Thankfully, Microsoft lets you opt out if it's not your thing . As announced via a post on the Windows Insider Blog, Microsoft is now rolling out "lightweight" formatting in Notepad, version 11 ...

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 ...

Microsoft has announced that on May 30, 2025, it will provide a notepad with basic formatting such as bold, italics, and hyperlinks, as well as support for the lightweight markup language ...