: TextPad 5.3.1
Pros: Customizable margins, colors, document properties, and so on. Better than Notepad but not an IDE.
Cons: It serves it's purpose. I use it to just plink around in HTML.
Summary: It is not a professional's development tool but I like to do things "old school" so TextPad is my canvas.
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: TextPad 5.3.1
"Tried many others, but I always go back to TextPad"
Pros: Easy to customize, lots of templates available
Cons: Would like to see the ability to collapse blocks of code
Summary: It's not perfect, but it suits my needs better than any of the other products I've tried.
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