Lightweight text editor inbetween Notepad and Word

ClarkeKent

Looking for a text editor that has bold, underline etc formatting. Is lightweight and quick. Also underlines http links etc

Don't want any numbers down the side or coding capabilities such as (Notepad++, Sublime or Atom etc), just a nice lightweight editor that does more than Notepad does, but not the bulk of MS Word.

Has anyone used or got anything like this?

esuhl

Does Windows still have Wordpad?

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/using-wordpad#1TC=windows-7

Just found this FAQ on accessing Wordpad in Windows 10:
http://www.softwareok.com/?seite=faq-Windows-10&faq=127

colin79666

Write! https://wri.tt seems to get good write ups online (groan). As above though, try Wordpad first.

Also how about Word Online? It is the main features of Word but not the really in depth stuff which next to nobody uses anyway.

RobTang

Its probably best to search for Word Processor rather than Text Editor which is something slightly different.


As above its probably best to use Wordpad.

System

Hi

Try edlin it is small and very basic. Since it is dos it should still be around and run.

OR http://freedos-edlin.soft112.com/

onomatopoeia99

johndough wrote: »

Try edlin it is small and very basic.

edlin is not included in the 64 bit versions of Windows, and the OP wants underlining, which rules out text editors, which are for editing text rather than using styles like underlining.

Wordpad is the obvious choice since it's built in to Windows.

ThemeOne

I think there's a gap in the market for what you're seeking. Most text editors are aimed at programming use, some are typesetting frontends.

I've always found Wordpad disappointing since it's a very poor word processor (e.g. no page numbering) yet is no use for programming either.

Mr_Toad

You can turn the line numbers off, along with other stuff, in Notepad++

It is very configurable and a great program when you get it set up as you want it.

Kernel_Sanders

I use Abiword because I don't have MS Office but IDK if it's suitable for you.

AbiWord supports both basic word processing features such as lists, indents and character formats, and more sophisticated features including tables, styles, page headers and footers, footnotes, templates, multiple views, page columns, spell checking, and grammar checking.[7]