Windows always came equipped with a simple editor called Notepad. In it you can write simple text without formatting, but is quite limited. There are alternatives to our standard editor on the market and are free. Here I will briefly present three alternatives to the Windows Notepad native.

Notepad++
Notepad + + is one of the best and most popular text editor, with support for plugins and a lot of text options. They do not stop there, as one of the best alternative for developers, can color standard (syntax highlighting) a lot of programming languages, and functions with autocomplete and numbering of lines of code. Languages ??supported by the best editor include: C + +, Java, Javascript, VBScript, PHP, CSS, HTML and more. But it has the best support for HTML, CSS and PHP. It can open multiple documents very quickly and do not stick easily when opening larger files. TextFX very useful functions that allow changing the uppercase text to lowercase and vice versa, counting text characters, etc.. Supports 16 different types of character encoding, in virtually any language you want, from China until the Arabs. It also has many other features.

Notepad2
The aim of this editor is to completely replace Notepad editor, with a perfect theme similar to this. Supports Windows versions 32 and 64 bits. Holds standard numbering and coloring line of code. It can easily replace the original publisher by overwriting it with Notepad2 Notepad by simply renaming the file. The best utility of its function is to select text and use Drag-n-Drop (shoot and leaves) in any other window in another document, and in another program, without using the shortcut Crtl + C.

TED Notepad
It is one of the smallest editors, can be put on a flash drive and used all through a simple double click, without having to install it in advance. Among the functions which it owns include: autocomplete, search and advanced text replacement, supports encoding in Unicode and UTF-8, can be used to write the texts for UNIX and Mac, can save its settings to a file. Ini to put on a memory stick with the executable file can load your preferences;