Notepad

 

NOTEPAD

Notepad is an accessory of windows. It is also called text editor. So its extension name is .txt. It is used to create, open, save, save as the file. It is also used to printing the document in black and white. It is more advanced than dos.

Starting notepad

 

Start—all programs—accessories—notepad

Or

Double left click on the icon of notepad on the desktop.

Notepad window will be shown which is given below

File menu

To open file menu, click on file. A new pull down menu will be open:-

New

Open

Save

Save as

Page setup

Print

Exit

Page setup

 It is used to setting the page for printing.  It displays how will print the document on paper. For this, click on file menu then after page setup. A new dialog box will be open:-

Edit menu

To open edit menu, click on edit. A new pull down menu will be open:-

Undo

Cut

Copy

Paste

Delete

Find

Find next

Replace

Go to

Select all

Time/date

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Undo

It is used to repeat the last undone action. For this, go to edit menu and click on undo or press “CTRL+Z” from keyboard.

Go to

It is used to go to specific page or line of current document. For this, click on edit menu and then click on “go to”. A new dialog box will be open.

Select All

 This command selects all contents of current file. For this, open the file and click on “select all” or press “CTRL+A” from keyboard. All the text will be selected.

Time/Date

 This command inserts current date and time in the file. For this, go to edit menu and click on Time/Date or press “F-5” from keyboard.

Format Menu

To open format menu, click on format. A new pull down menu will be open:-

Word wrap

Font

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(i)Word wrap:- This command changes the paragraph or line without pressing enter.

           Click on ‘FormatàWord wrap’

(ii)Font:- The ‘Font’ command is used to change font type, size, style of the text in current file.

 

Click on ‘FormatàFont