After more than four decades, Windows Notepad is getting a significant update. First released in 1983 in MS-DOS, the simple text editor predates Windows itself and has been available in every version ...

Microsoft is bringing AI capabilities to its simplistic Notepad app, which is known for its plain text functions, such as saving in .txt files. The new feature, called Rewrite will allow you to ...

In brief: Notepad didn't change much in the first few decades following its debut in 1983. However, Microsoft has added several significant features to the cleartext editor in the years since Windows ...

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 ...

When it comes to taking quick notes, most Windows users prefer Notepad. It's simple, pre-installed, and gets the job done — but is it the best option? While it serves its purpose for basic text ...

You can now use Microsoft Edit to create and edit text files directly in Command Prompt or PowerShell without switching apps, ...

For years, Notepad has existed as a bare-bones text editor. No longer. Microsoft keeps adding to it, including a new update that includes capabilities that you might have expected in another Windows ...

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 ...

Microsoft keeps improving and adding more features to the Windows 11 Notepad application, the latest being a built-in character counter. Until now, users who needed a quick way to count characters in ...

Microsoft is distributing new preview versions of the rudimentary text editor Notepad in the Insider channels. It now learns advanced text formatting and also allows Markdown-style input. This makes ...