The interface is wonderfully uneventful, which is exactly how I like my text editors.

In brief: Notepad didn't change much in the first few decades following its debut in 1983. However, Microsoft has added several significant features to the cleartext editor in the years since Windows ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Simple text editors offer a way to edit or write plain text without fancy formatting or other features usually associated with word processors. Generally ...

Along with adding AI to a text editor that launched in 1983, Microsoft will let Windows Insiders test generative fill-and-erase tools in Paint, too. Along with adding AI to a text editor that launched ...

Editor's take: Microsoft is having a tough time leaving Windows Notepad well enough alone. The classic text editor is effectively gone, replaced by a "new" version that keeps accumulating a growing ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. If you're one of those people who's lamenting the loss of a super-streamlined text editor in Windows 11 - now Microsoft has binned WordPad, and turned ...

Windows AI Updates Will Rewrite Text in Notepad, Edit Images in Paint The rewrite tool will generate three versions of your highlighted text at a time. In Paint, generative fill will let you add ...

You might think that, as a generic text editor, Notepad would sit out Microsoft’s AI roadmap. Nope. And Microsoft is also testing shortcuts in which Copilot can be used to trigger often-used actions, ...

Microsoft has released a preview update for Windows 11 Insiders that adds AI features and easier formatting options to Notepad. The otherwise stripped-down text editor has also been given a new ...

Microsoft is now testing an AI-powered text summarization feature in Notepad and a Snipping Tool "Draw & Hold" feature that helps draw perfect shapes. Dubbed "Summarize," the new and highly-requested ...

Microsoft has started testing AI-powered Notepad text rewriting and Paint image generation tools four decades after the two programs were released in the 1980s. These AI "experiences" (as the company ...

If you read this website regularly—or even if this is your first time here—it's almost a given that you use or have used Windows Notepad at some point. It is one of the most basic text editors ...