Among the many changes to the operating system that came with Windows 11, some of the ones that have gone under the radar and underappreciated went to Notepad – the simple, often-used little ...

Microsoft is making it a lot faster and easier to add links to text inside Word documents. Instead of having to open a menu ...

Windows 11 users now have a new Word-like spellcheck feature inside Notepad. Windows 11 users now have a new Word-like spellcheck feature inside Notepad. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who ...

Ben Smith is a writer based in Los Angeles, California who has been covering consumer tech for at least five years. He's written thousands of articles for various sites about laptops, tablets, and ...

Microsoft Notepad isn't considered among the top text editor programs, but it's certainly one of the oldest and most widely installed. Microsoft first introduced Notepad in May 1983, presenting it as ...

It has finally happened. Microsoft’s text editor Notepad just got a spellcheck feature, more than 40 years after the software launched in 1983. For the history buffs, Ronald Reagan was still president ...

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 ...

If you regularly use Windows Notepad, there is a major update which you will have to know about. As part of the latest Windows 11 developer build, Microsoft has added a slew of long-requested features ...

The only problem? There is already a fantastic fully-featured plain-text editor that has been available for years that is ...

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While the Windows platform has been repeatedly overhauled and updated over the years, some of the most popular first-party apps on the operating system have failed to receive the same treatment. One ...

(As many readers here know, I live in Notepad, so I am noting these with a mix of excitement and trepidation, given Notepad's simplicity is what keeps me coming back.) Read also: Here's how you can ...