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 ...

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 ...

After extending its AI-powered Copilot from Windows 11 to Windows 10 and later to Android, Microsoft is now reportedly bringing some of that AI magic to Notepad with text generation capabilities ...

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 ...

Best small tablets 2025; ... Windows Notepad users: ... Now rolling out to Windows Insiders in Windows 11 is a new Rewrite option for Notepad that promises to spruce up your text with the help of AI.

Even Microsoft Notepad is getting AI text editing now. Along with adding AI to a text editor that launched in 1983, Microsoft will let Windows Insiders test generative fill-and-erase tools in ...

Notepad's AI rewrite shortcut is Ctrl + I while in the app. Rewrite is currently available in preview to Windows Insiders on Windows 11 in the US, UK, Canada, France, Italy, and Germany.

Notepad now lets you use markdown text formatting on Windows 11, which means you can write in Notepad just like you could in WordPad.

Microsoft has added bold, italic, and Markdown support to Notepad for Windows 11, updating the famously simple text editor with formatting tools.

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 unveiling its own command-line text editor at its ...

And Notepad defaults to margin settings that don’t accommodate a typical 80-column text file. If you want a quick hard copy of your plain text files, the formatting change may distract from ...