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Notepad++ is the best free text editor available on the net. Based on a powerful editing component Scintilla, Notepad++ is written in C++ and uses pure Win32 API and STL which ensures a higher execution speed and smaller program size. Other than simple but fantastic text editor Notepad++ also supports plugins which many people doesn't know. Below is list of features which are used most frequently.

1. Turn Notepad++ into PHP IDE

With the help of  DBGP the php debugger (XDebug) which talks DBGP protocol transform your Notepad++ to a php IDE.

2. Auto Indent

With NppAutoIndent you can Auto indents the next line for you. Saves you some button presses when you have lots of nested conditionals.

3. Auto complete brackets

With XBrackets Lite when you type in an opening bracket, it automatically puts in the closing bracket for you! Very handy.

4. Auto Complete Code

To enable this feature you have to download CCompletion plugin. It is much like IntelliSense. The only problem with it is it displays the identifier in primary view, not secondary.

5. Synchronization with FTP Server

NppFTP plugin let you modify and upload files directly to a ftp server.

6. Highlight Marker

With Change Markers plugin a colored marker will be displayed on the left side of a line you’ve just edited. It indicated which lines have changed and whether the changes have been saved. Functions exactly like in Visual Studio.

7. Switch files faster by pressing a key and typing name

There is a plugin available in Notepad++ File Switcher - which allows you to change files by hitting the shortcut and then typing its name. Useful for when you have several files open at once and Ctrl+Tab takes too long to sift through.

8. Spell-Checker

As a name suggest Spell-Checker plugin helps you when you’re editing normal text files.

9. Auto Close XML Tags

XML Tools plugin auto-close tags and provides other useful features.

10. Compare two text files side by side

With Compare Plugin you can find differences in two text files very easily. The differences are showed in both files by highlighting them with colours.

Bonus :Bulk Edit Text Files in Notepad++ (Without Opening Them)

You don't need any plugin for this. Simply hit CTRL+SHIFT+F and browse the path where all your files are resided. You can also choose type of files as *.txt for text file or *.php for php files.

There are many other plugins like Hex Editor (Adds a Hex Editor in Notepad++) and Color Picker(translates your selected colour in hexadecimal) which can increase your productivity.

Note: To download plugins you can use Plugin Manager(under Plugin menu) in which most of the plugins will be available there or you can find all plugins on Notepad++ Wiki page.

Most of the time when you want to search any file in windows you first click on search then type name of the file and then again hit search (unless you have enable Indexing). In order to avoid clicking Search button again and again you can enable Quick Search in window explorer without any third party software installation.

With this you will also able to find your files quickly. Before when you press A button on your keyboard window explorer will focus on first folder whose name starts with A. When you will again press A focus will be on next folder whose name starts with A and this goes on. With Quick Search enable you will only see those folders whose names start with A only or has A in it. This way you can browse window more easily and productively.

Here are the steps to enable Quick Search:

1. Open Window Explorer (My Computer)
2. Press ALT + T
3. Go to Tools > Folder Option and then press View tab
4. In Advanced setting find When Typing in the List View
5. Select the option “Automatically type into search box”

This way you will be able to browse window more productively.

Most of the forms you download from Internet are in PDF format. In order to fill those you first print them and then fill it, which means more work manually i.e. more errors. Below is the list of applications desktop based and online which let you fill PDF documents free and easily.

PDF Escape
PDF Escape is a web service which let you fill form fields by uploading your document on the web. It also allows you to create new form field or delete field in your PDF. You can Edit Existing Content in PDF using whiteout tools and save PDF files to your local computer or your online account,add annotations with the help of custom shapes, arrows, text boxes and sticky notes. You can add hyperlinks to other PDF pages / web documents.
PDF-XChange Viewer
PDF-XChange Viewer can be used for typing text directly on any PDF page. You can add & apply Custom Stamps from any Image or PDF File. It also allows you to extract text from a PDF page/File. You can add Comments and Annotations, mark-up pages with text and objects.

Let me know which tool you use to fill forms or edit PDF files.

IPL(Indian Premiers league) 4 is going to start from April 8 till 28th March. Here is list of sites from where you can watch live streaming of IPL matches online.

1. Youtube.com
2. CricFire.com
3. Justin.tv
4. Bollym4u.com
5. Crick3t.net
6. Live-Cricket-Match.com
7. ExtraCover.net
8. Crictime.com

I would suggest you to watch IPL 4 live streaming on Youtube. Use other sites only when you are unable to open it i.e. blocked, etc.