: Users could customize headers and footers using special character codes (e.g., &D for date, &P for page number) under the Page Setup menu. Limitations
: If the first line of a file was exactly .LOG , Notepad would automatically append the current date and time every time the file was opened. Microsoft Notepad For Windows 8
: It supported saving files in multiple encodings, including ANSI , UTF-8 , and UTF-16 . Key Changes in Windows 8 : Users could customize headers and footers using
In Windows 8, Notepad maintained a minimalist interface consisting of a , Menu Bar , and a Text Area . It continued to serve as the default text editor for creating and editing unformatted .txt files, scripts, and basic code like HTML or batch files. Key Changes in Windows 8 In Windows 8,
: Pressing F5 or selecting Time/Date from the Edit menu would manually insert a timestamp.