TextPad

TextPad is designed to provide the power and functionality to satisfy the most demanding text editing requirements.

Commercial
Windows

textpad is designed to provide the power and functionality to satisfy the most demanding text editing requirements. it can edit files up to the limits of virtual memory, and it will work with the 32bit and 64bit editions of windows 7, vista, xp, 2000, server 2003 and 2008.

textpad has been implemented according to the windows xp user interface guidelines, so great attention has been paid to making it easy for both beginners and experienced users. incontext help is available for all commands, and incontext menus popup with the right mouse button. the windows multiple document interface allows multiple files to be edited simultaneously, with up to 2 views on each file. text can be dragged and dropped between files.

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TwistPad

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