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What is TextPad?

TextPad7.4 is a powerful, general purpose editor for plain text files. Easy to use, with all the features a power user requires.

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TextPad7.4 is a powerful, general purpose editor for plain text files. Easy to use, with all the features a power user requires.


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Pankaj Kumar S.
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Pankaj Kumar S.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"TextPad - A Powerful Text Editor"
TextPad is one such tool which is mainly associated with text editing. It is used for editing large text files and working with them as it offers g...
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Josh B.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Gets it done"
Text pad is easy to use and full of features youd expect to pay for
Rajesh S.
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Rajesh S.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"One of the best Multi-document Interface (MDI) Editor"
User friendly editing tool with syntax highlighting features with seamless navigation between multiple editor file and wildcard search and replace ...
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What do you like best about TextPad?

It gives the ability to edit the multiformat document and provides all the languages as well like SQL etc., and I most like for comparing the multiple documents where I need to find the differences to make adjustments Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TextPad?

Sometimes for the large size document, it gets hung and crashes, but not always might be some data within the document Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is TextPad solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use it mostly for comparing XML editing, Macros, and SQL code writing which I feel it is perfect Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about TextPad?

The user-friendliness of the editor. It is small in size and is very easy to use. The in-built tools make working easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TextPad?

The overall UI is not super modern. It doesn't give the feel of a new latest text editor. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is TextPad solving and how is that benefiting you?

The benefit is the block select mode which makes the process less time-consuming. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about TextPad?

Very versatile. Opens all file types and allows coding and editing of flat files with ease Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TextPad?

Large files can sometimes take time to open, edit, sand save Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is TextPad solving and how is that benefiting you?

Editing flat files, analyzing flat file inputs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about TextPad?

Allowance for large file size, column mode options Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TextPad?

Flipping between file encoding is poor- no other issues Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering TextPad:

Excellent text editor with some great tools built in Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is TextPad solving and how is that benefiting you?

Great file compare tool / easy use of macros Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about TextPad?

It is the perfect complement to our work tools, completely avoiding wasting time, since we can organize our tasks and manage them neatly. In turn, the programming team can edit web pages with ease, I have even proclaimed an IDE, making the most of the team's capabilities thanks to its various functions. It is extremely powerful and functional, which is necessary to satisfy the most demanding text editing requirements, allowing you to edit files up to the limits of virtual memory, without presenting errors. Windows multiple document interface allows multiple files to be edited simultaneously up to 2 tabs at the same time, making it suitable for improved workflow. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TextPad?

It provides a highlight and various color codes, which is a very beneficial visual tool, although it may not seem like it at first glance, with this function it is much easier and faster to capture codes, even to refresh the vision of whoever does it. The bad thing about this aspect is that its support is somewhat limited, so far we have used it only in html, since it does not work with common ASP or Javascript. However, as a team we are satisfied with the potential contribution that software makes to our company. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering TextPad:

It is one of the most powerful text editors compatible with Windows. It has an accessible software design as it complies with the recommendations of the Microsoft Windows Guidelines. Its powerful interface and regular engine is compatible with Perl and JavaScript. It is very light and easy to start, very functional and has professional features, which make it the replacement par excellence and tools of the native notebook, providing greater benefits, to empower companies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is TextPad solving and how is that benefiting you?

Mainly, in addition to the usual cut and paste functions, we can correct commonly occurring typing errors, with commands to switch between upper and lower case or relocate words, characters and lines. The most important thing is that any change made can be undone or redone, even the first one made, which has been very helpful in case we make an unexpected mistake. We can work editing huge files, up to the limits of virtual memory, without presenting any inconvenience, even when we edit several tabs at the same time, an aspect that improves the fluidity and productivity of the employees. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about TextPad?

It is a very complete text editor, designed to navigate, edit and work on projects of any size quickly and easily. In our company it allows us to create custom compilation chains, which is really useful to us. It is a very small but really powerful software, we successfully support ourselves with all its tools, especially with the possibility of comparison, which allows us to check between two different files, working even with unusual character sets. Compared to other software of this type, it has a great advantage for us, as it provides the opening of large files without any complications which is a great help for our continuous workflow. In addition, its functionality is very wide with the different types of files and JavaScript that we commonly handle, thanks to its external plugins that are really favorable to achieve our objectives. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TextPad?

It is a very powerful software, a useful tool to open almost any file that contains text or code, however, it does not contain a highly developed interface, personally it is quite obsolete in terms of graphics, so it can be diagnosed that its development it is a bit stagnant, it does not allow extensive customization and its configuration is scarce. Despite the aforementioned, in terms of utility it is a good tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering TextPad:

We recommend it due to its high capacity to open large files, which it achieves without stopping, closing or even affecting the file in question. I insist that it is an alternative that is very useful compared to other editors, it is light, fast and very simple. It is worth referring to its functionality, since it has a variety of tools than other text editors and with very little complexity of understanding. It is a system that has a very comfortable and fresh interface, which is perfectly suited to our work style. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is TextPad solving and how is that benefiting you?

texpad It is a very feasible tool for our company since we handle different types of files, and Texpad is a software compatible with almost all text documents or codes. We make full use of all your resources, especially in the case of large data storage, the system works very efficiently. It also makes it easier for our staff to compare files, a very common activity in our work, therefore the utilities that we can achieve with this software are endless. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about TextPad?

Regular expressions, formatting files, inverted bookmarks, block editing, bracket matching, multi-file find/replace .... could go on-and-on.... Licenses are very reasonable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TextPad?

not any I can think of right now. It meets all of my needs right now. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is TextPad solving and how is that benefiting you?

EDI, Shell scripts, Perl, integration between applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about TextPad?

I love the line numbering,the versatility of this program whether i am reading a article or lines of code this program delivers the ability to edit and view pretty much anything. I find it easy to use and quick to load up. I love the ability open a lot of files to view and the ability replace content over all the files and not just one. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TextPad?

I don't really dislike anything. It really delivers for everything i need in a day or week or month. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering TextPad:

If you are looking for a text editor Text pad really is the way to go, easy to learn and use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is TextPad solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use it a lot of the time for editing mass files which really helps. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about TextPad?

It's simple.

Everything you need is there placed on a very intuitive toolbar.

This small yet powerful software features an interesting macro system that allows recording and performing of specific, repetitive, tasks with extreme ease and light-speed.

The software can help compare two different files, it proved useful to me personally when having to compare two assembly codes (ASM) -- yes, it works even with non classic charsets. It's quite handy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TextPad?

The UI seems a bit lacklustre but in this specific case it appears to be done on purpose in order to simplify the displayed component.

The true downside might be on the website side -- it's pretty shabby and might not offer interest at first (or unexperienced) glance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering TextPad:

TextPad is useful, perfect alternative to other notorious text editors, it's lightweight, simple and intuitive.

The creator's website could use a little more love. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is TextPad solving and how is that benefiting you?

File comparison is the most important task a text editor should feature, it helps users dealing with thousand files to keep track of edits between versions.

In my case it helped me with ASM and comparing htm\html\css\js files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about TextPad?

This application is great for writing code. I used it for different language and was able to write many different applicationswith it. It is great for team sharing also. It has many uses. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TextPad?

Nothing, I never experienced any issues with this application. It is cheap and easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is TextPad solving and how is that benefiting you?

I like how I am able to use this application for many different thing, code, note taking, work documents. The possibilities are endless. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.