Notepad was the way it was for a very long time, until Microsoft finally started showing it some more love with Windows 10. This is when features started being added, and initially, they were ...

— Mayank Parmar (@mayank_jee) July 6, 2025 Notepad's markdown is a great example of how Microsoft can add new features without annoying existing customers who love the app for its simplicity.

For years, Notepad has existed as a bare-bones text editor. No longer. Microsoft keeps adding to it, including a new update that includes capabilities that you might have expected in another ...

Writer's block is no match for Microsoft 's latest AI infusion for its Notepad app. The long-neglected Notepad now has the ability to write custom content based on any prompt you feed it, so long ...

Notepad is getting light text formatting abilities but only in testing These allow you to use bold and italics, headings, and lists Some folks appreciate those formatting extras, while others see ...

Microsoft has added bold, italic, and Markdown support to Notepad for Windows 11, updating the famously simple text editor with formatting tools.