Notepad is also helpful for stripping text formatting when you copy content from Web pages into your own business files. To open Notepad quickly, you can create a shortcut for it on your desktop.

Despite its slim profile and Windows 3.1-style interface, Notepad is a tool that Windows users have come to know and love, using it for all manner of tweaking, quick editing, and other tasks.

start notepad.exe c:\notes\todo.html Denis says you can embed any number of lists using this method, but that you'll need a separate batch file to edit each one. Congrats, Denis!