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Where is Notepad in Windows 10? (2015)

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Re: Where is Notepad in Windows 10? (2015)

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Post by giancarlostoro »

komali2 wrote: post #29

This is a pretty fun submission. I like peering into the lives of computer users that don't have the level of computer literacy I'm used to day to day. It's a good reminder. > This answer is not helpful. There is no start button. Because it's just a little windows icon now - easy to forget that that doesn't just make sense to some people. > Thank you, Brian- I would surely never have looked there, for anything, never…

> Because it's just a little windows icon now - easy to forget that that doesn't just make sense to some people.

Not only this, but the icon style is different from when they last looked at it just different enough to probably confuse them.

Re: Where is Notepad in Windows 10? (2015)

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Post by DannyB2 »

Fifteen years ago, one of the Microsoft fanboy arguments against both Linux and LibreOffice (then OpenOffice.org) was that neither worked exactly like Windows / Office.

Then Microsoft comes along and changes everything. The Ribbon instead of the pull down menus. Now which office suite works more like what users have used for a couple decades?

Windows 8 comes along with a totally different UI. So different that ordinary users don't know how to do the most basic tasks like print, or even how to shut down the computer.

Windows 8 UI (no matter what you call it) "fixes" things by adding back a start menu, but not calling it start.

No search box in the start menu -- you just have to magically know that you can start typing.

And magical key combinations to type in commands.

IMO, it really is change for the sake of change. And generally change for the worse. The interface we had with classic Mac, and Win 95 was pretty usable. And stable. (Nevermind the underlying tech it ran on top of, no real kernel, etc.)

Re: Where is Notepad in Windows 10? (2015)

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Post by giancarlostoro »

workthrowaway wrote: post #8

wow, just realized some of us have been using shortcuts for so long that we don't know when things get moved. also the "windows" key argument was kinda moot because most keyboard have a key that isn't a "windows" key but works similar...

I've owned many a keyboard, I don't recall a single one without a Windows key.

Re: Where is Notepad in Windows 10? (2015)

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Post by sp332 »

gruez wrote: post #9

>Step 1: > Go to Start menu. > Type notepad and press Enter. >I tried Step 1 prior to posting here. It doesn't work! Works for me on the latest windows. Granted, there's no textbox to type into, but it appears when you start typing.

On my work desktop, this fails semi-regularly. Sometimes pressing the Windows key and then typing just opens the menu and then nothing happens.

Re: Where is Notepad in Windows 10? (2015)

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Post by basch »

overgard wrote: post #43
basch wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>it appears when you start typing. This is a shockingly common problem for people. I can tell they feel uncomfortable just typing without a place "where" the typing will go. Many people will click the magnifying glass and then again place the cursor into the search field. Same with google, they will click the search field, then the cursor moves to the address bar, they feel surprise, and then place the cursor in the…

It's also really annoying on a tablet. I can't get an onscreen keyboard without some sort of target.

Doesnt the magnifying glass next to start work?

Re: Where is Notepad in Windows 10? (2015)

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Post by vadansky »

prepend wrote: post #7
winternett wrote: post #2

Beyond saving anything bigger than a sentence it really has no use. I almost dropped dead in shock to see they updated MS paint to Paint 3D, but then I realized that Its still intentionally limited and severely clunky to encourage you to spend money on Photoshop. :/

I prefer txt files for config and notes. I don’t care about formatting so word or word pad are too much. I also use notepad as my goto “paste without formatting” as it’s typically faster to wash the clipboard through notepad than use whatever “paste special” ui an app has.

I use run for that as well, quicker to Windows+R, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+A, Ctrl+V

Re: Where is Notepad in Windows 10? (2015)

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Post by sp332 »

winternett wrote: post #2

Beyond saving anything bigger than a sentence it really has no use. I almost dropped dead in shock to see they updated MS paint to Paint 3D, but then I realized that Its still intentionally limited and severely clunky to encourage you to spend money on Photoshop. :/

Notepad got an update too. It now supports other line endings, UTF-8, wrap-around find-and-replace, more keyboard shortcuts, zooming, and various bug fixes.

Re: Where is Notepad in Windows 10? (2015)

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Post by dTal »

pradn wrote: post #38
komali2 wrote: post #29

This is a pretty fun submission. I like peering into the lives of computer users that don't have the level of computer literacy I'm used to day to day. It's a good reminder. > This answer is not helpful. There is no start button. Because it's just a little windows icon now - easy to forget that that doesn't just make sense to some people. > Thank you, Brian- I would surely never have looked there, for anything, never…

The windows button looks more like a flag than a window, nothing to do with starting anything!

The "Start" button was never really about starting things in the first place. After all, clicking "Start" was the first step to shutting down your computer! Perfectly intuitive...

Now it doesn't even say "Start" on it, and yet they persist in calling it the "Start menu".

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