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Notepad's best feature is its simplicity — and I'm worried Microsoft is slowly taking it away

As time goes on, Microsoft keeps adding more and more features to Windows, and it can be a good thing just as much as it can be a bad thing. Some features you can't imagine living without, and others ...
The Verge

Notepad in Windows 11 is finally getting a spellcheck feature

Microsoft continues to improve Notepad with useful features in Windows 11. Microsoft continues to improve Notepad with useful features in Windows 11. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has ...
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Notepad gets new features, while it's clobbered by new bug — highlighting everything that's wrong with Microsoft right now

Windows 11's Notepad app has some new features in testing These include a new AI twist and fresh formatting powers It's unfortunate timing, as Notepad has been hit by a new bug in Windows 11, ...
TweakTown

Extra features for Windows 11 Notepad go beyond worries about bloat, as new security flaw shows

TL;DR: Windows 11's Notepad app has a security flaw rated as a 'high' severity vulnerability, one that allows for remote code execution. The good news is that it's already been patched by Microsoft, ...
Windows Central

Notepad on Windows 11 just gained two new features, but you'll want to disable at least one of them

Windows Notepad now supports autocorrect and spellcheck. The features entered testing among Windows Insiders in March 2024 and have since started rolling out to general users. Notepad remains largely ...
Windows Report

Microsoft Starts Removing Copilot Clutter from Notepad, More Apps to Get Same Treatment

Microsoft begins trimming Copilot branding in Notepad, with AI integrations staying, as similar changes are expected in more ...
TweakTown

Notepad now lets you create tables, but is it one feature too many for this simple app?

TL;DR: Microsoft Notepad for Windows 11 now supports table creation with an easy toolbar grid and enhanced AI-powered Write, Rewrite, and Summarize tools for faster text generation. While these ...
Gizmochina

Notepad finally gains a character count feature after years of waiting

The new feature arrives in the latest Canary channel test build of Windows 11. It adds a character count display to the bottom left corner of the Notepad window. This mimics the behavior of other text ...
Pocket-lint

40 years later, Microsoft Notepad features spellcheck.

Ben Smith is a writer based in Los Angeles, California who has been covering consumer tech for at least five years. He's written thousands of articles for various sites about laptops, tablets, and ...
techtimes

Microsoft Notepad: Old App Tests out New Tab Features for Windows 11

There was a recent spotting of a new feature for the Windows Notepad from Microsoft, centering on adding tabs for multiple files to work on or open via the application. It is one of the most famous ...
Bleeping Computer

Notepad and Paint Become Optional Features in Windows 10

In future versions of Windows 10, Microsoft is making it so you can now completely uninstall the venerable Notepad, Paint, and WordPad programs from the operating system. The popular Notepad and Paint ...