Microsoft's Notepad app has been around for over four decades and is admired by developers, enthusiasts, and general users alike. A few years ago, the unthinkable happened when the company added ...

Have you ever discovered that after opening Notepad, everything you type is overwriting the existing text instead of inserting new characters? This is the overtype mode, and it may happen accidentally ...

Redesigned to match the new visual design of Windows 11 announced in June 2021, Notepad is now available in the Windows Insider Program, where you can quickly try out new features. Redesigned Notepad ...

Notepad spellcheck finally added after 41 years, satisfying long-time user demand for essential feature. Limited by lack of major text editing options, Notepad remains useful for unmodified text input ...

Microsoft has finally released a spell check and autocorrect feature in Notepad for all Windows 11 users, forty-one years after the program was introduced in 1983. The new features have been tested by ...

Ever since Microsoft killed WordPad in 2024, the much-simpler Notepad app has been receiving several new features—almost as if it’s evolving into a better, more modern version of WordPad. Meanwhile, ...

Developer SamNChiet has made it possible to draw in Microsoft Notepad using text characters. He named his project Paintpad and jokes that «made MS Paint in Notepad». Paintpad allows you to move the ...