Scott said:
If I remember correctly, earlier versions of Windows kept default notepad.exe
settings in the registry. I can't seem to find them in the Windows2000
registry. I want to get rid of the header and footer and permanently change
the page margins. Can that be done, or are the settings hard-coded in the exe?
Don't bother trying to do this from within Notepad - they
will revert back next time you start Notepad.
If you insist on using Notepad instead of a professionally
made text editor, there are many settings you can tweak
with RegEdit. Of particular interest to you would be:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Notepad\iMarginTop
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Notepad\iMarginBottom
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Notepad\iMarginLeft
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Notepad\iMarginRight
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Notepad\szHeader
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Notepad\szFooter
I also once saw a little applet at download.com or some
place like it that does nothing more than let you tweak
your Notepad settings. Saves you the trouble of figuring
out the syntax for the page headers and footers.