Duckhead Software

Cloud Photos Organizer

All your iCloud Photos and Videos Organized. Cloud Photos Organizer does all the hard work by physically organizing your downloaded photos and videos into the structure you want, not the “by year” Apple forces on you, while also removing any duplicates caused by uploads and retrying to get iCloud to Sync properly. 100% Safe, 100% Organized.

Batch convert a few files, or entire photo collections, folders or drives. HEIC to JPG (JPEG) converts files while retaining (or removing) the metadata (EXIF), original folder structure, and gives you control over the quality/compression level with a live preview.

HEIC to JPG

View your HEIC files with this easy to use viewer. You can also convert them to JPG, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, BMP, GIF, and PDF. • View, Print, Convert. • Drag and Drop. • Right click the files.

HEIC VIEWER

NOTEPAD.NET

Notepad.net is the modern version of Windows Notepad, with every feature of the original, reviewed, brought up-to-date, and enhanced for Windows 10.

HEIC to JPEG

Convert HEIC files without fuss It makes converting HEIC files a piece of cake, just drop your files and HEIC to JPEG takes care of everything for you. • Converts HEIC to JPEG files. • Copies metadata automatically. • Outputs to your pictures folder. • Runs locally, no internet uploads • Dark mode supported

HEIC to JPEG

Convert HEIC files with options Just like HEIC to JPEG, but with more options for when you need that exta control. • Converts HEIC to JPG, JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF, and TIFF files. • You choose the compression quality • Preserve metadata or ignore. • Select an output folder or ask every time. • Convert side-by-side • Runs locally, no internet uploads • Dark mode supported

HEIC to JPEG

Pro Edition

Advanced

Convert HEIC folders and files Just like HEIC to JPEG, but with more options for when you need that extar control. • Converts HEIC to JPG, JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF, and TIFF files. • Convert files, folders, drives, networks. • You choose the compression quality • Preserve metadata or ignore. • Select an output folder or ask every time. • Convert side-by-side • Runs locally, no internet uploads

iCloud Photos Downloader

Force Apple iCloud Photos App to Download Photos Apple's iCloud App no longer downloads your photos and videos, instead, they’re on-demand links to your iCloud versions, which causes issues with backups, viewing your photos and videos, using Microsoft Photos App, and going off-line. iCloud Photos Downloader works with Apple's downloader to force each file to download and become local on your computer.

DUPLICATE PHOTO CLEANER Remove duplicate photos and videos from your folders and archives to recover disk space. Bringing AI to the desktop; normally reserved for cloud computing, this looks at your photos as you do, finds duplicates across different file formats and sizes and supports similar photos as well as duplicates.

RAR RAR RAR The Quick and Easy way to extract RAR files. Supports RAR5, Split, and password protected. Just drop a RAR file, or files, or folders onto RAR RAR RAR and it will automatically extract them, side-by- side with the same name.

HEIC to JPEG

Convert HEIC files without the fuss It makes converting HEIC files a piece of cake, it's super-easy and simple, just drop your files and HEIC to JPEG takes care of everything for you. Converts HEIC to JPEG files while preserving the image metadata (EXIF data).

