You can make TextPad start up with a new document by checking an option on the General tab of the Preferences dialog box.
For those tricky edits where TextPad's extensive set of commands is insufficient, you can record a keystroke macro, or use powerful regular expressions with the Replace command.
You can select and edit columns of text by setting Block Select Mode on the Configure menu, or by using Alt+Left drag with the mouse.
You can make TextPad the application that Explorer or File Manager starts when you double click a file, using the Associations tab on its Preferences dialog box.
There is a bug in Windows 95 Explorer, such that if you use it to associate extensions with TextPad, it will not be able to open filenames containing spaces when you double click them. Make the association using the Associations tab on its Preferences dialog box instead.
You can append text to the clipboard by holding the Shift key down while clicking the Cut or Copy buttons.
Ctrl+left click in the left margin selects all lines.
You can change the settings shown on the status bar by double clicking them.
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You can save all open files by holding the Shift key down while clicking the Save button on the toolbar.
When you drag and drop text using the right mouse button, you get asked if you want to copy or move the text.
The Open File dialog box lets you open more than one file at once. Use Ctrl or Shift to select multiple files.
If you click the Save button on the toolbar, for an unmodified document, the Save As dialog box is displayed.
You can quickly find the next occurrence of some text by selecting it, and using the Find Next (Ctrl+F) command.
When you right click a "#include" line in a C/C++ source file, a command to open the included file is added to the pop up menu.
You can undo all changes, back to the last save checkpoint, by holding the Shift key down while clicking the Undo button on the toolbar, or by using Ctrl+Shift+Z.
TextPad's command line allows you to open files using wild cards. For example, you can open all .INI files using: txtpad32.exe "c:\windows\*.ini"
On Windows 95 and NT 4, you can create directories, and rename and delete files using the Open File dialog box, just like in Explorer.
You can change the default Open File filter by moving it to the top of the list on the Filters tab of the Preferences dialog box.
You can use Explorer's Send To command to open selected files with TextPad. Right click the selection, choose Send To, and pick TextPad from the cascading menu.
You can choose which macro to run by holding the Shift key down while clicking the Playback button.
If you don't mind typing file names, Ctrl+Shift+O brings up a simple dialog box for opening a file.
You can create your own dictionaries for the spelling checker from a simple file of words, one per line.
When using the Save As dialog box, Windows 95 and NT 4 will not let you specify a name without an extension, nor an arbitrary extension that it does not recognize, unless you select "All Files (*.*)" as the Save as type, or enclose the name in quotes.
You can view the active HTML file in your web browser by right clicking it, and choosing the View HTML command.
In the Replace dialog box, you can use '\t' as a tab in the search and replace strings, if you check the Regular Expression check box.
You can change the preferences for the active document by right clicking it, and choosing the Properties command.
You can print to an alternative printer by holding the Shift key down while clicking the Print button.
You can change the printer settings by holding the Ctrl key down while clicking the Print button on the toolbar.
If you use the Reformat command in word-wrap mode, it preserves paragraph boundaries (defined by blank lines).
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If you right click the Search Output window, and select the Open All command, TextPad will open all the files containing text matched using the Find in Files command.
You can cancel the current selection using the ESC key.
If you just specify a path in the Second File field of the Compare dialog box, TextPad will look for a file with the same name as the First File.
You can use menu mnemonics with your keystroke macros, by placing a '&' before the character in the name you give the macro when you save it.
You can print with a different font from the one that you use on the screen.
You can add a compiler to the Tools menu, to compile the file that you are editing, and use its error messages to jump to the corresponding source line.
You can use the Mark All button on the Find dialog box to place bookmarks on all matching lines, then use the commands on the Edit menu to cut, copy or delete them all.
The macro recorder ignores mouse movement, but double click is recorded as "Select Word", and triple click as "Select Line".
You can turn on line numbering on the View tab of the Preferences dialog box.
You can get summary information about the active document, by double clicking the message field on the status bar.
You can insert a file by holding the Shift key down while clicking the Paste button on the toolbar.
You have now seen all the tips, but you can discover a lot of other useful information in the on-line help.
