If you’re a user of Notepad, then you’re probably familiar with the Office Ribbon UI. This is the interface that appears when you right-click on a document and select “Open in new window.” FluentNotepad is a notepad application that adds the Office Ribbon UI to Notepad. This makes it easier to access the features of the Office Ribbon UI, such as editing documents and adding text. To add the Office Ribbon UI to Notepad, first open Notepad and click on the “notepad” icon in the top left corner of the screen. Then click on “New Window.” In this new window, you’ll see an “Office Ribbon” tab at the top. Click on this tab to see all of the features of the Office Ribbon UI.
Fluent Notepad
There is no installation required so you can run it from a flash drive as well. Download the zip file and extract it to a directory such as Program Files then run the executable.
When it launches you will immediately see the difference in the UI compared to the traditional look of Notepad.
From the Ribbon UI you can easily customize the fonts for your text.
it operates just like the Ribbon UI in new versions of MS Office. You can show the Quick Access Toolbar below the Ribbon.
You can also hide it easily if you want it out of the way while jotting down your text.
If you go to the file tab you can explore the different options there. Since it’s still in beta, not everything was available to customize. But you can send the author feedback on their project while in FluentNotepad and make suggestions.
Of course you can still open files you created in FluentNotepad in the standard version as well.
The Ribbon UI seems to becoming a standard in many applications these days including MS WordPad and Paint in Windows 7. If you have become accustomed to the Ribbon UI introduced in MS Office 2007 and would like the functionality in a Notepad environment, FluentNotepad is worth a look.
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