You might want to open two files in two separate windows to compare them. Also, if you want to edit two files simultaneously, you need to open them separately. That is why you can change Notepad ...

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 ...

Microsoft announced the newest Windows 11 preview build for the Dev and Canary Channels. There are a handful of updates but nothing was as surprising as Notepad getting a character count after 40 ...

The latest version of Microsoft Paint provides a host of AI tools in Windows 11. You can create or edit an image based on ...

I just upgraded to Windows XP Professional from Windows 98 (I didn't a complete wipe of the hdd and reinstalled everything). In Win 98 I replaced my notepad with metapad (just by changing ...

Microsoft has given one of its workhorse applications a long-needed update in Windows 11. In a recent update, Microsoft has finally added spellcheck and autocorrect to Notepad, the operating system’s ...

Windows Notepad is great for whenever you need somewhere to paste text copied from a website or to jot down your grocery list. But if you're writing or editing source code, you're better off switching ...

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 ...

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CoPilot+ PC owners have a new perk in the pipeline. Your AI PC will soon perform Notepad's AI writing features on-device — no subscription required. The app's summarize, write and rewrite options were ...