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* only opens small text files. Notepad can only open files that are smaller than 64 KB. * does not print tabs properly. tab characters that occur at the beginning of a line are not rendered to printer.UNIX uses LF (line feed) while Macintosh previously used CR (carriage return) and Microsoft uses CRLF ((\r\n)). Windows notepad.exe puts a CRLF behind every line break even if the text file previously had only LF or CR. Also, notepad.exe will not properly render text files without the CRLF "The Microsoft Way" format.UNIX uses LF (line feed) while Macintosh previously used CR (carriage return) and Microsoft uses CRLF (\r\n). Windows notepad.exe puts a CRLF behind every line break even if the text file previously had only LF or CR. Also, notepad.exe will not properly render text files without the CRLF "The Microsoft Way" format. "NOTEPAD.EXE Has Encountered a Problem and Needs to Close" - this happens sometimes when you attempt to open a text file that is too large for notepad.exe, such as web programming you may be doing.Wordpad (wordpad.exe or write.exe) and Microsoft Word are the replacements for notepad.exe Microsoft suggests. These are not text editors, they are full Word processors. A true text editor saves no font or formatting information, only pure text characters, tabs, and wrap control. === Metapad ===[[Image:40star.png]] A small, fast and completely free text editor for Windows (95/98/NT/XP/Vista/7) with similar features to Microsoft Notepad but with many extra (and rather useful) features. It was designed to completely replace Notepad since it includes all of Notepad's features and much, much more. Metapad is what Microsoft notepad.exe should be. You can delete Microsoft notepad.exe completely off your system, rename metapad.exe to notepad.exe, and not lose any functionality, while gaining everything Microsoft neglected or limited. Metapad has functioned flawlessly for many developers and end users for a very long time, and is HIGHLY recommended as an excellent program.Criticisms of Metapad: No RegEx support and no spell checker. If Metapad supported RegEx, and there was a spell checker plugin, then Metapad would receive a full 5 star rating. === Vim Improved for Windows ===For those familiar with LINUX / UNIX this is the popular text editor with the added functionality that the vi editor lacks.=== WinVi ===UNIX style vi editor in GUI interface. Not fully Vim functional.