Text Editing
Launch an editing application or a word-processor and create a file.
What is notepad? The notepad is like a cut down free version of Microsoft Word. It is supplied free with Windows and is located in the Accessories group within the Start menu. It is not nearly as sophisticated as Word, but is useful for creating simple documents.
Text manipulation features include: -1. The ability to change the color
of a given font as well as the usual font attributes.
To start notepad - Click on the Start button. Move the mouse pointer to Programs and select Accessories from the sub-menu. Click on notepad, as illustrated.
To enter text into notepad - Simply start typing! notepad opens up with
a blank document by default.
To save a notepad file -From the File drop down
menu, select Save, which displays the Save As dialog box - OR click on
the Save icon. In the Save In section, select the location you wish to
save the file to (i.e. on your local hard disk(s), on a USB stick, or
on a network drive). Clicking on the down arrow next to the Save In section
will display a drop down list.
Enter the file name as required. By default, the file is saved in text
format.
To create a new document within notepad - Either from the File drop down
menu select the New commandOR click on the New icon. The New dialog box
will be displayed as illustrated.
To open an existing notepad file - Either from the File drop down menu select the Open command OR click on the Open icon. The Open dialog box will be displayed . When saving a file, select the correct location and enter a file name. Click on the Open button.
To enter time and date into the document press f5.
Save the file to a directory/folder.
To save a file to a specific folder (directory)
When you use a Microsoft application, such as Word, PowerPoint or Excel,
then by default the files that you save will be saved in a folder called
My Documents.
You may of course wish to save your files in a different folder (or even
a different disk on a different computer connected to your computer network.
Clicking on the Up One Level icon displayed within the Save As dialog
box will take you up one folder level.
The root folder of the hard disk -usually C drive is the highest-level
folder, and all other folders on your drive form a tree structure under
this folder.
When in the root folder you may double click on any folder that you see displayed to move to that folder level. Thus in the example shown, double clicking on the Users folder would be displayed as follows. Clicking on the Save button now would save a file in the last folder selected - as below
Creating a new folder in which to save your document · right click on the white space within the Save As dialog box - new - select folder - Enter the name of the new folder, and then click on the OK button. Open the new folder and save the text document in it NOTE: The folder will be created under the current folder - as below