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Notepad now lets you use markdown text formatting on Windows 11, which means you can write in Notepad just like you could in WordPad.

Microsoft keeps improving and adding more features to the Windows 11 Notepad application, the latest being a built-in character counter.

The Notepad app on Windows 11 is getting an AI upgrade with a new "Explain with Copilot" feature that will break down and analyze text highlighted by the user.

After 41 years, Microsoft has added two essential features to its storied Notepad app in Windows 11, and you can get them now.

Microsoft Adds Gen AI Features to Paint, Snipping Tool, and Notepad Windows Insiders can generate AI stickers in Paint and text in Notepad by entering prompts.

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