How did Notepad become bloated?

[Update, May 2023: Amazon has added several features not available when this original story was published, including lasso select, cut, copy, and paste, and the ability to add and move pages around ...

In March, Microsoft started testing an update to the venerable Notepad app that added spellcheck and autocorrect to the app’s limited but slowly growing set of capabilities. The update that adds these ...

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 ...

Damn you Microsoft! I am a notepad addict. If you look at my taskbar at any time and you will see at least 5 notepads, usually a lot more running at one time. Why? Because it is fast and small I use ...

Not a fully functioning Tablet PC, but this is a really cool ‘ink’ device. Take a look at the Aiptek My Note Digital Notepad. Write up to 135 pages of notes (you can expand this via SD card) on this ...

Microsoft is preparing to bring another change to the humble Notepad app. According to Windows Latest, internal testing on Windows 11 shows that the classic text editor is gaining full image support.