Editing TextPad (section)

{{short description|Text editor by Helios Software Solutions}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2020}} 
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{{Infobox software
|name                   = TextPad
|logo                   = [[File:TextpadLogo.png|TextPad logo]]
|screenshot             =<!-- Deleted image removed:  [[File:TextpadScreenshot.png|300px|Screenshot of TextPad]] -->
|caption                = [[Screenshot]] of TextPad
|developer              = Helios Software Solutions
|released               = {{Start date and age|1992}}
|latest release version = 9.8.0
|latest release date    = {{date|1-May-2025}}
|latest preview version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q2295946|P348|P548=Q51930650}}
|latest preview date    = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q2295946|P348|P548=Q51930650|P577}}
|size                   = ~15 MB
|operating_system       = [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]
|genre                  = [[Text editor]]
|license                = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
|website                = {{URL|https://www.textpad.com/|textpad.com}}
}}

'''TextPad''' is a [[text editor]] for [[Microsoft Windows]] developed by Helios Software Solutions. It is currently in its ninth major version.<ref name=website>{{cite web |url=http://www.textpad.com/ |title=TextPad - the text editor for Windows |publisher=Helios Software Solutions |access-date=20 August 2017}}</ref> TextPad was initially released in 1992<ref name="WallaceHoffmann2002">{{cite book |author1=Paul Wallace |author2=Andrea Hoffmann |title=I-mode Developer's Guide |url=https://archive.org/details/imodedevelopersg0000wall |url-access=registration |year=2002 |publisher=Addison-Wesley Professional |isbn=978-0-672-32188-7 |page=v}}</ref> as [[shareware]], with users requested to pay a registration fee to support future development.<ref>{{cite web |title=TextPad Purchasing Information |url=http://www.textpad.com:80/ordering.html |publisher=Helios Software Solutions |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961201120249/http://www.textpad.com/ordering.html |archive-date=1 December 1996 |url-status=dead }}</ref> As of 1996 the company was an associate member of the [[Association of Shareware Professionals]].<ref>{{cite web |title=TextPad home page |url=http://www.textpad.com:80/index.html |publisher=Helios Software Solutions |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961201120338/http://www.textpad.com/index.html |archive-date=1 December 1996 |url-status=dead }}</ref> By 1998 the company was pointing out that the editor was "shareware (try before you buy)" and payment was necessary to continue to use it.<ref>{{cite web |title=Download TextPad 3.1 |url=http://www.textpad.com:80/download.html |publisher=Helios Software Solutions |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980115155723/http://www.textpad.com/download.html |archive-date=15 January 1998 |url-status=dead }}</ref>