notepad

mbg · 06-06-2007, 03:57 AM

I thought Windows notepad was for writing a document and then being able to copy it off if you have a copier. When I opened it, it had all sorts of 'writing' on it- it looked like it was something to do with what sites I had visited. I see it says you can write a web page, what am I looking for to write a letter? Thanks, anyone.

eric92park · 06-06-2007, 04:01 AM

If you open such files as .cfg, .html. blah blah with notepad, yes you could modify them using array codes and html codes and things...
I will either use Microsoft WORDs or a Wordpad, not a notebook

[-0MEGA-] · 06-06-2007, 04:46 AM

Just launch notepad from the start menu and start typing. But even WordPad is a lot better then notepad.

mbg · 06-06-2007, 05:47 AM

I am looking at the icon at the top of my microsoft internet explorer bar- it looks like a pad of paper with a pencil. It says 'edit with notepadd', when you put the curser over it. It does not open to a blank screen- it has letters/numbers, that look like sites that I have already been on- I am confused as to what/why it opens like this.

leeroyMarv · 06-06-2007, 10:47 AM

It's probably just opening up the source code for the website that you're currently looking at in which case the output will look something like this;

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html dir="ltr" lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" />
<meta name="generator" content="vBulletin 3.6.7" />

e.t.c

heyman421 · 06-06-2007, 10:56 AM

might also want to look into notepad+, and nfo viewer, which are both excellent alternatives to notepad/wordpad

i prefer wordpad, myself, and have it set as the default viewer for all text/nfo documents

[-0MEGA-] · 06-06-2007, 01:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mbg

I am looking at the icon at the top of my microsoft internet explorer bar- it looks like a pad of paper with a pencil. It says 'edit with notepadd', when you put the curser over it. It does not open to a blank screen- it has letters/numbers, that look like sites that I have already been on- I am confused as to what/why it opens like this.

Thats why. When you click that it opens the source code of the web page with notepad.

macnoob · 06-06-2007, 05:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eric92park

If you open such files as .cfg, .html. blah blah with notepad, yes you could modify them using array codes and html codes and things...
I will either use Microsoft WORDs or a Wordpad, not a notebook

yeah but i use notepad for writing stuff in as well its saves .txt i thought

patrickv · 06-06-2007, 06:25 PM

notepad = edit config files, nfo's etc.
notepad = take notes lol

06-06-2007, 03:57 AM	#1 (permalink)
mbg New Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 22	notepad I thought Windows notepad was for writing a document and then being able to copy it off if you have a copier. When I opened it, it had all sorts of 'writing' on it- it looked like it was something to do with what sites I had visited. I see it says you can write a web page, what am I looking for to write a letter? Thanks, anyone.

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06-06-2007, 05:47 AM	#4 (permalink)
mbg New Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 22	I am looking at the icon at the top of my microsoft internet explorer bar- it looks like a pad of paper with a pencil. It says 'edit with notepadd', when you put the curser over it. It does not open to a blank screen- it has letters/numbers, that look like sites that I have already been on- I am confused as to what/why it opens like this.

06-06-2007, 10:47 AM	#5 (permalink)
leeroyMarv Silver Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 181	It's probably just opening up the source code for the website that you're currently looking at in which case the output will look something like this; <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html dir="ltr" lang="en"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" /> <meta name="generator" content="vBulletin 3.6.7" /> e.t.c

06-06-2007, 10:56 AM	#6 (permalink)
heyman421 banned Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,349	might also want to look into notepad+, and nfo viewer, which are both excellent alternatives to notepad/wordpad i prefer wordpad, myself, and have it set as the default viewer for all text/nfo documents

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