Is Notepad getting too bloated these days? If you're of that opinion, you won't like what Microsoft has planned next.

Notepad has quietly evolved over the past few years, and image support could mark its biggest shift yet, especially after ...

Paint: .paint "Save as project" and an opacity slider for Pencil/Brush—layered edits and smoother blending. Snipping Tool: Quick markup (Ctrl+E) adds inline toolbar for pen, highlighter, shapes, ...

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.

Microsoft is reportedly working on yet another "advanced" Notepad feature that has little to do with basic text editing.

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 ...

PCWorld reports that Microsoft is adding image support to Notepad, bringing a feature previously exclusive to WordPad to the basic text editor. The update includes a dedicated image button in the ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. It might be more fun than Solitaire It might be more fun than Solitaire is a senior editor and author of Notepad, ...

Microsoft patches CVE-2026-20841, a high-severity Windows Notepad flaw that could allow code execution via malicious Markdown ...

The Notepad app is a handy tool; it allows you to create text files, store temporary texts, edit batch files, or sometimes even write codes. And usually, you don’t encounter any issues with this app.