I am an old school guy. I like to write text in a plain text editor whenever possible. It helps me focus on the text, instead of the font, spacing, italicizing, indenting etc.
I have just enough ADHD that all those bells and whistles always pull me in.
Anyway,
I often use notepad when I am stuck on my corporate machine. I take nearly all my notes with notepad.
I just stumbled across this little gem (
Source)
Notepad can be used to log data manually. This adds the current date and time when you open the particular notepad log file..
Use the following instruction to create a log file:
- Open a new Notepad. (Start -> Program -> Accessories -> Notepad)
- Type .LOG in the first line and press ENTER.
- Save this file in the name of your choice.
- Now, whenever you open this file, the current system date and time will be appended to the bottom of the contents in the notepad.
It works REALLY nicely. Give it a try!