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 ...

Ever since Microsoft killed WordPad in 2024, the much-simpler Notepad app has been receiving several new features—almost as if it’s evolving into a better, more modern version of WordPad. Meanwhile, ...

The workaround here is pretty simple, thanks to Microsoft. They have now made apps like Notepad, Wordpad, and Paint Optional features on Windows. This means they can be uninstalled and reinstalled as ...

Microsoft is updating Notepad again. The latest indignity for the veteran Windows text wrangler? Text formatting.… Windows used to have an editor with formatting functionality, an application called ...

If you have a Copilot+ PC, you can look forward to free AI features coming to the Notepad app in the near future. These features include AI-generated text (Write), revisions (Rewrite), and summaries ...