Notepad has always been my favorite tool ever. As a developer I work with so many bulky softwares like dreamweaver, php designer which come with hell lot of features. But, I have always loved the simplicity of Microsoft’s Notepad. It’s simple, small, sweet and handy. So, here I am featuring some cool Notepad tricks and tips.

Using notepad as a log book

open notepad write .LOG in the first line, save the file and close it. Open the file again, here you will see the current date and time on it. Save again and close it. Everytime you open this file the file will have a timestamp along with text on it. This cool notepad trick can be used to make daily notes or can be used as a diary also. You can even press F5 to get the current date and time anywhere between the text.

Change header and footer

Want to get rid of default page header oand footer in notepad. To do this click on file -> page setup, remove the characters in the header and footer textboxes and write whatever you want.

Changing the font

You can change the font in the notepad by clicking Format -> Font, but all the text will be in the same font always.

Do you know any other cool notepad tricks or tips, do share with me…

If you use Gaim messenger, then check this out :

Open

C:\Documents and Settings\’user’\Application Data\.gaim

or

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\.gaim (in most of the cases)

There are two files named prefs.xml & accounts.xml

Right click the accounts.xml file and open it with notepad or any other text editor. Here you will easily find your usernames & passwords in simple text. So, never share these two files with anyone.