Editor's take: Microsoft is having a tough time leaving Windows Notepad well enough alone. The classic text editor is effectively gone, replaced by a "new" version that keeps accumulating a growing ...

PCWorld reports that Microsoft is adding image support to Windows Notepad, a feature previously exclusive to WordPad, with an image button appearing in the toolbar. The enhancement is currently in ...

Notepad has slowly gained a plethora of features that elevate it way beyond a basic text editor, now rivaling the likes of Apple Notes and Google Keep. But is Microsoft right to do this? When you ...

In context: Microsoft is going in some very wild directions with Windows development, with Notepad being one of the most outstanding guinea pigs in AI and design experimentations. Notepad now has the ...

Open the Classic Notepad from its stored locations Install the Classic Notepad using Optional features in the Settings app Uninstall the new Notepad app Disable Modern Notepad Alias in Settings. Let’s ...

Microsoft announced today that the Windows 11 Notepad application is getting a text formatting feature supporting Markdown-style input. The feature is being introduced one year after Microsoft removed ...

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 ...

Windows 11 has quietly added a new feature to your PC: AI-powered editing to the Windows 11 Notepad app, called Rewrite. In November, Microsoft began testing the addition of AI rewrite capabilities in ...

For years, we've been able to freely use all the features in Windows apps like Notepad and Paint. But those days seem to be gone. Yes, the core features are still freely accessible, but the latest AI ...

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 ...

TL;DR: Microsoft has introduced a paywall for Notepad, requiring a Microsoft 365 subscription to access new features like the AI-powered Rewrite tool. Notepad has been around for more than 40 years, ...

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 ...