Get Notepad++, Programmer's Notepad, UltraEdit, or some other similar program. You'll throw notepad in the recycle bin real quick after you try one of these out. As light as notepad, but you get more than one undo And they support all styles of line endings And you can get syntax coloring easily for most common programming languages I use Programmer's notepad myself and would never, ever go back to notepad (or even less wordpad) Edit: Or ATLEAST change the font of your notepad to courrier new or something