User Guide

Why do you need HEIC to JPEG HEIC files are photos created from Apple devices (although not exclusively). These files are not very well supported outside of the Apple ecosystem, with Microsoft Windows being a classic example, with no support at all. So how can you view them? or send copies of the photo to other people knowing they can view them? You simply convert them to the industry standard JPEG format using a utility like HEIC to JPEG. Where are all the options? This utility is designed to be as simple as possible and manages all the options for you, for example, setting the compression levels, output folder, metadata copying and more. If you’re looking to manually manage those options yourself, there is HEIC to JPEG PRO with more options, and also HEIC to JPG which handles bacth conversions of entire folders and drives; they also convert to PNG and other formats. So which application should I use? We’ve created a suite of HEIC converter to accomodate peoples computer levels and requirements. HEIC to JPEG - is the simplest utility that just gets on with it, no fuss, no questions. Focused on converting HEIC files that you drop onto it (or right clicking a file in Windows Explorer) HEIC to JPEG Pro - has additional options that allow you to change the output folder, file format, copying of Metadata, and compression quality. HEIC to JPG - is more advanced and has the ability to convert entire folders, drives, and disks. I can also replicate the folder structures and ensure the creation dates match the original HEIC files. HEIC Converter - Can do all the above and has more conversion file formats such as TIFF, BMP, and GIF. So how do I use it ? There are two ways to convert an HEIC file. Option 1. Drag and Drop an HEIC file or files onto the utility from Windows Explorer. HEIC to JPEG will get to work right away and you can watch the progress as shown here: The converted HEIC files, now JPEG files, are placed in your pictures folder, is a sub-folder called “HEIC to JPEG Conversions” - if you’re not sure how to navigate to that folder, you can simply click on the “Show Output Folder” link in the utility and it’ll take you straight there. During conversion, you can cancel it at any time by pressing the “Cancel” button. Once conversion is complete, the “Complete” message will stay for about five seconds, then return to the “Drag and Drop HEIC files here” so you can add more files. Option 2 . In Windows Explorer, simply right click on an HEIC file, select “Open With”, aand choose “HEIC to JPEG” Technical Notes HEIC to JPEG does not upload any data to the internet and is privacy assured. It will work on HEIC files even when Windows doesn;t understand them (it has a built-in decoder). It is 64-bit only for performance. It copies the metadata (EXIF) data from HEIC files to JPEG files, this includes data such as Date Taken, Camera information, and more.

HEIC to JPEG Pro

Convert HEIC files without the fuss It makes converting HEIC files a piece of cake, it's super-easy and simple, just drop your files. • Converts HEIC to JPG, JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF, and TIFF files. • You choose the Quality and control the copy of MetaData. • Select the output folder or ask every time.

User Guide

Why do you need HEIC to JPEG Pro HEIC files are photos created from Apple devices (although not exclusively). These files are not very well supported outside of the Apple ecosystem, with Microsoft Windows being a classic example, with no support at all. So how can you view them? or send copies of the photo to other people knowing they can view them? You simply convert them to the industry standard JPEG format using a utility like HEIC to JPEG Pro, or other formats such as PNG, TIFF, GIF, and BMP. What are all the options? This utility is designed to be as simple as possible and manages most the options for you, while enabling fine tuning of the compression levels (quality), output folder, and metadata copying. So which application should I use? We’ve created a suite of HEIC converter to accomodate peoples computer levels and requirements. HEIC to JPEG - is the simplest utility that just gets on with it, no fuss, no questions. Focused on converting HEIC files that you drop onto it (or right clicking a file in Windows Explorer) HEIC to JPEG Pro - has additional options that allow you to change the output folder, file format, copying of Metadata, and compression quality. HEIC to JPG - is more advanced and has the ability to convert entire folders, drives, and disks. I can also replicate the folder structures and ensure the creation dates match the original HEIC files. HEIC Converter - Can do all the above and has more conversion file formats such as TIFF, BMP, and GIF. So how do I use it ? There are two ways to convert an HEIC file. Option 1. Drag and Drop an HEIC file or files onto the utility from Windows Explorer. HEIC to JPEG will get to work right away and you can watch the progress as shown here: The converted HEIC files, now JPEG files, are placed in your pictures folder, is a sub-folder called “HEIC to JPEG Conversions” - if you’re not sure how to navigate to that folder, you can simply click on the “Show Output Folder” link in the utility and it’ll take you straight there. During conversion, you can cancel it at any time by pressing the “Cancel” button. Once conversion is complete, the “Complete” message will stay for about five seconds, then return to the “Drag and Drop HEIC files here” so you can add more files. Option 2 . In Windows Explorer, simply right click on an HEIC file, select “Open With”, aand choose “HEIC to JPEG Pro” Technical Notes HEIC to JPEG Pro does not upload any data to the internet and is privacy assured. It will work on HEIC files even when Windows doesn’t understand them (it has a built-in decoder). It is 64-bit only for performance. It copies the metadata (EXIF) data from HEIC files to JPEG files, this includes data such as Date Taken, Camera information, and more; other file formats may not support metadata, for example, PNG and BMP.

Beautiful

A clean user interface without the distractions, a touch of animation, and advanced options when you need them.

