Notepad has always been one of Windows’ most honest tools. Open it, type, save, close. No drama. But in 2025, even this tiny pocket of simplicity isn’t safe from the AI wave sweeping through Microsoft ...

But I do sometimes use Notepad to draft a quick piece of writing when I don’t need all the bells and whistles of Word. Notepad is also fairly capable on its own as it supports styles, bulleted and ...

Color screen. Slim and super portable. Great for to-do lists and quick notes. Still a nice amount of space to write on. But not every brainstorm or list needs a full-size page. That's where ReMarkable ...

Jeff Werner is a software engineer and has been writing this column since 2007. Question: I have a question about running Notepad under Windows 11: What registry setting can I tweak to get Notepad to ...

Windows 11 Notepad just got a major upgrade, and it’s no longer just a plain text editor. Although a light replacement for WordPad, it now supports markdown and cool formatting options. Here, we will ...

What if the humble Notepad, a tool synonymous with simplicity, suddenly became your most powerful writing assistant? With the integration of Copilot, Microsoft has transformed this classic text editor ...

Microsoft announced today that the Windows 11 Notepad application is getting a text formatting feature supporting Markdown-style input. The feature is being introduced one year after Microsoft removed ...

Microsoft is rolling out an exciting wave of updates to its core Windows 11 applications – Paint, Snipping Tool, and Notepad – available now for Windows Insiders in the Canary and Dev channels using ...

Inside the hardware engineering of the new Surface Pro and Laptop. Inside the hardware engineering of the new Surface Pro and Laptop. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering ...