W hen 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 ...

However, Microsoft said in a statement to Windows Latest that the plan is to “ship Edit as the default text editor, but only for the command line.” We don’t know when that’ll happen, but ...

If you spend a lot of time in text editors, you almost certainly use something other than Windows' default Notepad. Weblog Online Tech Tips details how to set an alternative editor as your default ...

While basic, Microsoft's Notepad app is much beloved, but it's still fairly old hat in 2017. A good, alternative lightweight text editor is still desirable, and Appy Text might just be the best ...

Yes, Windows 11 comes with built-in text editors called Notepad and WordPad. While Notepad is a basic and lightweight text editor, WordPad is a more feature-rich editor that supports rich text ...

Offering 197 text-processing functions, features and advanced features that can remove empty lines, unwrap paragraphs, report statistics of a selection or document, and more, TED is a truly robust ...

The once-unloved Microsoft Notepad app continues to get new features, with spell check and autocorrect reportedly coming to the Windows staple next. Originally debuting as a heavily stripped-down ...

Microsoft has introduced AI-based text editing to Notepad in the Windows 11 Insider and Preview channels. The feature follows other generative AI functions that the company has added to pre ...

It has stood somewhere between Word, its more fully-featured text editor, and the simplicity of Notepad. “WordPad is no longer being updated and will be removed in a future release of Windows ...

Tom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is adding text formatting to its Windows Notepad app.

Cowriter didn’t get the warmest user response, as again, Notepad is Windows’ staple ‘simple text app’, and many users aren’t interested in additional bells and whistles.