By Fionna Agomuoh Published November 8, 2024 Microsoft Microsoft is bringing AI capabilities to its simplistic Notepad app, which is known for its plain text functions, such as saving in .txt files.

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

Since Windows Notepad was launched, its focus has always been on providing a straightforward, distraction-free environment for plain text. The application, which comes pre-installed on every ...

For instance, in November, Microsoft also added a text rewriting tool to Notepad 11.2410.15.0, dubbed "Rewrite," which was previously known as CoWriter.

Notepad, Microsoft's basic text editing app introduced in 1983, also gets an AI-powered feature dubbed "Rewrite" (previously known as CoWriter) that automatically rewrites content using generative AI.

Text formatting.… Windows used to have an editor with formatting functionality, an application called "WordPad" that was ejected from the operating system in 2024.

Windows 11 's Notepad app has been fleshed out with new formatting powers, and the app is morphing, slowly but surely, to become more like WordPad (the more extensive text editor that Microsoft ...

Microsoft is adding a simpler text editor than Notepad to Windows 11 soon It's called Edit and it's going to run purely in the Command Prompt. By Mikael Markander and Joel Lee Jun 5, 2025 7:38 am PDT ...

The new Notepad formatting feature is available in Notepad version 11.2504.50.0, which is deployed to Windows Insiders in the Canary and Dev channels.