NoteSupreme Notepad help

A free notepad that saves to your own folders. Here is how everything works.

Getting started

1. Pin it: click the puzzle-piece icon in Chrome's toolbar, then the pin next to NoteSupreme Notepad.
2. Click the pinned icon. The notepad opens in its own window and remembers where you put it.
3. Start typing. The coral dot on a tab means it has unsaved changes.

Saving

• Save (Ctrl+S) the first time asks where to put the file: Google Drive, Linux files, Downloads or any folder.
• After that, Save is one click. After you close and reopen the notepad, Chrome asks once more for permission. Choose Allow on every visit if it's offered, and it won't ask again.
• Save As (Ctrl+Shift+S) writes a copy under a new name. Save All saves every open note that already has a file.

Open and Open Folder

• Open (Ctrl+O) opens one or more .md or .txt files.
• Open Folder lists a folder's .md and .txt files in the sidebar. In Chrome's folder picker the files look greyed out; that's normal. Go into the folder and click Select. Then click any file in the sidebar to open it.

Markdown preview

Use the Edit / Split / Preview switch at the top right. Links in the preview open in a normal Chrome tab. Pictures and other web content are never loaded in the preview, to keep your notes private.

Save from any webpage

Highlight text on a webpage, right-click, and choose Save highlighted text to note. The text and a link to the page are added to your note. Save page link to note adds the page title and link.

Speech-to-text

• Turn it on in the gear icon's Features & Settings and allow the microphone. A mic button appears.
• Click the mic and talk. Grey text in the status bar shows what it's hearing; finished sentences go into the note.
• It stops by itself after a pause (5, 10, 20 or 30 seconds, or never; you choose). Esc stops it straight away.
• It needs internet: Chrome uses Google's speech service. See the privacy policy.

Sidebar buttons

Keyboard shortcuts

• Ctrl+S Save · Ctrl+Shift+S Save As · Ctrl+O Open
• Ctrl+F Find and replace in the current note · Ctrl+Z Undo
• Esc Stop listening

Common questions

Where are my notes?

In the files you saved them to. Notes you haven't saved yet are kept in Chrome on this computer while their tab is open, so a closed window or a restart doesn't lose them.

Is it a replacement for the ChromeOS Text app?

Yes: open, edit and save text files in your own folders, with tabs, line numbers, search and markdown on top.

Does it work offline?

Yes, everything except speech-to-text.