Fast and Scalable

From a few files to millions, on local disks to network drives, a multi-threaded engine can scan and analyse quickly.

Live Preview

Preview the duplicates before commiting, make changes to the auto-selected duplicates and feel confident in decisions.

Safe & Secure

Save duplicates to the Recycle Bin, or backup to a folder you choose, or just delete them to recover the disk space.

Exact Matches

100% match guarantee, even if the files have been renamed or moved to another device.

Rules Engine

A sophisticated rules engine makes the best choice to determine duplicates from originals.

SCREENSHOTS

Drag and Drop

Ready to Go !

Quick Actions

Live Preview and Backup Options

Customize

All Done !

USE CASES

Recover Storage and Disk Space

We all have duplicate photos and videos hanging around, some where we’ve copied folders, files, or even complete disks from

USB, Cameras, or Phones. Recovering the space used by these files means you can free up all that disk space or cloud storage.

Remove Identical photos

Duplicates are files that match 100%, even if they’ve been renamed or moved to another drive or disk. Sometimes you might look at two files and think they’re the same, but Duplicate Photo Cleaner can look deep into the file and spot minor differences, to th eimage itself, or the metadata surrounding the image or video.

Remove Identical Videos

Videos are commonly associated with photos, especially from phones such as apple that can save ‘live photos’ or just videos taken throughout your day.

Faster Backups

With fewer files hanging around, your backups will be faster, searches will be easier, the right memory easier to find.

Remove duplicate photos and videos from your computer and recover disk space. Using AI techniques normally reserved for the cloud, Duplicate Photo Cleaner views your photos as you do, making it easier to find duplicates, even across different file formats and sizes. It can also find similar photos that may have been edited, or part of a photo sequence. To make it easier, auto-select, selects the most obvious duplicates for you using a rules based engine, allowing you to review and edit, or just send the duplicates to the Recycle Bin, backup folder, or delete them permanently.

FEATURES

iCloud Photos Downloads are a mess! Organize them now with Cloud Photos Organizer, it does all the hard work for you by physically organizing your downloaded photos and videos into the structure you want, not the “by year” Apple forces on you, while also removing any duplicates caused by imports and retrying to get iCloud to Sync properly.

All your iCloud Photos and Videos Organized. • Easy to use - inspired by Apple’s iCloud Downloader. • 100% safe - never uploads or changes your iCloud. • Runs locally - use offline with your downloaded files. • Organize - many folder formats available. • De-duplicate - removes duplicates.

Organize

• Organize your photos and videos into any folder structure. • Lots of pre-made designs for you to choose from. Roadmap. A “Custom Format Builder” is on our roadmap; this would allow you to build your own folder formats using a drag and drop interface. You can click the “Upvote” button to let us know about your opinions on this, or if we should focus our efforts elsewhere. Your opinion not only counts, it guides our development.

De-duplicate

• Remove duplicates caused by imports. • Intelligent ranking engine calculates which photos and videos are originals, and which are the duplicates. Roadmap. An image recognition system is on our roadmap; this would be able to, for example, compare heic files against jpg files to determine if they’re the same photo and, based on your options, remove one of them. Click the “Upvote” button to give us your opinion, suggestions, and anything you think would make de-duplication super-amazing. Your opinion not only counts, it guides our development.

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After

ROADMAP

It’s unusual to show a roadmap of a product, but we want you to be part of the journey. iCloud Photos Organizer is being constantly updated and we want to make sure we’re prioritizing the features and value you need. To enable this we ask that if you have an idea, a feature request, or just think of a change that would make the app better, to email us at support@duckheadsoftware.com - you can do this in the app as well. So here’s the roadmap focus areas. As we get feedback we’ll create a page for discussions, progress, and deep detail. These are not in chronological order, and will be re-visited multiple times as features are added.

Refine

Custom Organize Format Builder

Merge iCloud Accounts

Renaming

Standardize Heic vs Jpg

Performance

Continuous monitoring

Profiles

Overview

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Features

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Modern User Interface

Notepad.net uses the latest styling for the toolbar, similar to OneNote, while retaining all the original functions of Notepad.

