NoteTab Light: a free Notepad replacement, feature-rich text editor, and HTML editor
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.	Key Features Open and edit many documents at once Capable of editing huge text files Text drag-and-drop editing AutoCorrect/Auto-replace mode Clip tool for quick and easy text insertion Capture text sent to Clipboard
Windows 95/98/2000/2003/NT4/ME/XP/XP64/Vista 32 MB of RAM, 4 MB disk space Intel® Pentium processor

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.

There's more, much more, in this package -- try the finest piece of freeware available today!

Free Download

Click on one of the links below to get your freeware copy. The distribution file is available in two formats. The EXE package is the easiest to install. However, some systems don't allow downloading those file types. In that case, download the ZIP package and extract its contents with a utility like Winzip.

Download (size 2,134 KB), then run NoteTab_Setup.exe to install.


Download (size 2,149 KB), then unzip and run Setup.exe to install.

A Help file is included with the program. However, if you prefer a printed manual, just download the following file (size 310 KB) and print it through Adobe Acrobat:

Independent Reviews

• Universal Thread Magazine - Tools of the trade: NoteTab
• "THE EDITORIAL" - Issue #01 May 6, 2002
• NetWeek - Feature: NoteTab Light
• Epinions.com - Reviews of NoteTab
• RocketDownload.com: NoteTab Light
• Shareware Junkies: NoteTab (Best Freeware Program 1998)

Differences from other NoteTab versions

Main advantages of NoteTab Light over NoteTab Pro

• 100% Freeware
• 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
• Print Preview option
• 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