Notepad++ (free) starts with the basic text editing provided by the Windows Notepad program, and adds a slew of features to help programmers and scripters.

That changes for Windows 11, though. Posting on the Windows Insider Blog, Dave Grochocki, Principal Program Manager Lead has announced some major changes to the Notepad text editor.

Microsoft’s testing some neat new features for the Windows 11 Snipping Tool and the one and only Notepad dot exe. They’re only in the Windows Insider Program for now, but they’re there.

Microsoft has finally released a spell check and autocorrect feature in Notepad for all Windows 11 users, forty-one years after the program was introduced in 1983.

In fact, our colleagues at PCMag wrote up a handful of Notepad programming tips back in 2017 that still stand, and some of them might be a tad easier with tabs.

The new notepad looks like this. Notepad on Windows 11 that doesn't participate in the Windows Insider Program looks like this, and at first glance, it doesn't seem to make a big difference.

According to Wikipedia, the Notepad program is actually older than Windows itself, going all the way back to the Multi-Tool Notepad program that was included in the MS-DOS update which introduced ...

Microsoft has released the revamped Notepad app to more users on Windows 11, expanding its availability to beta testers in the Insiders program. The updated app is the latest effort by Microsoft ...

That changes for Windows 11, though. Posting on the Windows Insider Blog, Dave Grochocki, Principal Program Manager Lead has announced some major changes to the Notepad text editor.