Notepad has lately fallen out of favor with a lot of Windows users. I stumbled on a new open-source alternative that you ...

Engineers are now focusing on performance, reliability, and the overall Windows experience. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over ...

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

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Notepad on Windows 11 is no longer the lightweight utility it once was. Learn how to replace Notepad with Microsoft Edit on Windows 11.

Microsoft is rolling out new artificial intelligence features with the latest updates to the Notepad and Paint apps for Windows 11 Insiders.

Notepad and Paint for Windows 11 are getting yet more updates, but Microsoft should really be focusing on other in-box ...

Whatever else you can say about Windows 11—and whatever you think about its pushy tendencies and the Copilot feature that has been rolled out to pretty much everyone despite being labeled a ...

Were you thinking Microsoft has added AI to virtually its entire software lineup except for Notepad? Well, here comes an update to prove you wrong. Now rolling out to Windows Insiders in Windows 11 is ...

Microsoft admits Windows 11 issues. With bug fixes, Copilot cutbacks, and gaming fixes, 2026 could be Windows’ last chance to win users back.

Microsoft has finally released a spell check and autocorrect feature in Notepad for all Windows 11 users, forty-one years after the program was introduced in 1983. The new features have been tested by ...