It doesn’t do syntax highlighting for code like Notepad++ does, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing, especially if you’re not a coder. My second favorite would have to be EditPad Lite because it’s actually more like Notepad than Notepad++ is. Notepad++ is also actively developed and they release updates fairly often. This tool is very popular amongst coders and it supports a whole bunch of languages including C, C++, C#, Objective C, Pascal, HTML, and XML to name just a few. However, the main features of Notepad++ that make it really useful are syntax highlighting when writing code, syntax folding, multi-editing, aut0-completion, WYSIWYG for printing and lots more.

If you just want Notepad with a couple of extra features like line numbers, better search, multi-tabbed interface, spell check, etc, then you can just use Notepad++ out of the box as is. It has a whole bunch of features that make it great for simple or complex tasks.

Notepad++ is probably the most popular text editor that is used outside of Notepad.

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