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Part 1 Part 1 of 5: Installing

1 Open the Notepad++ website. Go to https://notepad-plus-plus.org/ in your browser.
2 Click download. This tab is on the upper-left side of the page.
3 Click DOWNLOAD. It's a green button in the middle of the page. The Notepad++ installer will begin downloading.
- Depending on your browser settings, you may have to select a save location or confirm the download before continuing.
4 Double-click the setup file. It resembles a green frog.
5 Click Yes when prompted. The installation window will open.
6 Select a language. Click the language drop-down box, then click the language that you want to use.
7 Click OK. It's at the bottom of the Language window.
8 Follow the on-screen prompts. Do the following:
- Click Next
- Click I Agree
- Click Next
- Click Next
- Check advanced options, then click Install
9 Click Finish. As long as you leave the "Run Notepad++" option checked, doing so will both close the installation window and open Notepad++.

Part 2 Part 2 of 5: Setting up Notepad++

1 Open Notepad++ if it isn't open. Double-click the Notepad++ app icon, which resembles a white pad with a green frog on it.
2 Delete any text currently in Notepad++. You'll usually see some developer notes here, so just highlight and delete them.
3 Click Settings. This tab is at the top of the Notepad++ window. Clicking it prompts a drop-down menu.
4 Click Preferences…. It's in the Settings drop-down menu. Doing so opens the Preferences window.
5 Review your Notepad++ settings. Look over the settings in the middle of the window, or click a tab on the left side of the Preferences window to change the category of settings that you're viewing.
- You can change these settings to your liking, but be careful not to change anything that you don't understand.
6 Click Close. It's at the bottom of the Preferences window. Doing so saves any changes and closes the window.
7 Review the menu buttons. Near the top of the Notepad++ window, you'll see a row of colored buttons. Hovering your mouse over each of the buttons will show you what each button does.
- For example, the purple floppy disk-shaped icon in the upper-left side of the window saves your progress on a project when clicked.
8 Decide on a language. This article covers examples for C++, Batch, and HTML coding, but you can use almost any language that you want to with Notepad++. Once you have a language picked out, you can proceed with actually using Notepad++ to create a program.

Part 3 Part 3 of 5: Creating a Simple C++ Program

1 Click the Language tab. It's at the top of the window. Clicking it prompts a drop-down menu.
2 Select C. You'll find this option in the Language drop-down menu. A pop-out menu will appear.
3 Click C++. It's in the pop-out menu. Most programmers' first experiences with C++ involve creating a program that says "Hello, World!" when run, so that's what you'll do here.
4 Add a title to your program. Type in // followed by your program's title (e.g., "My first program"), then press ↵ Enter.
- Any text in a line that's typed after two slash marks won't be read as code.
- For example: to entitle your program "Hi Earth", you'd type //Hi Earth into Notepad++.
5 Enter the preprocessor command. Type #include into Notepad++, then press ↵ Enter. This command instructs C++ to run the following lines of code as a program.
6 Declare the program's function. Type int main () into Notepad++, then press ↵ Enter.
7 Add an open bracket. Type { into Notepad++, then press ↵ Enter. Your program's main code will go between this open bracket and a closed bracket later.
8 Enter your program's execution code. Type std::cout << "Hello World!"; into Notepad++ and press ↵ Enter.
9 Add a closed bracket. Type } into Notepad++. This closes the program's execution phase.
10 Review your program. It should look something like this:
- //Hi Earth
- #include
- int main ()
- {
- std::cout << "Hello World!";
- }
11 Save your program. Click File, then click Save As... in the drop-down menu, enter a name for your program, select a save location, and click Save.
- If you have a program on your computer that can run C++, you should be able to open your Hello World program in it.

Part 4 Part 4 of 5: Creating a Simple Batch Program

1 Click the Language tab. It's at the top of the window. Clicking it prompts a drop-down menu.
2 Select B. You'll find this option in the Language drop-down menu. A pop-out menu will appear.
3 Click Batch. It's in the pop-out menu. Batch is a modified version of the commands that you use in Command Prompt, so any Batch file will open in Command Prompt.
4 Enter the "echo" command. Type @echo off into Notepad++ and press ↵ Enter.
5 Add a title for your program. Type in Title text and press ↵ Enter, making sure to replace "text" with your preferred title.
- When you run the program, the title text is what will display at the top of the Command Prompt window.
6 Enter display text. Type in echo text and press ↵ Enter. Replace "text" with whatever you want Command Prompt to display.
- For example, if you want Command Prompt to say "Humans are superior!", you'd type echo Humans are superior! into Notepad++.
7 Halt the program. Type pause into Notepad++ to indicate the end of the program.
8 Review your code. It should look something like this:
- @echo off
- Title Improved Command Prompt
- echo Humans are superior!
- pause
9 Save your program. Click File, then click Save As... in the drop-down menu, enter a name for your program, select a save location, and click Save.
- If you want to run your program, simply find it in its save location and double-click it to do so.

Part 5 Part 5 of 5: Creating a Simple HTML Program

1 Click the Language tab. It's at the top of the window. Clicking it prompts a drop-down menu.
2 Select H. You'll find this option in the Language drop-down menu. A pop-out menu will appear.
3 Click HTML. It's in the pop-out menu. HTML is commonly used for website pages, so you'll be creating a basic webpage heading and subheading.
4 Enter your document header. Type into Notepad++, then press ↵ Enter.
5 Add the "html" tag. Type into Notepad++ and press ↵ Enter.
6 Add the "body" tag. Type into Notepad++ and press ↵ Enter. This indicates that you'll be entering a section of text or other body information.
7 Enter your page's heading. Type in text and press ↵ Enter, making sure to replace the "text" section with your preferred page heading.
- For example: to set your heading as "Welcome to my Swamp", you would type Welcome to my Swamp into Notepad++.
8 Add text below the heading. Type in text and press ↵ Enter. You'll replace "text" with your preferred text (e.g., "Make yourself right at home!").
9 Close the "html" and "body" tags. Type in and press ↵ Enter, then type in .
10 Review your code. It should look like this:
- Welcome to my Swamp
- Make yourself right at home!
11 Save your program. Click File, then click Save As... in the drop-down menu, enter a name for your program, select a save location, and click Save.
- As long as you select your language before saving, Notepad++ will choose the correct file format for you.
- You should be able to open your HTML file in any web browser.

How to Use Notepad++

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Welcome to my Swamp

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