Improved Basics

Something as simple as Find and Replace no longer intrudes on your document and provides live feedback in the toolbar.

Live Feedback

The new toolbar provides live feedback to Find and Replace results, or if the document needs saving.

Synchronised

We live in a connected world, so your settings can synchronize between devices. Set them once and they follow you.

Device Friendly

From touch, to ink, full screen tablets to desktop windows, Notepad.net scales and responds to your device

Roadmap

Microsoft Notepad is free, and worth every penny, Notepad.net has a roadmap to delight and truly brilliant future.

FEATURES

SCREENSHOTS

Welcome

File Menu

Find Menu

Format Menu

View Menu

Help Menu

Use Cases

USE CASES

Text Editing

Sounds obvious but as a text editor, you’re not worrying about formatting, file size, hidden data, or cut and paste between applications.

Plain Text

Plain, means plain. For example, Notepad++ is a text editor, but not a plain text editor; like many others it provides syntax highlighting, colour, special formatting, etc. Notepad.net only handles plain text. That doesn’t mean it can’t handle basic plain formatting such as bullet points, Unicode characters, etc.

Tablet, Touch, and Ink

As a Universal Modern app, it supports Tablets, touch, and ink input.

It’s the Future

Windows Notepad is a great product, but it’s fallen behind as far as Windows is concerned. Calculator for example, has been updated to a Universal app, but alas, Notepad is still limping along as a Win32 app. Notepad.net has been built from the ground up to be a Universal App, as well as being a feature match with Notepad, with several parts being upgraded in the process.

Future Proof

We have a roadmap of thousands of ideas/features/use cases and we’re working hard on getting things in as soon as possible. If you have a pressing capability you think should be put to the front of the queue, send us a message at support@duckheadsoftware.com

