Basic Notepad vs Notepad++
A side-by-side look at Basic Notepad and Notepad++. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.
Basic Notepad
Office & Productivity
Basic Notepad is a simple text editor for Windows that allows users to open, edit, and save plain text documents. It has basic formatting functions like font and text size changes. Useful for quickly taking notes or writing short documents.
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Notepad++
Development
Notepad++ is a free and open-source text editor for Windows. It supports syntax highlighting for over 100 programming languages and markup languages. Notepad++ is highly customizable with plugins and themes and includes features like multi-view editing, macro recording and code folding.
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