Overview of NoteTab Light
NoteTab Light is the ultimate free Notepad replacement and a capable HTML editor. A slimmer version of the award-winning NoteTab Pro, this slick application makes text editing a breeze. Move quickly around a stack of large files with a simple tabbed interface. Format your text to your heart's content. Write with the font of your choice, fixed-width or proportional.
If you need to cut and paste chunks from a pile of files, forget the Clipboard: you can set up a Paste Board file to save text clips automatically. Strip HTML tags from your files. Call up complete document statistics instantly. Use powerful, system-wide search and replace tools.
Speed up your work with text macros: you can use them as shortcuts, or even to auto-replace those persistent typos. Handy sample macro libraries are supplied, and you can easily build your own. Make the most of NoteTab's many options to suit your own workstyle.
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Note that prior to version 4.5, NoteTab Light was called "Super NoteTab Light".
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System Requirements
Windows 95/98/ME/NT4/2000/XP
486 processor or faster
4 MB of free disk space
16 MB of RAM (32 MB for NT)
Differences with other NoteTab versions
The NoteTab family of editors is composed of three variants. Below is a short list that explains the main differences. See the comparison chart for more details. Note that NoteTab Light has an option that lets you try for one month some of the features available in NoteTab Std.
Main advantages of NoteTab Light over NoteTab Pro
100% Free (no ads and no nag screens)
Can use variable-width fonts
Better support for non-Roman alphabets (e.g. Chinese, Hebrew, etc.)
Main advantages of NoteTab Std over NoteTab Light
Spell checker and thesaurus
Clipbars -- user-made toolbars
Can read and write outline-type documents
Command for reformatting and justifying lines
Customizable menu shortcuts
Modify and save EBCDIC files
Can search/replace text in disk files
Main disadvantages over NoteTab Pro
Slower file loading and text processing
Slow "Replace All" (when many matches)
No URL or HTML-tag highlighting
No multiple-level undo/redo
No option to show nonprinting characters
No customizable menu shortcuts
No bookmarks
No real-time wrap-to-column
No line-number ruler