In 2024, Microsoft officially removed WordPad from Windows 11, in a blow to longtime users of the app. WordPad was a useful tool for many, offering a middle-ground between the simplicity of Notepad ...

TL;DR: Microsoft Notepad for Windows 11 now supports table creation with an easy toolbar grid and enhanced AI-powered Write, Rewrite, and Summarize tools for faster text generation. While these ...

Rumor has it that Notepad is getting a new feature The Windows 11 app could enable users to embed images That might be useful for some, but others will be concerned about how much Microsoft is ...

TL;DR: Microsoft is ushering in a lightweight text editor for Windows 11 called Edit, which it says pays homage to the classic MS-DOS Editor experience, but with a suitably modern interface. It's ...

Microsoft is now testing an AI-powered text summarization feature in Notepad and a Snipping Tool "Draw & Hold" feature that helps draw perfect shapes. Dubbed "Summarize," the new and highly-requested ...

Users have spotted a new Cowriter feature in the latest build of Notepad. This Cowriter function could let you rewrite text, make text longer or shorter, and change the tone and format. Notepad’s ...

If you feel like Notepad in Windows 10 and 11 could benefit from some extra features, good news: the app will soon get proofreading capabilities with some additional customization options. The default ...

If you thought Windows' humble, no-frills text editor would remain untouched by Microsoft's never-ending quest to monetize things, think again. The company dropped AI features for Notepad a few months ...

Since Win11, I find myself using Notepad deliberately more often. This will add a useful increment to it. Frankly, the last time I saw a real upgrade to Notepad was when it became able to handle more ...

If you read this website regularly—or even if this is your first time here—it's almost a given that you use or have used Windows Notepad at some point. It is one of the most basic text editors ...

Want to stop Notepad from opening previously opened files? If you want to start over each time you launch Notepad anew, you can turn off the setting that makes Notepad restore previously opened files ...