After a 30-year run, Microsoft has discontinued WordPad, leaving fans of this simple word processor upset. Fortunately, there ...

To me, it seems like Notepad's spellcheck is more word-focused instead of trying to identify the context and figure out which word works best in that case. There are countless other such examples. I ...

Notepad has always been one of Windows’ most honest tools. Open it, type, save, close. No drama. But in 2025, even this tiny pocket of simplicity isn’t safe from the AI wave sweeping through Microsoft ...

The latest update for Notepad adds the ability to create and paste in tables, giving the text editor some expanded functionality for handling data. Microsoft is also upgrading Notepad's AI ...

Microsoft has begun rolling out Notepad updates to Windows Insiders in the Canary and Dev Channels. The new version, 11.2510.6.0, introduces two new features. The first adds table support to Notepad, ...

Ever since Microsoft killed WordPad in 2024, the much-simpler Notepad app has been receiving several new features—almost as if it’s evolving into a better, more modern version of WordPad. Meanwhile, ...

Notepad now lets you use markdown text formatting on Windows 11, which means you can write in Notepad just like you could in WordPad. The new formatting feature is turned on by default, and you just ...

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 has started rolling out an update to Notepad for Windows Insiders in the Canary and Dev Channels on Windows 11. The updated version 11.2504.50.0 brings lightweight formatting options to the ...

Recap: Since Windows 11 launched in 2021, Notepad has received some of the most significant updates in its 42-year history. While the plaintext editor has traditionally served as a lightweight ...

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 ...