Overview

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User Guide

1..General 2..File Menu 3..Edit Menu 4..Format Menu 5..View Menu 6..Help Menu 7..Status Bar GENERAL 1.0 Notepad.net Is a plain text editor replacement for Windows Notepad. It has all the same functional capability with an updated user interface idicative of Universal Modern apps and Microsoft Fluent design. 1.1 Making Notepad.net the default editor for txt files. In Windows Explorer, right click on a txt file and select “Open With >” - “Choose another app”. In the popup, select “Notepad.net” and “always use this app to open .txt files” FILE MENU 2.0 Editing Sessions An editing session is the current window and its content. The content may be empty (no text), have a file loaded (loaded text), or be created from scratch (typed or pasted text). Clean sessions A clean session means all the text is saved to disk. If Notepad.net were to close, no harm would be caused to the content. Dirty sessions A dirty session means that changes have been made to the text. If Notepad.net were to close, those changes would be lost. Notepad.net will prompt you to save the document to file (or a new file) before closing. 2.1 New (Ctrl+N) Starts a new editing session in the window. If the current session is dirty, you will be prompted to save, ignore, or cancel. 2.2 Open (Ctrl+O) Opens a document from disk, replacing the current editing session. If the current session is dirty, you will be prompted to save, ignore, or cancel. 2.3 Save (Ctrl+S) Saves the current editing session to disk. If this session was loaded from a document it will be saved back to that document, overwriting it. If this session is new then you will be prompted for a document to create or overwrite. The Save button is Green if the current editing session is Clean and Red if Dirty . 2.4 SaveAs Save the current editing session to disk. You will be prompted for a document to create or overwrite. 2.5 Print (Ctrl+P) Print with Page Setup for printing the session to a printer, file, or service. EDIT MENU 3.0 Find (Ctrl+F) Find, is always available in the toolbar. Type in text to find it in the session, the number of results is displayed within the find box. Click or Tap on the down or up buttons to step through the results within the session. The find results and steping will be influenced by the Match case and Wrap around settings. If you select text within the session and then use the shortcut key (Ctrl+F) then the selected text will be used as a new find. 3.1 Replace (Ctrl+H) Replace allows you to replace text found within the session, either in total or step by step. If the find box is empty you will be redirected to the find box first. 3.2 Undo (Ctrl+Z) Undoes the last change you made to the session, repeated use will undo the chain of changes. Notepad.net has unlimited undo. 3.3 Redo (Ctrl+Y) Redoes the last change you made to the session, repeated use will redo the chain of changes. Notepad.net has unlimited redo. 3.4 Cut (Ctrl+X) Copies the selected text to the clipboard and marks it to be ‘cut’ from the session once it is pasted somewhere else. 3.5 Copy (Ctrl+C) Copies the selected text to the clipboard. 3.6 Paste (Ctrl+P) Copies the test from the clipboard into the current session. The text can be from any application including Notepad.net. The pasted text is inserted at the current cursor location, or replaces selected text. 3.7 Delete (Del) Deletes the character to the right of current cursor position, or if the selected text. 3.8 Search with Bing (Ctrl+E) Opens your default web browser and uses Microsoft Bing search engine to find the current selected text. 3.9 GoTo (Ctrl+G) Asks for a line number to move to, and then scrolls to that line within the session. 3.10 Select All (Ctrl+A) Selects all the text in the document. 3.11 Time/Date (F5) Inserts the current time and date into the session, or replaces the select text. FORMAT MENU 4.0 Word Wrap When switched off, each line of text will extend beyond the right hand side of the window. Scrolling will allow you to view the text that is “off screen” as will editing, scrolling the text into view as required. When switched on, each line of text will wrap onto the next next line if it tries to extend beyond the right hand side of the window. 4.1 Font The default font used is Consolas, which is available to every version of Windows. If you prefer to use an alternative font, you can select it here. A limited number of mono-space fonts are currently displayed, this is different from Windows Notepad which allows any type of font and spacing. If you would like unlimited fonts please email support@duckheadsoftware.com and we will review the feedback and prioritise accordingly. 4.2 Font Size The default font size is 14px, you can change this higher or lower depending on your preferences. Notepad.net is a multi monitor DPI aware app. If you require a larger font that is availble, use the ‘zoom’ functionality to further increase the font size. VIEW MENU 5.0 Show Statusbar When switched off, the status bar at the bottom of the window will be hidden from view, however it is still ‘active’ and will respond to shortcut keys such as Zoom. When switched on, the status bar at the bottom of the window will be visible. 5.1 Zoom In (Ctrl+Plus) (Ctrl+MouseWheel) Increases the zoom level for the editing session, this is similar to increasing the Font Size, except that it is temporary (reset for each new editing session). 5.2 Zoom Out (Ctrl+Minus) (Ctrl+MouseWheel) Decreases the zoom level for the editing session, this is similar to decreasing the Font Size, except that it is temporary (reset for each new editing session). 5.3 Zoom Default (Ctrl+0) Resets the zoom level to 100% for the editing session, restoring the view to the current Font Size. HELP MENU 6.0 User Guide (F1) Opens your default web browser to this page. 6.1 Website Opens your default web browser to the main page for Notepad.net 6.2 About A completely pointless about box, serving only as a homage to the original Notepad from Microsoft. 6.3 Rate Me Allows the rating of Notepad.net directly within the app. 6.4 Support Opens your default email client and creates a support email, allowing you to ask for a feature, provide feedback, raise an issue, or chat with our support team. STATUS BAR 7.0 Overview The status bar is located at the bottom of the editing session and provide basic information about the editing session, and document. 7.1 Status The status is located on the left and provides information about actions that were taken, for example, the Document was saved. Messages are only displayed for five seconds. 7.2 File Format The file format shows the file format used when saving to disk. When a document is loaded it will automatically change to the format of the document. Click or tap to change the format manualy to either: • Windows (CR/LF) • Macintosh (CR) • Unix(LF) 7.3 Encoding Format The encoding format shows the text encoding used when saving to disk. When a document is loaded it will automatically change to the encoding used in the document. Click or tap to change the format manualy to either: • ANSI • UTF-8 • Unicode • Unicode big endian 7.4 Cursor Position Shows the cursor (sometime called the caret) position within the current editing session. This will take into account Word Wrap when switched on. 7.5 Zoom (Ctrl+Plus) (Ctrl+Minus) (Ctrl+0) (Ctrl+MouseWheel) Shows the level of zoom currently applied to the view. This is the current Font Size plus or minus the zoom level (ratio). It is a temporary zoom and is reset to 100% in each editing session. Click or tap to change the zoom level to one of the pre-defined zoom levels or to reset the zoom level to the default 100%

