DocPad

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Notepad replacement DocPad is a feature-rich alternative to Notepad. In addition to the standard features, it offers many advantages including a 10-level undo system, alphabetization, block indent/unindent, bookmark, case conversion, encoding conversion, file history, jump to line, jump to offset, keyboard macros, search and replace, spell checker, statistics, variable pitch font, and more. DocPad also includes a built-in calculator, calendar, and character map. Copyright Snapfiles.com

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Publisher	Gammadyne Corporation (5)	Price	Free
Version	33.0	Last updated	Jul 21, 2025
File Size	14.1 Mb	Requirements	None

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Good editor, but depends on your needs

by LowStrung Jun 25, 2015 (Read all my 16 reviews)

DocPad includes many useful editing functions not found in Notepad, plus some handy tools: A better character map than the one included in Windows, a calendar that stays on top of the editor window, a color picker for working with HTML files, and a calculator that stays on top, as well. The toolbar is customizable, and so is the interface. If you don't like the skins, you can pick one and edit the colors and sizes of all the app's elements to suit your taste. The default skin seems to work best for that. The result can be a very nice-looking GUI. A few drawbacks: 1) Although you can choose a font face for documents, the sizes are designated as small, large, huge, etc. with no way to select exact point sizes. 2) It's not possible to display or search for invisible characters, such as tab characters or carriage returns, or to insert or delete them via the find and replace dialog. Not everyone needs these capabilities for general text editing, however. 3) Multiple files are opened in separate instances of the program, as tabs are not supported, whereas most of today's text editors have tabbed interfaces. 4) DocPad keeps its installer and uninstaller in the app's installation folder, taking up roughly 18 extra MB on the disk. Delete them and you won't be able to uninstall the program through the control panel; you'll get an error message. You can remove all of DocPad's files manually, but the app will still show up in the control panel.

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Not bad

by gimpguy Oct 22, 2008 (Read all my 1159 reviews)

While a very nice replacement for notepad, it seems to have enough to entice you but leaves out enough to not make this your default text editor. Skins are great, etc... but functionality is more useful. I really wish to see some things added and this would be a great all around text editor. It is sitting in a gray area and needs to break free. It has a lot of potential and hope to see it become better.

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Fine for lovers of colorful screens

by ianmacm Oct 03, 2008 (Read all my 174 reviews)

The most striking feature of DocPad is its range of different colored interfaces. Surprisingly though (unless I missed it) it is not possible to change the font used for the text, only its size. There are some extra features including a built-in calculator, but another feature lacking here is the ability to open different tabs and switch between them.

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