Lean and mean, Notepad frees me from constant attempts by programmers to correct me, shape me, and otherwise force me into their ideas of what writing should be. I prefer free-form writing without bells and whistles to distract the user. Thank goodness for a word processor that does not process me to death. Furthermore, Notepad takes text from anything that can be selected and copied to the clipboard memory, and removes the ... (what's a nicer word?) – codes and stuff I don't want. Notepad and I can then copy the clean (ASCII standard) text to Word, website builder, blog, e-mail or whatever. My favorite keyboard commands (another subject for another post) keep hands where they belong, not straying to reach for a mouse unnecessarily. Old-school, but faster and easier for some elders who are slow to abandon the good old days.
Notepad is searchable and transferable (1996 files open in Windows 7, and I assume on Win8.) Great for documenting family history work and keeping a journal (F5 key inserts time & date.) Way better than a typewriter or phone! Oh, and did I mention its lightning-speed launching & saving, and leaner file size? (I grow old waiting on Word.) Sorry, Microsoft – I don't need or want your cute Sticky Notes.
As a team, Notepad and I are a work in progress, as is this post. If I had a photo of us together, the caption would read (my standard :)
"Notepad and me". How sweet it is – like icing and the cake!
