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Super NoteTab
Type of Program:notepad replacement plus!
Supported Platforms:WIN95/NT
Authors Name:Eric G.V. Fookes
Version:v2.63
Price:FREEWARE, Pro version $5
Installed Size: 910kb
Super NoteTab is a 32 bit replacement for the
limited Windows Notepad and Wordpad. I have been using it since
V2.0 and I think it is excellent.
Firstly, it loads smoothly and you have total
control over location and start menu preferences. Then it sits
quietly on your drive and does not interfere with anything, it
does not force itself onto your file associations, the Registry
remains empty of junk and it never ever crashes, freezes or
upsets any other programme.
So from all that we can conclude it is well
written. It is also filled with features which anyone would find
irresistible. Frankly I just cannot do justice to them all here,
Junkies are limited in how much space we can use! So I will
describe one of the more unusual ones, an optional side panel
display called the Clipbook. This is a set of templates for text
or phrases you use regularly, which you can add to the text you
are writing by a double click. Clipbook comes with a selection of
smilies, (did you know :-| means have an ordinary day?!),two
lists of HTML tags, every acronym for Internet-speak which IMHO
is very handy, a list of colours which when clicked on add the
right RBG code for a web page, and a launch list of favourite
apps that you can configure however you like. If you use a lot of
engineering, accounting or other specialist terms, put them in
here and never again type them out in full. I have already
created a template with my email and home page URL, my address,
various system configurations and the stars you see below. Talk
about a time saver! It is a little bit like the Microsoft Auto
text feature, but made simple and easy to use with a small file
size, total customization ability and no messing with your
system. The author has a list of templates created by various
users on his site, to add to this already invaluable feature.
Support is superlative and includes a simply
written and in depth Help file, stacks of advice on the web site,
and a set of FAQ to help you make SNP your default editor if you
want it to be. (Only if you WANT it to be. Mr. Gates please note)
The interface is uncrowded and intuitive,
navigation through the various documents loaded is done by a set
of neat tabs showing the document title. For writers and students
the word count is a good feature, for web page authors the
browser view and clipboard are invaluable. The Favourites
function allows the user to create a list of documents regularly
accessed and the programme even politely remembers the position
and size you used it at last time and assumes the same position
next time you launch.
A Super Note Pad? Yes, that is exactly what it
is!
Performance 
User Friendly
Cost
Ease of Installation
Support
Reviewed by Sue Abbott
sue@amaze.demon.co.uk
Super Note Tab is freeware, incredibly enough. There is a version
with extra features including a spell
check, available from the sole distributors:
http://www.ideamarket.com/
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