Windows Notepad now has tables but could you stop adding more stuff now Microsoft?

If you're a Notepad purist, you can remove the option to use tables by clicking on the cog icon in the top-right corner and ...
Bleeping Computer

Windows 11 Notepad gets a built-in character counter, finally

Microsoft keeps improving and adding more features to the Windows 11 Notepad application, the latest being a built-in character counter. Until now, users who needed a quick way to count characters in ...
Computerworld

Finally: A better Notepad than Notepad

SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. — I try new software almost daily. But I have to admit: The most useful and frequently used application on all my PCs is Notepad, the bare-bones text editor that comes with ...
The Next Web

Notepad gets a new design in Windows 11, including a dark mode

Notepad is one of the most basic apps in Windows, but that’s exactly why so many people still love it: it’s a barebones text editor free of distractions. Still, I’ve got to admit it looks a little ...
Ars Technica

Old dog, new trick: Microsoft tests a tabbed UI for Notepad.exe in Windows 11

Notepad is one of the very oldest Windows apps, and up until Windows 11 came out, it was one of the least-changed. It remains a barebones text editor, but it has learned some new tricks in Windows 11, ...
The Verge

Notepad on Windows 11 is finally getting a character count

Microsoft is also improving its widgets section in Windows 11 with the option to disable the feed of news. Microsoft is also improving its widgets section in Windows 11 with the option to disable the ...
TweakTown

Notepad in Windows 11 just became a bit more like Microsoft Word with a nifty new feature

This is a spellcheck ability that's now rolling out in testing for the Canary and Dev channels, and you'll see it with Notepad version 11.2402.18.0. As you might imagine, this will highlight spelling ...