Text - simple text editor for Chrome and Chrome OS

Application TEXT

Text is a simple text editor for Chrome OS and Chrome. It is very fast, you can open multiple files at once, it supports syntax highlighting and it saves to Google Drive when on Chrome OS.

This is a great resource for Chromebook users for taking quick notes, programming and much more.





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