Under Construction Hidden page for Photo Duplicate Cleaner

Overview

User Guide

Story

Change Log

User Guide

1..General 2..File Menu 3..Edit Menu 4..Format Menu 5..View Menu 6..Help Menu 7..Status Bar GENERAL 1.0 Notepad.net Is a plain text editor replacement for Windows Notepad. It has all the same functional capability with an updated user interface idicative of Universal Modern apps and Microsoft Fluent design. 1.1 Making Notepad.net the default editor for txt files. In Windows Explorer, right click on a txt file and select “Open With >” - “Choose another app”. In the popup, select “Notepad.net” and “always use this app to open .txt files” FILE MENU 2.0 Editing Sessions An editing session is the current window and its content. The content may be empty (no text), have a file loaded (loaded text), or be created from scratch (typed or pasted text). Clean sessions A clean session means all the text is saved to disk. If Notepad.net were to close, no harm would be caused to the content. Dirty sessions A dirty session means that changes have been made to the text. If Notepad.net were to close, those changes would be lost. Notepad.net will prompt you to save the document to file (or a new file) before closing. 2.1 New (Ctrl+N) Starts a new editing session in the window. If the current session is dirty, you will be prompted to save, ignore, or cancel. 2.2 Open (Ctrl+O) Opens a document from disk, replacing the current editing session. If the current session is dirty, you will be prompted to save, ignore, or cancel. 2.3 Save (Ctrl+S) Saves the current editing session to disk. If this session was loaded from a document it will be saved back to that document, overwriting it. If this session is new then you will be prompted for a document to create or overwrite. The Save button is Green if the current editing session is Clean and Red if Dirty . 2.4 SaveAs Save the current editing session to disk. You will be prompted for a document to create or overwrite. 2.5 Print (Ctrl+P) Print with Page Setup for printing the session to a printer, file, or service. EDIT MENU 3.0 Find (Ctrl+F) Find, is always available in the toolbar. Type in text to find it in the session, the number of results is displayed within the find box. Click or Tap on the down or up buttons to step through the results within the session. The find results and steping will be influenced by the Match case and Wrap around settings. If you select text within the session and then use the shortcut key (Ctrl+F) then the selected text will be used as a new find. 3.1 Replace (Ctrl+H) Replace allows you to replace text found within the session, either in total or step by step. If the find box is empty you will be redirected to the find box first. 3.2 Undo (Ctrl+Z) Undoes the last change you made to the session, repeated use will undo the chain of changes. Notepad.net has unlimited undo. 3.3 Redo (Ctrl+Y) Redoes the last change you made to the session, repeated use will redo the chain of changes. Notepad.net has unlimited redo. 3.4 Cut (Ctrl+X) Copies the selected text to the clipboard and marks it to be ‘cut’ from the session once it is pasted somewhere else. 3.5 Copy (Ctrl+C) Copies the selected text to the clipboard. 3.6 Paste (Ctrl+P) Copies the test from the clipboard into the current session. The text can be from any application including Notepad.net. The pasted text is inserted at the current cursor location, or replaces selected text. 3.7 Delete (Del) Deletes the character to the right of current cursor position, or if the selected text. 3.8 Search with Bing (Ctrl+E) Opens your default web browser and uses Microsoft Bing search engine to find the current selected text. 3.9 GoTo (Ctrl+G) Asks for a line number to move to, and then scrolls to that line within the session. 3.10 Select All (Ctrl+A) Selects all the text in the document. 