Microsoft is reviving the classic MS-DOS Edit utility with a new open-source text editor built for Windows 11. Microsoft developers designed it to provide a native command-line ...

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Hate Notepad in Windows 11 because Microsoft keeps adding features to the app, bloating it up? You might like the new 'Edit' app that's in the works now.

Goodbye, WordPad: Microsoft Retires Rich Text Editor After Nearly 30 Years Time to upgrade to Microsoft Word or limp along with Notepad for plain text documents.

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We explain the difference between Notepad (simple text editor), WordPad (basic word processor), and Microsoft Word (advanced word processor) in Windows 11/10.

Simple text editors offer a way to edit or write plain text without fancy formatting or other features usually associated with word processors. Generally used by coders and programmers, there are ...

A text editor's malleability doesn't just give you freedom of mind, but a more practical freedom as well. Word processors with their letter-size mock-up almost demand to be used full screen.

You can't afford to overlook these helpful features. Your productivity depends on it. Take full advantage of Microsoft Word and start breezing through your work.

Tom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is planning to add text predictions to Word in March.

Microsoft suggested alternatives in its announcement: the subscription-based Microsoft Word for rich text editing, including .doc and .rtf, and Windows Notepad for plain text, such as .txt.