I hate notepad! I never use it.
Either MSWord, or Excel.
That’s much easier to me.
I use wordpad or Open Office, or the latest version of Word Perfect.
I don’t like giving Microsoft any more money than necessary...and I burn copies of MS Works if they get too close...
In that case, I guess I don’t have to ask if you have a little notepad and pencil next to you for when you just have to write down stuff to transcribe it
:-)