tablet v notepad

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  • November 19, 2019 at 12:27 pm #38361
    johnbarryjohnbarry
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      I have a document created with m $ notepad.

      On my Samsung SM-T280 Tablet from, Google play I have downed a few note pads. I can’t open my doc.  I also have office viewer, I can open my doc with this.

      It takes to long to open, I am after a notepad viewer so on clicking my doc it will open with it, or I can select my doc within the notepad viewer and open quicker.

       

      Cheers
      John

      November 19, 2019 at 12:38 pm #38363
      blacklion1725blacklion1725
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        Did you definitely save the file as a text (.txt file)? If so then any of the text editors in the Play Store should be able to open it (e.g. this one) ES File Explorer contains a good text editor – it has been removed from the Play Store, but can be found from other sources (look for “ES File Explorer apk”). It might just be that the “Notepad” apps are note-taking apps (e.g. shopping list) and not a text viewer/editor. Double check it is a “.txt” file though

        November 19, 2019 at 1:30 pm #38364
        Wheels-Of-FireWheels-Of-Fire
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          Are you sure you were using Notepad and not Wordpad ? Notepad defaults to saving .txt files but Wordpad will use a rich text format.

          November 19, 2019 at 2:06 pm #38366
          johnbarryjohnbarry
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            Thanks blacklist & graham.

            It is .text I never use wordpad I am downin this one on blacklists post?

            Cheers
            John

            November 19, 2019 at 2:15 pm #38367
            johnbarryjohnbarry
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              Quickedit the is just the job blacklion.  the others I have tried have no file locator to open files other than ones wrote in there  app

              Cheers
              John

              November 19, 2019 at 2:40 pm #38369
              blacklion1725blacklion1725
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                Good stuff – you should also be able to set is as the dafault app – if you go to the place you saved the file on the tablet (e.g. “download” or wherever) in your file manager, click on the file and then it will ask you what app to use. Tick the “always” box and select Quickedit and you are set. Its just another way of opening the file.

                November 19, 2019 at 3:33 pm #38371
                Ed PEd P
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                  I use Notepad2 instead of notepad. Same as Notepad but does a little more.

                  November 19, 2019 at 6:35 pm #38378
                  johnbarryjohnbarry
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                    Thanks blacklion

                    Thanks Ed

                    Every little helps

                    Cheers
                    John

                    November 20, 2019 at 7:20 am #38391
                    Ed PEd P
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                      I reread your second post. Your problem was using .text as the file descriptor. Just rename them all to .txt instead as .text is not a valid descriptor.

                      November 24, 2019 at 9:42 am #38501
                      johnbarryjohnbarry
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                        Thanks Ed

                        Cheers
                        John

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