Visual Studio is pretty standard. It's build to be broadly accessible. If I'm doing something as part of a larger project, I keep it in VS because it's easier to keep with Source Control, etc.
If I'm just working on something for me, I usually use SublimeText2/3, but I've been playing with Atom.io for funsies.
That said, I recommend Notepad++ for simple text manipulation if you're just getting started. It's solid and stable, and has a lot of basic features that are well implemented. (The Find/Find/Replace system is still the best that I've found.)
Visual Studio is pretty standard. It's build to be broadly accessible. If I'm doing something as part of a larger project, I keep it in VS because it's easier to keep with Source Control, etc.
If I'm just working on something for me, I usually use SublimeText2/3, but I've been playing with Atom.io for funsies.
That said, I recommend Notepad++ for simple text manipulation if you're just getting started. It's solid and stable, and has a lot of basic features that are well implemented. (The Find/Find/Replace system is still the best that I've found.)