3.11 Time/Date (F5) Inserts the current time and date into the session, or replaces the select text. FORMAT MENU 4.0 Word Wrap When switched off, each line of text will extend beyond the right hand side of the window. Scrolling will allow you to view the text that is “off screen” as will editing, scrolling the text into view as required. When switched on, each line of text will wrap onto the next next line if it tries to extend beyond the right hand side of the window. 4.1 Font The default font used is Consolas, which is available to every version of Windows. If you prefer to use an alternative font, you can select it here. A limited number of mono-space fonts are currently displayed, this is different from Windows Notepad which allows any type of font and spacing. If you would like unlimited fonts please email support@duckheadsoftware.com and we will review the feedback and prioritise accordingly. 4.2 Font Size The default font size is 14px, you can change this higher or lower depending on your preferences. Notepad.net is a multi monitor DPI aware app. If you require a larger font that is availble, use the ‘zoom’ functionality to further increase the font size. VIEW MENU 5.0 Show Statusbar When switched off, the status bar at the bottom of the window will be hidden from view, however it is still ‘active’ and will respond to shortcut keys such as Zoom. When switched on, the status bar at the bottom of the window will be visible. 5.1 Zoom In (Ctrl+Plus) (Ctrl+MouseWheel) Increases the zoom level for the editing session, this is similar to increasing the Font Size, except that it is temporary (reset for each new editing session). 5.2 Zoom Out (Ctrl+Minus) (Ctrl+MouseWheel) Decreases the zoom level for the editing session, this is similar to decreasing the Font Size, except that it is temporary (reset for each new editing session). 5.3 Zoom Default (Ctrl+0) Resets the zoom level to 100% for the editing session, restoring the view to the current Font Size. HELP MENU 6.0 User Guide (F1) Opens your default web browser to this page. 6.1 Website Opens your default web browser to the main page for Notepad.net 6.2 About A completely pointless about box, serving only as a homage to the original Notepad from Microsoft. 6.3 Rate Me Allows the rating of Notepad.net directly within the app. 6.4 Support Opens your default email client and creates a support email, allowing you to ask for a feature, provide feedback, raise an issue, or chat with our support team. STATUS BAR 7.0 Overview The status bar is located at the bottom of the editing session and provide basic information about the editing session, and document. 7.1 Status The status is located on the left and provides information about actions that were taken, for example, the Document was saved. Messages are only displayed for five seconds. 7.2 File Format The file format shows the file format used when saving to disk. When a document is loaded it will automatically change to the format of the document. Click or tap to change the format manualy to either: • Windows (CR/LF) • Macintosh (CR) • Unix(LF) 7.3 Encoding Format The encoding format shows the text encoding used when saving to disk. When a document is loaded it will automatically change to the encoding used in the document. Click or tap to change the format manualy to either: • ANSI • UTF-8 • Unicode • Unicode big endian 7.4 Cursor Position Shows the cursor (sometime called the caret) position within the current editing session. This will take into account Word Wrap when switched on. 7.5 Zoom (Ctrl+Plus) (Ctrl+Minus) (Ctrl+0) (Ctrl+MouseWheel) Shows the level of zoom currently applied to the view. This is the current Font Size plus or minus the zoom level (ratio). It is a temporary zoom and is reset to 100% in each editing session. Click or tap to change the zoom level to one of the pre-defined zoom levels or to reset the zoom level to the default 100%

