"Your essential text editor, elevated," says Microsoft when you open one of the world's once simplest text editors, Notepad, ...

Windows Insiders can try additional Markdown syntax features in Notepad and a new a fill tolerance slider in Paint.

Microsoft is meddling with Notepad again, this time adding a "What's New" screen so users know the latest indignities heaped on the once-humble text editor.

First, Notepad's lightweight formatting capabilities have been expanded to include tables. To insert a table, use the 'Table' option in the formatting toolbar, or add a table directly using Markdown ...

After initially upgrading Notepad with the new and enhanced features back in March 2024 for insiders, the upgraded Notepad app is now official in Windows 11... very quietly, we might add. If you're ...

As part of its efforts to add AI everywhere, Microsoft is now bringing AI features to the popular Paint and Notepad apps on Windows 11. Microsoft's Paint is getting generative erase feature, which ...

Since Win11, I find myself using Notepad deliberately more often. This will add a useful increment to it. Frankly, the last time I saw a real upgrade to Notepad was when it became able to handle more ...