Would you like a new Notepad replacement that incorporates the latest technologies while staying slim and fast?

Bend is a beautiful new text editor that incorporates this new style great with the latest WPF technologies.

It’s a nice replacement for Notepad, and a great programming and writing tool as well.

Edit Your Text in Style With Bend

Download and initiate the program as normal.

Click Install to continue.

The installer will then download and install Bend, which should only take a few moments.

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As soon as it’s done installing, Bend will automatically open.

Bend is a minimalistic and beautiful text editor, so let’s explore its features.

Press New if you’d like to open another file or start writing on a blank page.

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Bend is a great code editor, as it shows line numbers on the left.

Simply click and drag from the left to select multiple rows of text.

It also highlights syntax in programming code in different colors so you’ll easily see what’s going on.

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If you want to make your text easier to see, hold down the Ctrl key and scroll in.

The text in Bend is hardware accelerated, so it renders beautifully.

Or scroll out to shrink your text.

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Bend makes it easy to find content in your files.

Press Enter or hit the search button again to see the next instance of the term.

Save+ works like Save As in most other programs.

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When you’re done, you could close or minimize the program from the links on the top right.

Bend works with normal Windows tools too, such as Aero Snap in Windows 7 as well.

Change Bend’s SettingsBend also has several tweaks it’s possible for you to tweak on its options page.

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To access these, poke the Bend tab in the top left corner.

you’re able to also check from updates here as well.

nudge the Check for Updates button if you’d like to see if a new update is available.

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If there is one, click Ok in the popup to install it.

Bend will automatically load the update and will then prompt you to restart it to complete the update.

Click Ok, keep your work, and restart it for the changes to take effect.

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Update– It looks like the developer has removed Bend from the CodePlex page.

We are trying to find out what happened and will keep you updated!Download Bend for your machine

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