You are welcome to download a copy of TextPad for evaluation, or to upgrade an earlier release. There is no charge for the download, but you must pay for the software if you decide to keep it. A single user license costs only £16.50 GBP (approximately $32 USD).

• TextPad Downloads
• Installation Instructions
• Download Problems
• Upgrading from TextPad 4.x
• Dictionaries for the Spelling Checker
• Release Notes

TextPad Downloads:

Please note that TextPad 5.2 is only available in English, French, German and Japanese at present. Other language editions will be released as they are completed.

These self-extracting files contain TextPad, with the English user interface, plus one other language, and a dictionary for the spell checker, as shown in the table. (Other dictionaries may be downloaded separately.) If the online help is not available in a given language, it is supplied in English.

Choose the language version you require, then click on one of the download methods. (FTP is recommended, but may be blocked by your firewall.)

Please read the Installation Instructions, while the file is downloading.

Installation Instructions:

After you have downloaded the setup program, run it and follow its instructions.

Important:The installation process will preserve your current TextPad settings.

Minimum Requirements:

TextPad is supported on Windows 2000 (SP4), Server 2003, ond the 32-bit and 64-bit editions of XP and Vista. The Japanese edition requires a Japanese edition of MS Windows, with the Japanese locale installed.

Download Problems:

If you are experiencing slow transfer rates, the problem could be anywhere on the Internet between your PC and our server. Before reporting problems to us, please first check where they are occurring, as follows:

1. Start a Command (DOS) prompt. (Start/Programs/Accessories/Command Prompt.)
2. Type:
       tracert download.textpad.com
3. In the report that is produced, look for timeouts.
4. If they are occurring in our domain, please paste the results into a problem report, giving details of the time of day, and the file you were downloading.

Please note: to protect against denial of service attacks, our servers do not respond to pings, so timeouts will always occur in the final traceroute step.

Upgrading from TextPad 4.x:

This release is available as a free upgrade to registered users of previous releases of TextPad 4. Simply download and install it in its default folder. You do not need to apply for a new license.