TextPad for Windows
TextPad License Agreement
You must read and agree to the following terms before you can begin the download:
This software is provided to you under an agreement between The Ohio State University and Helios Software Solutions. Under the terms of the license agreement, current faculty and staff may use this software while they are associated with the university. You may not a) transfer, rent, lease, or sublicense the software, b) decompile, disassemble, reverse-engineer or create a derivative work of the software (except that you may create a derivative work from Samples supplied), or c) use it for commercial gain or profit. When you are no longer a current faculty or staff member, you must leave this software with your department or the Office of Information Technology and remove it from your owned computer.
The software is for use on The Ohio State University main and regional campuses and on your home computer. You are authorized to install this software on one computer unless specifically authorized by OIT as a departmental computer support representative.
If you are authorized to install multiple copies, you must advise anyone who is using or receiving any of those copies that they are prohibited from distributing, modifying or making copies of the software, you must supply them with the terms of this agreement and you agree to provide their names to the IT Service Desk at 025 Central Classrooms to record the distribution. You can also provide this information by writing to Customer Services at 8help@osu.edu or by calling 688-HELP. If you are placing copies into a student or other departmental lab setting that you manage, you agree to report the number of installed copies to OIT as above.
This software is protected by both United States copyright laws and international treaty provisions. Each installed copy of the program is registered with the Office of Information Technology as a function of your agreeing with these terms. Archival copies of this software may be made for the sole purpose of backing up your software.
By agreeing below, I verify I have read, understand, and agree to honor this end user license agreement.
Download TextPad
First read the information that follows about downloading and installing the software and then signify your acceptance of the preceding license terms by clicking below.
Because of licensing restrictions, you'll be connected to a secure sever once you click on the "I agree" link above. You'll be required to enter your OSU Internet username and password to connect to this server.
Install TextPad
Note: As you're downloading the install file, the type of information that appears on your screen varies depending on the browser you're using.
- When the download is complete, you need to unzip the
TextPad file.
- Choose Run in the Start menu.
- Click on the Browse button
in the "Run" dialog box.
- Locate the directory where you downloaded the file
and click on textpad4_73.exe. Click on Open and
then click on OK.
- You're asked to select a destination drive where the
unzipped files will be placed. It's recommended you choose an empty, temporary
directory.
- To start the installation, double-click on txpeng473.exe in
the directory where you extracted the files.,
- After the setup program prepares the Install Shield
Wizard to lead you through the rest of the steps, click on the Next> button
to continue.
- Read the License Agreement when it appears. If you
agree to the terms, click on I accept and
then click on the Next> button.
- The Customer Information screen appears. Enter your
name for "User Name" and The Ohio
State University for "Organization" and click the Next> button.
- The Destination Folder dialog box appears. You can
accept the default folder or click on Change to
select a different installation folder. When the Destination Folder dialog
box reappears, click on the Next> button.
- The install is now ready to begin. Click on Install and
follow the on-screen prompts. When the installation is done click on Finish.
- When you start TextPad it will come up in Evaluation
mode as unlicensed. Open the file license.txt provided
with the download using TextPad and register your copy of TextPad:
- Select all the lines including "BEGIN LICENSE" and "END LICENSE", and copy them to the clipboard using Ctrl+C.
- Choose Enter License Code from the Help menu.
- Paste the license information into the dialog box, using Ctrl+V.
- Click on OK.