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The Story behind Notepad.net

I use Windows notepad every day, it's my go-to plain text editor, and in October 2018 Microsoft released the Autumn update to Windows 10 along with the first update to Notepad this century. Great, a Universal, Modern version of the app with fluent design hues and new 'features', and about time! Sadly it was a minor update, but it got me thinking.. I'll just pop down to the handy Microsoft Store on my taskbar and download a replacement, surely someone's done this already? Yes they have, there were 147+ Notepad style applications to go through. Some of which were going down a different route, but quite a lot looking to be Notepad replacements. I went through every one of them. Most are abandoned, some are Win32 apps pushed through the Desktop Bridge to get them in the store, and some are major code editors. I couldn't find anything that matched or exceeded my beloved Notepad. I mean, how hard could this be? Some History and nostalgia Microsoft's Notepad is a simple text editor, it was first released as a mouse-based MS-DOS program in 1983, and has been included in all versions of Microsoft Windows since Windows 1.0 in 1985, unfortunately, like the other apps in the store, it’s all but abandoned; which is a real shame for something I use everyday. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Notepad I love Notepad and throughout this site and Notepad.net, you’ll nods to the original, from the obvious colors used, to the subtle terminology. And so my journey began When I started experimenting with coding Notepad.net, I quickly realised why no-one's created a great Notepad replacement. Any replacement, at its core, depends on a great text editing experience, one which is seriously lacking in universals apps. It's actually worse than I thought, there isn't a good text editing 'control' in Windows, period. So what do I mean by a good text editing control? Like most Windows apps, you use building blocks (controls) which you drop in and use, things like buttons and text box's. Text box's are where we do text input and editing - cool, just drop one in and put a fancy interface around it and I have my Notepad replacement. Why did you do it Microsoft? I love Microsoft, I worked there for many, many years; I love Windows too, but I also have a Mac and live in the Apple eco-system. But Windows, in my opinion is better than MacOS, easier to develop for, and provides a better user experience (not everyone's opinion). Why do I say this? Because I want you to know that when I say “I can only assume that Microsoft has gone out of its way to make editing text as hard as possible in Windows”, I’m not a Microsoft hater. Without getting technical, text in Windows is viewed as a single line of characters (a string), so that Notepad document of 200 lines is actually a single line of text with newlines in it. That's fine for small files and simple editing, but as soon as we hit anything more that a small file, the ability for Windows to display it on screen nose-dives and things start to fail. Notepad, WordPad, Microsoft Word, and most editors can't cope with large files, or provide simple views such as 'line numbers', simply because at Windows core, controls can't handle it, or the complexity of turning a single line of text into an on-screen multi-line view with line numbers becomes too complex. There had to be a better way. Bing is my friend. I searched, and searched, and searched, learning more and more about what I was actualy looking for and my options: 1. Use the built in Windows controls. Unfortunately this makes life hard, very hard. 2. Use a paid for 3rd party editor control There is only 1 available for Universal apps, and it’s £399. 3. Use a free 3rd party editor control There are two available for Win32, and, none available for Universal apps a. Scintilla, used by Notepad++ b. Avalon, used and developed by ICSharpCode These are syntax code editors and while they do what I wanted (and much more) they're not fit for purpose, either abandoned or so out of date it’s 4. Build my own Surely this can't be that hard? but when you factor in every keystroke, mouse, ink, highlighting, scrolling, and word wrapping option I'd have to develop as well, it's a major undertaking. From an abandoned project rose the phoenix There seemed to be only one option, develop this as a Win32 app using the Avalon control, and then publish to the app store via the Desktop Bridge. Development began, but very quickly (a couple of weeks) I became disillusioned. I'd be losing the native Universal capabilities, a lot of stuff was a hack, Avalon was a pain to work with (it wasn't designed for what I wanted, and looks abandoned), Scintilla was archaic, and all the Universal stuff I wanted to use was just around the corner, in beta, first release and buggy as a buggy thing. I abandoned the project. My phoenix moment came when I sat back and looked at what I wanted to accomplished, there were barriers yes, but essentially it could be done as a Universal app, with similar limitations to the original Notepad (no large files, etc). It wasn't going to be my dream app, well, not to start with, but it was a major start, to get that vision of what it could be, and in the future, well, that's the future and we'll see if the limitations are lifted, or I have to buy a 3rd control, or write one myself. Today (Jan 27th 2019) I’ve just released the first version. It has every feature of Windows Notepad, and it’s a Univeral app so its future proof. I decided to charge for it, a small fee to cover my costs. At this point I have a roadmap of ‘features’ I want to add, litteraly years of stuff. As I went through the building of the app and my excitement rose at what would be great and could be done, my feature list got longer and longer. I released version one based on a feature match to Windows Notepad.

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Version 1.1 - 1st February 2019 • New: User Guide added to “help toolbar” • New: Link to website added to “help toolbar” • New: Redo button added to “edit toolbar” • New: About box to “feature match” the original, pointless addition, but homage to Notepad Version 1.0 - Martini Mix - 27th January 2019 • Initial release • All functions of Microsoft Notepad added • Plain text editor with modern UI based on Microsoft Fluid design • Roaming settings added • Universal design toolbar • Modern print capability • Save and Open Windows (CRLF), Macintosh (CR), or Unix (LF) • Save and Open ANSI, Unicode, Unicode big endian, or UTF-8 • Unlimited Undo/Redo • Zoom • Modern Find and Replace • Multi-window interface

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