Monday, 6 August 2012

OTHER NOTEPAD TRICKS


1. MAKE A PERSONAL DIARY OR LOG-BOOK

We can also use Notepad as a simple digital diary or a personal Log-Book.
Follow the below mentioned steps to make one for yourself -
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  • Open Notepad.                                             
  • Type .LOG (in capital letters) and hit enter.
  • Save it with any name and close it.
  • Open it again.
When you open the file again you will see the current date and time being inserted automatically after the .LOG line. This will happen automatically every time you reopen the the notepad file.

2. TEST YOUR ANTI-VIRUS

We can also test our anti virus program for its effectiveness using a simple notepad trick. Follow these steps below to know more:
  • Open Notepad.
  • Copy the code give below in the notepad file:
    X5O!P%@AP[4PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*
  • Save it with an .exe extension like testvirus.exe
As soon as you save this file, your anti virus program will detect the file (virus) immediately and will attempt to delete it. If this happens then your Antivirus is working properly. If not, then its time to look for some reliable antivirus.

3. WORLD TRADE CENTER ATTACK

World Trade Center NotepadAs you might be knowing that the flight number of the plane that had hit World Trade Center on that dreadful day (9/11) was Q33NY. Now call this trick a coincidence  or something else but whatever it is, it does startle us.
  • Open Notepad.
  • Type “Q33N” (without quotes) in capital letters.
  • Increase the font size to 72.
  • Change the Font to Wingdings.
You will be amazed by the findings.


4. HOW TO CONVERT TEXT INTO AUDIO USING NOTEPAD


  1. Open notepad file on your Windows PC or laptop.
  2. Copy and paste the below mentioned code :

      Dim msg, sapi
      msg=InputBox("Enter your text for conversion–","Text-To-Audio Converter")
      Set sapi=CreateObject("sapi.spvoice")
      sapi.Speak msg
  3. Save this file with any name with .vbs as extension. For e.g. Text-To-Audio.vbs
That's it ! Your Text to Audio converter is ready to be used. Now open the saved file and key in the text you want to convert and click OK.


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