Help Topics: Notepad Help

Working with Text
	Finding specific characters or words
	Deleting, cutting, copying, and pasting text
Adding the Time and Date to Documents
	Inserting the time and date in a document
	Keeping a log by using Notepad

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To find specific characters or words

1 On the Search menu, click Find.

2 In the Find What box, type the characters or words
  you want to find.

3 Click Find Next.

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To delete, cut, copy, and paste text

* To delete characters to the left of the insertion 
  point, press the BACKSPACE key. 

* To delete characters to the right of the insertion 
  point, press the DELETE key.

* To delete words, select them, and then press the 
  BACKSPACE or DELETE key.

* To cut text so you can move it to another location, 
  select the text. Then, on the Edit menu, click Cut. 

* To copy text so you can paste a copy of it in another 
  location, select the text. Then, on the Edit menu, 
  click Copy. 

* To paste text you have cut or copied, place the 
  insertion point where you want to paste the text. 
  Then, on the Edit menu, click Paste.

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To insert the time and date in a document

1 Move the insertion point to where you want to add the
  time and date.

2 On the Edit menu, click Time/Date.

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To keep a log by using Notepad

1 On the first line of a Notepad document, type the 
  following at the left margin, making sure you include 
  the period:

	.LOG

2 Save the document.

Note

* Every time you open this document, Notepad will append
  the current time and date, as specified by your
  computer's clock, to the end of it.

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