TextEdit

TextEdit is a lightweight text editor designed as a replacement for Notepad. It can be deployed on all Windows versions out there.

Drop it on portable devices

You can store TextEdit on pen drives thanks to its portability status. You do not have to go through an installation process because you may gain access to the GUI by running the executable file. In addition, you can open it without being an administrator.
No settings files are left on the host system. They are actually saved on the storage device, and you can get rid of the utility with the aid of a deletion task.

User interface

The GUI does not impress much in the visual department because it looks outdated. However, it is easy to decode so you are not going to spend a lot of time tweaking the dedicated parameters.
You are given the freedom to open multiple windows at the same time and switch between them with ease. Tooltips are shown in the main window each you hover your mouse cursor over a specific feature, and reveal short descriptions of the target function.

Text editing functions

TextEdit offers support for basic clipboard actions, namely cut, copy, and paste, and gives you the possibility to delete data, undo your actions, and make use of preset hotkeys for faster actions.
What’s more, you are allowed to import and export information from/to plain text file format. TXT files can be dragged and dropped directly in the main window.
Other important options worth being mentioned enable you to print data and preview it before activing a printing job, send documents via email, check out a list with recent files, clear the content of a document with a single click, as well as find and replace data.

Final remarks

All in all, if you are looking for nothing more than basic features when creating and editing plain text documents, you can give TextEdit a try and see what it can do for you.