It's getting a bit too WordPad-y for my tastes.

Microsoft is rolling out image integration to Windows 11’s Notepad, adding yet another WordPad feature to the beloved text editor.

Microsoft is now testing an AI-powered text summarization feature in Notepad and a Snipping Tool "Draw & Hold" feature that helps draw perfect shapes. Dubbed "Summarize," the new and highly-requested ...

Notepad is one of the most basic Windows tools to ever exist, but Microsoft has decided it's time for a makeover. You can still write in Notepad as you normally do, but going forward, you have Copilot ...

The Snipping Tool is also getting a handy way to draw straight lines. The Snipping Tool is also getting a handy way to draw straight lines. is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer ...

Notepad recently got a makeover. Now, it comes with additional features like text formatting options, spell check and autocorrect, Copilot AI assistant, and Microsoft Account sign-in. While these ...

Over the last few years, Windows 11 users have received countless updates to the built-in Notepad app that has transformed it into something new entirely. Gone is the Notepad of old, a simple text ...

Microsoft continues to move Notepad away from its text-editing roots with planned support for images. Although not officially announced, an image icon has appeared on the Notepad toolbar for Windows ...

Editor's take: Microsoft is having a tough time leaving Windows Notepad well enough alone. The classic text editor is effectively gone, replaced by a "new" version that keeps accumulating a growing ...

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 ...