Notepad now allows you to write Markdown without installing anything extra. Use toolbar shortcuts to apply formatting, switch views, and clear formatting when needed.

Learn how to enable and use Write or Rewrite AI in Notepad on Windows 11 to rephrase a sentence, make it shorter, longer, formal, casual, etc.

Microsoft is now adding AI to Notepad, the simple text editor that’s been around since Windows 1.0. This is part of Microsoft’s big idea to add Copilot AI to more apps in Windows.

Microsoft is distributing new preview versions of the rudimentary text editor Notepad in the Insider channels. It now learns advanced text formatting and also allows Markdown-style input.