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Former Microsoft engineer shrinks Notepad down to size

Former Microsoft engineer Dave Plummer comes from an era at Microsoft when Notepad handled the simple stuff, and WordPad ...
TweakTown

Think Notepad is Bloatpad now? Microsoft's new lightweight text editor is coming to Windows 11

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 ...
TechSpot

Even good old Notepad is getting AI text editing

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 ...
TweakTown

Microsoft adds a generative AI feature to Notepad, its simple text editor

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 ...
PC World

41 years later, Windows Notepad finally gets spell check

Though it’s intentionally simple and there are some excellent alternatives, Microsoft’s humble Notepad text editor has gained a massive following through sheer ubiquity. Today it finally gets a ...
HotHardware

Windows Notepad Gets Spellcheck And Autocorrect, And It Only Took 41 Years

For decades Notepad has been an essential but incredibly basic text editor available in every copy of Windows. Well, it’s about to get a little more useful with the inclusion of spellcheck and ...
Mashable

Microsoft Notepad launched in 1983 and now it’s getting an AI revamp in 2024

Microsoft's veteran Notepad app is getting the generative AI treatment. On Wednesday, Microsoft announced a new feature for Notepad called Rewrite, which lets users edit their text using an AI model.
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft Notepad to get AI-powered rewriting tool on Windows 11

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 ...
Kotaku

40 Years Later, Microsoft Finally Adds Spell Check To Notepad

Microsoft’s free and simple text editor, Notepad, is finally getting a feature that many users have requested for years: Spell check. Finally, when you copy and paste random URLs or passwords into ...
BGR

You Have To Pay For Windows Notepad If You Want To Use AI

If you thought Windows' humble, no-frills text editor would remain untouched by Microsoft's never-ending quest to monetize things, think again. The company dropped AI features for Notepad a few months ...
PC World

Over 40 years later, Windows’ Notepad finally has spell check

Earlier this year, Microsoft killed WordPad—the free and surprisingly capable built-in word processor that debuted in Windows 95. For this, they must be punished. Yet while Microsoft taketh away, they ...