I came across a very competent text editor that is also FREE.
It is a small yet powerful programmer’s editor that features syntax highlighting, HTML previewing and a FTP client.
I played with it for a couple of hours and it seems like it could be really helpful.
It is certainly not necessary for CBTE-162 for you to use this program; I just wanted to let you know that it seems to be OK, it has lots of HTML/XHTML features, and you might want to check it out if you are dissatisfied with the functionality of NotePad.
Softpedia.com certifies that it is spyware and virus free.
http://www.softpedia.com/progClean/PSPad-Editor-Clean-6399.html