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A Cool Windows Notepad Trick

July 9th, 2010

1. Open a blank Notepad file
2. Type “.LOG” (in uppercase, no quotes) in the first line of the file, followed by Enter. Save the file and close it.
3. Double-click the file to open it and notice that Notepad appends the current date and time to the end of the file and places the cursor on the line after.
4. Type your notes and then save and close the file.
5. Each time you open the file, Notepad repeats the process, appending the time and date to the end of the file and placing the cursor below it.

This is a cool way to take notes.  I have a Notes.txt saved on my Desktop at work, and every time I need to note anything, I fire up this file and type it up.  I have a date, and time stamp inserted each time for future reference.

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