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Use Notepad as a Diary :A new useful utility come and try

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Champs Original post #1
Apr 15, 2006 at 7:08 PM
Hi guys,
try this you may find it useful!
For people who use notepad to write down any info on a day to day basis
(//like diary//):

1. Open a blank Notepad file

2. Write .LOG as the first line of the file, followed by a 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.

Regards
Vaid
gary4gar
Apr 17, 2006 at 2:21 PM
not working dude !!!!
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Champs #3
Apr 17, 2006 at 10:23 PM
This is working 100%

Do exactly as posted.
R
Apr 18, 2006 at 12:29 AM
Thanks.....Have a nice day!
R
May 3, 2006 at 6:15 PM
Yes! Great.
I was searching for Software for diary writing. Now it is easy!!
Thanks
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May 4, 2006 at 8:37 PM
Great way.. But can anyone suggest a software which has colourful features for DIARY writing and if possible FREE.. If its Shareware, even then plz suggest a few ..
FatBeing
May 4, 2006 at 8:54 PM
Champs, this is not original work - I've seen this tutorial on the 'net a million times.

Please post the source of this information within the next 24 hours.
Nimda
Nimda #8
May 4, 2006 at 8:55 PM
Old piece of info but useful neverthless. Works right from the Windoze 3.1 days.
dhan_shh
Aug 5, 2006 at 2:01 AM
//siddhartha// said:
Great way.. But can anyone suggest a software which has colourful features for DIARY writing and if possible FREE.. If its Shareware, even then plz suggest a few ..

You can try "DiaryOne 6.0",DiaryOne is a creative multimedia diary keeper software for storing your private information securely.

the link is :h**p://www.itlocation.com/en/software/prd42557,,.htm
Venom
Venom #10
Aug 5, 2006 at 10:23 AM
gary4gar said:
not working dude !!!!
Tell me that was a joke, or you are using linux?

This is one old old old trick posted atleast 4 times over a year or more sometimes.
aditya.shevade
Aug 5, 2006 at 10:53 AM
Not working for me also. Can someone attach the file?

Aditya
Pathik
Pathik #12
Aug 5, 2006 at 1:54 PM
its working..... thx
Ishan
Ishan #13
Aug 5, 2006 at 2:16 PM
Ya its working.
aditya.shevade
Aug 5, 2006 at 4:52 PM
Thank you very much Ishan

Aditya
R
Aug 5, 2006 at 5:51 PM
Type the LOG in capital. Then only it will work
ayush_chh
ayush_chh #16
Aug 5, 2006 at 7:30 PM
thnx yaar....
sujithtom
sujithtom #17
Aug 6, 2006 at 12:43 PM
NotePad has limitation for the amount of text you can store and how the hell are you gonna read diary entires through NotePad. Does it work with WordPad?
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pop143 #18
Aug 8, 2006 at 12:19 AM
Seems it shud work with notepad only...
am using notepad-2..a cool colourfull one. it doesnt work in it.
bye
pirates1323
Aug 9, 2006 at 1:59 PM
gud post ..champs...it is wrking ..

thz
ashu888ashu888
Aug 9, 2006 at 8:24 PM
Thanx for the info, it works... :)

Cheers n e-peace...
Akshay
Akshay #22
Aug 10, 2006 at 4:26 PM
Try this trick too:

Open notepad and type:

Bush hid the facts

Then save it as a .txt file with any name.
Open it again and see..wow...where did that text go????

Actually there is a major bug in notepad.. it does not show text in ASCII and converts it to Unicode whenever any text in the following combination of letters is written....

ABCD ABC ABC ABCDE or 1111 222 333 55555

Wasn't that interesting?

PS: u can type anything in that format: 4-3-3-5
P
Aug 30, 2006 at 5:06 PM
its workin buddy
jz2linkinpark
Aug 30, 2006 at 7:29 PM
@akshay:there's a whole thread on that...
cool tutorial,trying it right now...
aditya.shevade
Aug 30, 2006 at 11:01 PM
@akshay

I had given it :-D It's here

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=34269

Anyways :)
Akshay
Akshay #26
Sep 4, 2006 at 12:57 PM
@aditya

Dude I postd it on 10.8.2006 n ur post says 17.8.2006. So well mine is 1st time n so I shud b saying Anyways
S
Sep 27, 2006 at 12:25 PM
nice
__________
it works fine.but how to get rid of that ugly .log;is it possible to hide that particular piece of text
RaghuKL
RaghuKL #28
Sep 27, 2006 at 12:29 PM
try this you may find it useful!
For people who use notepad to write down any info on a day to day basis
(//like diary//):


Now i can keep track of my daily download list and I think you can also press F5 for current system time in the log..:p :p :rolleyes:
sysfilez
sysfilez #29
Sep 27, 2006 at 12:45 PM
great discovery. its working fine. tnx dude.
DukeNukem
DukeNukem #30
Sep 28, 2006 at 1:02 PM
why put .log on the first line to get the date and time


Press F5 key any where to insert date and time in notepad
ketanbodas
Sep 28, 2006 at 11:08 PM
JUst greaT ! Post mOre.
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sanju #32
Oct 13, 2006 at 11:08 PM
working man
nice
dreams
dreams #33
Oct 15, 2006 at 10:38 AM
cooool buddy..works fine..kudos 2 u..
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pri1710 #34
Oct 15, 2006 at 3:06 PM
Thanks