TED Notepad for Windows

User Reviews

• My Notepad replacement, after trying out 10-15 others

  kjbaumgaNovember 6, 2014

  Pros

  It's small and fast. Lots of features. Autosave - critical for people who use their Notepad replacement frequently, but rare for notepad replacement programs. Sophisticated search function. Nice set of text utilities, such as tools for capitalizing words in various ways (surprisingly useful), extended replace (replacing beyond line limits), removing duplicate lines, many more. This is the best I've found for jotting down notes, writing drafts of letters, all manner of simple text chores.

  Cons

  Not a programmer's editor, but I use a separate editor for that. Thus, no searching across files, or programming language syntax coloring, and so on. My least favorite feature is that it doesn't auto-save files until you name them, but no other notepad replacement I tried has this either. No MDI (multiple document interface), but if you use windows 7-8 all the windows are stacked on the taskbar anyway.

  Summary

  I use multiple text editors depending on my needs, since they take up very little space on modern machines. But this one is my default one for text-only files. (My default for formatted Text files is TextMaker.) I also use Notepad++ and TextPad. Those programs are overkill for simple writing and note-taking tasks. Among my most used programs.

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• Such a good app

  jackwilliams4780September 30, 2013

  Pros

  Utility has focused design and multiple clipboards.

  Cons

  Single document only.

  Summary

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• Good -but I miss "Make Link" feature for a URL in text

  ikamiDecember 28, 2012

  Pros

  Can choose background color

  Cons

  No underscores Window for Clipboards is too small

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• Bye bye Win Notepad!

  Jim HarmonMay 21, 2012

  Pros

  Very fast and capable

  Cons

  I haven't come across one con yet

  Summary

  My favorite feature is its ability to handle regular expressions (regexps) during search & replace. This one feature turns what would be a massive headache into a piece of cake.

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• Great! Keeps what's good in Notepad, adds more

  kjbaumgaJuly 27, 2010

  Pros

  CONTAINS AUTOMATIC TIMED BACKUPS OF TEXT FILES. No more losing data because you forgot to save -- this was the ONLY good, small editor I found that has this feature! Good set of text-manipulation utilities. Smart, clean design.

  Cons

  Lacks bells and whistles of other editors, but I need a simple small editor most often. I use more powerful, resource hungry editors when needed.

  Summary

  EVERY text editor should automatically save your work periodically! Who doesn't lose data when the computer goes down for whatever reason? This is the best notepad replacement that has this feature. Not even fancier, higher-memory editors like Notepad++ have it! Recommended.

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• Fantastic text editor--features without bloat

  TheDrewsterApril 16, 2010

  Pros

  Fast. Lots of unique features--statistics, navigation, remove dups, change case, modify start and ends of lines, . etc etc.

  Cons

  No bookmarks, no tabbed interface, no unlimited undo.

  Summary

  Have replaced Win Notepad with this and have not looked back. More easily and quickly doing what I used to do on Notepad... and so much more. If the cons are a deal breaker for you try Notepad++ or TextPad, but both lack many of TED's features.

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• Works for me

  elioth37June 25, 2009

  Pros

  Good set of features and many extras

  Cons

  No toolbar

  Summary

  This seems to be a nice piece to my collection.

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• trully powerful text transformer

  rigoletoskaterJune 24, 2009

  Pros

  unique lines, sort lines

  Cons

  no toolbar :(

  Summary

  chrome-less by definition: useful features only, no shiny bloat..

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• Every new version is a big advancement..

  kewwinJune 24, 2009

  Pros

  Many many text functions and tools..

  Cons

  None for me.

  Summary

  It's light-weight, small and fast with big features that other text editors don't have.

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