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Good ol' Windows Notepad -- it's useful for editing, but very limited in features. The text editors listed below have more features, but they're still small in size so they load quickly. And they're free! Test out a few, and find yourself a good replacement for Notepad.

Legend:
MDI - multi-document interface
MRU - most recently used documents
URL aware - web links are highlighted

	AB-Edit	By: Grahl Software (Oliver Grahl)
	Description: Enhanced text editor.
	Key features:Drag & drop, MDI, select font, MRU list, word wrap, block indent, search & replace, line/column indicator, syntax highlighting.

More info:
AB-Edit page

Reviews:

Latest free version:
1.2.1.0 (Nov 02)

Download:
AB-Edit.exe (~1.59 MB)

This item last updated: 09 Mar 07

	ACF Notes	By: Ur I.T. Mate (Steven Burn)
	Description: Compact text editor.
	Key features:Select font, word wrap, search & replace, URL aware, multiple undo/redo, line/column indicator, line sort.

	AkelPad	By: Alexey Kuznetsov & Aleksander Shengalts
	Description: Compact text editor
	Key features:Drag & drop, tabbed MDI, select font, MRU list, search & replace, URL aware, line/column indicator, file statistics, file type association.

	Alternate TextBrowser	By: Alternate Tools (Jan Christensen)
	Description: Text editor.
	Key features:Drag & drop, tabbed MDI, select font, MRU list, search & replace, block operations, word wrap, syntax highlighting, line numbering, line/column indicator, file statistics, print preview. Includes hex editor.

	ATPad	By: Lamer (Andrey Gruber)
	Description: Compact text editor.
	Key features:Drag & drop, tabbed MDI, select font, MRU list, search & replace, multiple undo/redo, line/column indicator, bookmarks, customizable hotkeys. Minimizes to system tray.

	BDV NotePad	By: Badevlad (Denis Balykin)
	Description: Compact text editor, with more features than Windows Notepad.
	Key features:Drag & drop, select font, MRU list, search & replace, URL aware, line/column indicator, file statistics, file type association.

	Caditor	By: Caglow
	Description: Text and RTF editor.
	Key features:Tabbed MDI, MRU list, search & replace, word wrap, syntax highlighting, line/column indicator, multiple undo/redo. Includes encryption and FTP. NOTE: Requires .NET framework.

	ClearEdit	By: Ma�l H�rz
	Description: Compact text editor.
	Key features:Drag & drop; select font, search & replace, word wrap, syntax highlighting, line/column indicator.

	EditCrypt	By: Eskiso (Manuel Raposo)
	Description: Text editor with encryption.
	Key features:Font select, search & replace, word wrap, case change, file statistics, file encryption, export to PDF.

	Editor2	By: Nikolaos Bozinis
	Description: Compact text editor, with more features than Windows Notepad.
	Key features:Drag & drop, select font, MRU list, search & replace, word wrap, URL aware, line/column indicator, file statistics.

	EditPad Lite	By: JGSoft (Jan Goyvaerts)
	Description: Compact text editor, with more features than Windows Notepad.
	Key features:Drag & drop, MDI, select font, print preview, MRU list, search & replace, block operations, word wrap, URL aware, line/column indicator, line numbering, file type association, minimize to tray.

More info: EmEditor site	Reviews:	Latest free version: 6.00.4 (Mar 07)	Download: emed6003efx.msi (~1.25 MB)
Shareware: [Same as above]	Reviews:	Latest version: [Same as above]	Download: Standard: emed6003esx.msi (~1.78 MB) Pro: emed6004epx.msi (~2.26 MB)

More info: EditPad Lite page and Version comparison	Reviews:	Latest free version: 6.4.3 (Aug 08)	Download: SetupEditPadLite.exe (~3.14 MB) or from: alternate site
Shareware: EditPad Pro page	Reviews:	Latest version: [Same as above] [$50]	Download: SetupEditPadProDemo.exe (~5.98 MB)

	EmEditor Free	By: EmuraSoft
	Description: Compact text editor.
	Key features:Drag & drop, MDI, select font, print preview, MRU list, search & replace, word wrap, URL aware, syntax highlighting, line/column indicator, file type association.

	FoxEditor	By: ADSoft
	Description: Compact text editor, with more features than Windows Notepad.
	Key features:MDI, select font, search & replace, URL aware, syntax highlighting.

	GreenPad	By: kMonos (Kazuhiro Inaba)
	Description: Compact text editor.
	Key features:Drag & drop, MRU list, search & replace, word wrap, line numbering, line/column indicator, multiple undo/redo.

	HABEdit	By: HABit Software (Henry Bartlett)
	Description: Compact text editor and hex viewer.
	Key features:MDI, select font, search & replace.

	Inedita	By: Versoworks (Maurizio Pisano)
	Description: Compact text editor.
	Key features:

	jEdit	By: Slava Pestov
	Description: Text editor.
	Key features:Includes syntax highlighting. NOTE: Requires Java.

	Kotepad	By: K Dev Planet (Krishna Kumar Khatri)
	Description: Compact text editor.
	Key features:Select font, MRU list, search & replace, word wrap, case conversion, file statistics.

	mdiNotepad	By: Tom Kostiainen
	Description: Compact text editor, with more features than Windows Notepad.
	Key features:Drag & drop, MDI, select font, MRU list, search & replace, word wrap, line sorting, line/column indicator.

	Metapad	By: Alexander Davidson
	Description: Compact text editor, with more features than Windows Notepad.
	Key features:Drag & drop, select font, MRU list, search & replace, block operations, word wrap, URL aware, line/column indicator, file statistics.

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