Nik's Pad

Nik's Pad is a lightweight text editor designed as a replacement for the Windows Notepad application.

The tool reveals an intuitive layout that looks similar to the GUI adopted by Notepad so you are not going to spend a lot of time tweaking the dedicated parameters. Although you cannot appeal to a help manual, you can set up the dedicated parameters on your own because they look easy to work with.

Nik's Pad gives you the possibility to import data from plain text and RTF file format. Files can be added in the working environment using the built-in browse button (the drag-and-drop support is not implemented).

When it comes to editing functions, you are allowed to undo or redo your actions, perform basic clipboard actions (cut, copy, paste), delete data, select all text, as well as find and replace words.

What’s more, you can make use of preset hotkeys for faster actions, convert characters to uppercase or lowercase, number the lines, as well as detect URLs in the text and quickly access them via your web browser.

Plus, you may enable or disable the word wrapping mode, change the background color of the text editor, as well as alter the text in terms of font, font style, size, and color. The application lets you print data or save it to TXT or RTF file format, while allowing you to choose between several encoding profiles.

Tests have shown that Nik's Pad carries out a task quickly and without errors. It does not eat up a lot of CPU and memory resources so the overall performance of the computer is not hampered.

All things considered, Nik's Pad comes packed with basic features for helping you edit text, and is suitable especially for less experienced users.