9th February 1999

Notepad isn't as bad as everyone thinks it is. It's small, fast, and (for the most part) efficient. It also has a few hidden tricks up its sleeve. For instance, if you want to insert the time and date, simply hit F5. Or, if you want to "log" the times you edit a particular text file, be sure to type: ".LOG" (without the quotes) as the first line of that file and save it. Now every time you open it up, the current date/time will be automatically stamped into it. Lockergnomie "Ap.Muthu" also brings up a great tip for when you're trying to save textual files without the .TXT extension: when you 'Save' or 'Save As', be sure to put the filename in quotes with the extension you want it to have. Example: "thisdoc.html" (with the quotes).