PC World

Windows 11 killed WordPad, but Notepad is absorbing its formatting skills

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 ...
The Verge

Microsoft’s Notepad gets spellcheck and autocorrect 40 years after launch

Windows 11 users now have a new Word-like spellcheck feature inside Notepad. Windows 11 users now have a new Word-like spellcheck feature inside Notepad. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who ...
Wired

There’s AI Inside Windows Paint and Notepad Now. Here’s How to Use It

Tech companies aren’t holding back when it comes to stuffing artificial intelligence capabilities into every app and piece of hardware they can, and even the most basic software tools are getting ...
Cybernews

Microsoft forces AI into Notepad, users say, “Leave it alone”

For those who prefer to use the classic Notepad version, Microsoft has provided the option to disable the AI tools by going ...
PC World

Windows 11 Notepad gets improved context menus in latest update

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, ...
Ars Technica

In 3.5 years, Notepad.exe has gone from “barely maintained” to “it writes for you”

In November, Microsoft began testing an update that allowed users to rewrite or summarize text in Notepad using generative AI. Another preview update today takes it one step further, allowing you to ...
Ars Technica

Notepad.exe, now an actively maintained app, has gotten its inevitable AI update

Among the decades-old Windows apps to get renewed attention from Microsoft during the Windows 11 era is Notepad, the basic built-in text editor that was much the same in early 2021 as it had been in ...