Notepad is a text editor and a source code editor. It helps computer users to create documents. Very less people use Notepad ++ because they don’t know the features of this software. A notepad is a software that is completely free to use on a PC. The license of Notepad ++ is managed by General Public License. Notepad ++ is mostly used for programming instead of writing notes. It’s free software that is used to write the codes. The program writing in notepad is tuff. You need to write the program line by line. Further, if you need to edit the code it is again a tedious task as it looks very unstructured in the notepad. But in Notepad++ as we open the file it automatically takes the structure of the program. It breaks the code line by line and shows the proper structure of the program.

Usage of Notepad++

You can use Notepad++ for developing web pages. But you must know HTML language.

You can use Notepad++ as your digital diary. You can note down the daily schedule, or important things to remember. Students can use it to prepare their notes with the help of Notepad++.

How to download Notepad++

• Notepad++ is free software you need not pay any charges or license fees for using this software. You can download it for Windows and Mac operating systems.
• You can go on google and search the keyword Notepad++ download. Or you can follow the direct link https://notepad-plus-plus.org/downloads/v7.9.2/and open it in the browser.
• You can select from various download options for 64-bit or 32-bit systems. Select the download option like installer GPG signature, portable(zip) GPG signature, portable (7z) GPG signature, or mini-portable (7z) GPG signature.
• Click on the download button
• The file will get downloaded to your PC
• Double-click on the .exe file.
• The file will start installing on the computer.

Benefits of Notepad++

• It’s a software is available on the internet for free. You can download it and start working without paying any license fee.
• Most of the code editors are paid. Notepad++ is free and gives the experience of professional coding.
• You can add several plugins to the project and can be converted into another format too.
• If you don’t have any paid software still you can write the documents on the PC without any worry.
• Notepad is easy to use you don’t need any formal training to use it.

Notepad++ Keyboard Shortcut List

1.Run menu:

Action	Shortcut
Launch Run Dialog	F5
Get PHP help	Alt-F1
Google search	Alt-F2
Wikipedia search	Alt-F3
Open file (name at cursor)	Alt-F5
Open file in another instance (name at cursor)	Alt-F6
Open in Chrome	Ctrl-Alt-Shift-R
Open in Firefox	Ctrl-Alt-Shift-X
Open in IE	Ctrl-Alt-Shift-I
Open in Safari	Ctrl-Alt-Shift-F
Send via Outlook	Ctrl-Alt-Shift-O

2.View menu:

Action	Shortcut
or Ctrl + mouse wheel button (if any) Zoom in (+ or up) and Zoom out (- or down)	Ctrl-(Keypad-/Keypad+)
Restore the original size from zoom	Ctrl-Keypad/
Toggle Full Screen Mode	F11
Toggle Post-It Mode	F12
Collapse the Current Level	Ctrl-Alt-F
Uncollapse the Current Level	Ctrl-Alt-Shift-F
Fold All	Alt-0
Collapse the Level (1~8)	Alt-(1~8)
Unfold All	Alt-Shift-0
Uncollapse the Level (1~8)	Alt-Shift-(1~8)

3.Edit menu:

Action	Shortcut
Copy	Ctrl-C
Copy	Ctrl-Insert
Copy current line to clipboard	Ctrl-Shift-T
Cut	Ctrl-X
Cut	Shift-Delete
Paste	Ctrl-V
Paste	Shift-Insert
Undo	Ctrl-Z
Undo	Alt-Backspace
Redo	Ctrl-Y
Select All	Ctrl-A
Column Mode Select	Alt-Shift-Arrow keys, or Alt + Left mouse click
Start new selected area. Only multiple stream areas ca be selected this way.	Ctrl + Left mouse click
Column Editor	ALT-C
Duplicate Current Line	Ctrl-D
Switch the current line position with the previous line position	Ctrl-T
Move Current Line, or current selection if a single stream, Up	Ctrl-Shift-Up
Move Current Line, or current selection if a single stream, Down	Ctrl-Shift-Down
Delete Current Line	Ctrl-L
Split Lines	Ctrl-I
Join Lines	Ctrl-J
Launch GoToLine Dialog	Ctrl-G
Block comment/uncomment	Ctrl-Q
Stream comment	Ctrl-Shift-Q
Insert Tabulation or Space (Indent)	Tab (selection of one or more full lines)
Remove Tabulation or Space (outdent)	Shift-Tab (selection of one or more full lines)
Delete to start of word	Ctrl-BackSpace
Delete to end of word	Ctrl-Delete
Delete to start of line	Ctrl-Shift-BackSpace
Delete to end of line	Ctrl-Shift-Delete
Convert to lower case	Ctrl-U
Convert to UPPER CASE	Ctrl-Shift-U
Go to matching brace	Ctrl-B
Launch CallTip ListBox	Ctrl-Space
Launch Function Completion ListBox	Ctrl-Shift-Space
Launch Word Completion ListBox	Ctrl-Enter
Text Direction RTL	Ctrl-Alt-R
Text Direction LTR	Ctrl-Alt-L
Split line downwards, or create new line	Enter
Split line downwards, or create new line	Shift-Enter

4.Search menu:

Action	Shortcut
Launch Find Dialog	Ctrl-F
Launch Find / Replace Dialog	Ctrl-H
Find Next	F3
Find Previous	Shift-F3
Find in Files	Ctrl-Shift-F
Switch to Search results window (was Activate sub view before v5.2)	F7
Find (volatile) Next	Ctrl-Alt-F3
Find (volatile) Previous	Ctrl-Alt-Shift-F3
Select and Find Next (was Find (Volatile) Next prior to v5.6.5)	Ctrl-F3
Select and Find Previous (was Find (Volatile) Previous prior to v5.6.5)	Ctrl-Shift-F3
Go to next found	F4
Go to previous found	Shift-F4
Incremental Search	Ctrl-Shift-I
Jump Down (to next text marked using n-th stye. n is 1 to 5, or 0 for default Found style.	Ctrl-n
Jump Up (to next text marked using n-th stye. n is 1 to 5, or 0 for default Found style.	Ctrl-Shift-n
Toggle Bookmark	Ctrl-F2
Go To Next Bookmark	F2
Go To Previous Bookmark	Shift-F2

5.File menu:

Action	Shortcut
Open File	Ctrl-O
New File	Ctrl-N
Save File	Ctrl-S
Save As	Ctrl-Alt-S
Save All	Ctrl-Shift-S
Print	Ctrl-P
Exit	Alt-F4
Next Document (also shows list of open files). Can be disabled – see Settings/Preferences/Global.	Ctrl-Tab
Previous Document (also shows list of open files). Can be disabled – see above.	Ctrl-Shift-Tab
Close Current Document	Ctrl-W

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