Notepad, one of the oldest and most reliable apps in the Windows ecosystem, has been undergoing some big changes during the Copilot AI era. Unfortunately, one of its new features was prone to a ...

How did Notepad become bloated?

Image showing Notepad with highlighted text and a dialogue with the results of using the summarize feature to summarize the text. Microsoft Notepad, one of the iconic features of Windows, might seem ...

Juggling a bunch of windows can be a pain, even with the UX enhancements in Windows 11. Microsoft is helping to reduce the clutter with the recently released tabbed file explorer, and now it appears ...

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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 ...

Users have spotted a new Cowriter feature in the latest build of Notepad. This Cowriter function could let you rewrite text, make text longer or shorter, and change the tone and format. Notepad’s ...

Windows 11 has quietly added a new feature to your PC: AI-powered editing to the Windows 11 Notepad app, called Rewrite. In November, Microsoft began testing the addition of AI rewrite capabilities in ...

Microsoft released a new version of Notepad for Windows 11 on Thursday that will allow Windows Insiders in the Dev channel to use multiple tabs. The new feature is rolling out with the Windows 11 ...

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 ...