This fast tip demonstrates how to remove duplicate rows in Notepad++ using a plugin called TextFX Characters. Notepad++ is a free text editor.
In a previous tutorial video, I demonstrated how to delete duplicate lines using TextPad.
This fast tip demonstrates how to restrict editing to specific portions of an MS Word document while making the rest of the document read-only.
This fast tip demonstrates how to save web pages to a PDF file using Adobe Acrobat.
This fast tip demonstrates how to create a dropdown list in an Excel workbook that pulls in values from a list in another workbook. In another Fast Tip Friday, I demonstrated how to create a dropdown list from another worksheet. Download Sample Files
We often receive AutoCAD files in litigation matters. They are architectural diagrams and usually require special software to view them. This fast tip demonstrates how to use a free software program called DWG TrueView to open the files and optionally export them to PDF format if desired. Download Sample Files
This fast tip demonstrates how to configure Notepad++ to create backup copies in case there is a need to revert back to a previous version.
This fast tip demonstrates how to use a free web tool to identify emails with large attachments if your Gmail Inbox is getting full.
Interesting. I’ve slowly been tinkering with Notepad++ instead of Textpad – largely due to the fact that N++ can handle larger data files. One slightly alarming thing I’ve noticed is that N++ will always reopen any file that was open when you closed it – ie unless you specifically close a file it will be there when you launch N++ again.
We’ve also found that N++ has some greater capabilities in regards to global find and replace across a directory structure than Textpad has.
Using it for finding data (find but not replace) across a directory structure is quicker than Textpad too, however the output isn’t as easy to use as Textpad.
Thanks Matthew. I too am hoping to familiarize myself more with NotePad++. The extensibility of the plugins is attractive to me. I also noticed that it opened the previous file, but I assumed there is a way to turn that off. Good to know that you’ve already tested a few features against TextPad. I appreciate you sharing.