I decided on making a small notepad editor in Java using Swing and I think it functions pretty well. Unfortunately, my skills in making my project tidy and organized has abandoned me; it looks like spaghetti code, which many renowned programmers discourage from doing. So all I ask the fellow community of Code Review is what can I do to make my code simpler.

Note: The JFontChooser.java does not belong to me. The entire file belongs to ZoeloeSoft.

Project : https://www.tusfiles.net/t1m4pwu23ebd

FramePanel.java - Adds all editable JTextArea

// events and actions
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.JCheckBoxMenuItem;
import java.io.File;

// for gui-related
import javax.swing.*;

// for opening/saving files
import javax.swing.filechooser.*;

public class FramePanel implements ActionListener
{
    private Frame window;
    private JPanel panel;
    private JTextArea edit;
    private File openFile;
    private JScrollPane scroll;
    private JFileChooser dialog;
    private Utilities util;

    // instantiate the panel
    public FramePanel(Frame caller)
    {
        // instantiate the utilites class and filechooser for function
        util = new Utilities();
        dialog = new JFileChooser();
        openFile = null;

        // instantiate the panel with borderlayout and frame
        panel = new JPanel();
        window = caller;
        panel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());

        // instantiate the scrollpanel and editarea
        edit = new JTextArea();
        scroll = new JScrollPane(edit);

        // customize editarea
        edit.setFont(new Font("Courier New", Font.PLAIN, 12));
        edit.setTabSize(4);

        // add the scrollpane with editarea in the panel
        panel.add(scroll, BorderLayout.CENTER);
    }

    // pass on panel to frame
    public JPanel getPanel() { return panel; }

    // listen for actions/clicks
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
    {
        String query = e.getActionCommand();

        // if new was clicked > erase document to null
        if (query.equals("New")) {
            edit.setText(null);
            window.setName(null);
            openFile = null;
        }
            
        // if open was clicked > open new file
        else if (query.equals("Open"))
        {
            int result = dialog.showOpenDialog(dialog);

            if (result == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {
                String fileName = util.openFile(edit, dialog.getSelectedFile());
                openFile = dialog.getSelectedFile();
                
                window.setName(fileName);
            }
        }
        // if save was clicked > save if new file; overwrite if existing
        else if (query.equals("Save"))
        {
            if (openFile != null && openFile.exists())
                util.saveFile(edit, openFile, true);
            else
            {
                int ret = dialog.showSaveDialog(dialog);
                
                if (ret == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {
                    String name = util.saveFile(edit, dialog.getSelectedFile(), false);
                    openFile = dialog.getSelectedFile();
                }
                
                window.setName(openFile.getName());
            }
        }
        // if exit was clicked > exit
        else if (query.equals("Exit"))
            window.exit();
        // if select all was clicked > select all text
        else if (query.equals("Select All"))
            edit.selectAll();
        // if time/date was clicked > append time and date.
        else if (query.equals("Time/Date"))
            edit.append(util.getDate());
        // if word wrap was selected > set editable to word wrap t/f
        else if (query.equals("Word Wrap"))
        {
            JCheckBoxMenuItem opt = (JCheckBoxMenuItem)e.getSource();
            edit.setLineWrap(opt.isSelected());
        }
        // if font was selected > set editable.font to selected font
        else if (query.equals("Font"))
            util.changeFont(edit);
    }
}

Utilities - Adds functionality to FramePanel.java

// for editable
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import java.awt.Font;

// for opening a file
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.util.Scanner;
import javax.swing.JCheckBoxMenuItem;

// for writing a file
import java.io.BufferedWriter;
import java.io.FileWriter;
import java.io.IOException;

// for appending dates
import java.util.Date;
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

public class Utilities
{
    // open file; should only be called from framepanel and requires
    // jfilechooser and editable
    public String openFile(JTextArea editable, File file)
    {
        editable.setText(null);

        // instantiate the scanner and make string pointing to filepath
        Scanner fileReader = null;
        String filePath = file.getPath();

        // try to open file
        try
        {
            fileReader = new Scanner(new FileReader(filePath));

            // loop until all files are appended to editable
            while (fileReader.hasNextLine())
                editable.append(fileReader.nextLine() + "\n");
        }
        // catch any errors and exceptions
        catch (Exception except) {
            except.printStackTrace();
        }
        // close the reader
        finally {
            fileReader.close();
        }

        return file.getName();
    }

    // save file; should only be called from framepanel and requires
    // jfilechooser and editable
    public String saveFile(JTextArea editable, File file, boolean overWrite)
    {
        String fileName = file.getName();
        String text = editable.getText();
        BufferedWriter writer = null;
        
        if (overWrite)
        {
            try
            {
                writer = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(file.getAbsolutePath()));
                writer.write(""); // to clear out text
                writer.append(text);
            }
            catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); }
            finally
            {
                try
                {
                    writer.flush();
                    writer.close();
                }
                catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); }
            }
            
            fileName += "0";
        }
        else
        {
            try
            {
                writer = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(file.getAbsolutePath()));
                writer.write(text);
            }
            catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); }
            finally
            {
                try
                {
                    writer.flush();
                    writer.close();
                }
                catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); }
            }
            
            fileName += "1";
        }
        
        return fileName;
    }

    // gives date to caller
    public String getDate()
    {
        DateFormat dateList = new SimpleDateFormat("hh:mm MM/dd/yyyy");
        Date date = new Date();
        return dateList.format(date);
    }

    // changes font of Jtextarea
    public void changeFont(JTextArea editable)
    {
        Font current = editable.getFont();
        JFontChooser dialog = new JFontChooser(null);
        dialog.setFont(current);
        int ret = dialog.showDialog();

        if (ret == dialog.OK_OPTION)
            editable.setFont(dialog.getFont());
    }
}