A rather basic, but free, text editor is Editpad Lite from http://www.editpadpro.com/editpadlite.html (but it still offers much more than Notepad). The paid pro version has syntax coloring and so on, so should be better suited for what you want.
But why not try a real html-editor like free nvu (http://www.jhu.edu/advancedonline/nvu/download.html http://www.nvu.com/index.php). I must admit I'm using a simple text editor myself, but I've made a start by downloading it. When I've enough time in a few weeks, I'll make a serious attempt to see if and how I can best use it.
And there's much more indeed. I can't recommend any from http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&&q=html+editor+free as I said above, but you like to try a few.
Hope this helps.
Kees
to create/recreate a website. Looking for a little more than notepad. Books that I have give some that can have multiple open at one time, some have colors, some have indentation to make it easier to read.
I tried looking at some via the web, but one of the sites totally fouled up my computer. Couldn't open anything, just got the dinosauer [hourglass] for minutes on end. Could not get Trend to scan or do anything.
Amazingly after rebooting my Trend did a scan normally, found a lot of spyware which I removed. The system works fine now.
Anyone know a good one and a safe link to it????

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