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Microsoft adds spell check to Notepad after 41 years, but with an eye-rolling catch

Microsoft Notepad isn't considered among the top text editor programs, but it's certainly one of the oldest and most widely installed. Microsoft first introduced Notepad in May 1983, presenting it as ...
The Verge

Microsoft’s Notepad gets spellcheck and autocorrect 40 years after launch

Windows 11 users now have a new Word-like spellcheck feature inside Notepad. Windows 11 users now have a new Word-like spellcheck feature inside Notepad. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who ...
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Wait, is WordPad back on my Windows 11 PC? No, it's Notepad, which Microsoft just saddled with more unnecessary AI features

Windows 11's Notepad app has some new features in testing The app now supports quickly and easily creating tables There are also additional AI powers in the form of on-the-fly previews for text ...
ExtremeTech

Microsoft Brings Notepad Closer to Word With New Features

Microsoft has started rolling out an update to Notepad for Windows Insiders in the Canary and Dev Channels on Windows 11. The updated version 11.2504.50.0 brings lightweight formatting options to the ...
techtimes

Microsoft Notepad Debuts Autocorrect, Spellcheck After Over 40 Years—Do People Still Use It?

Since the early days of Microsoft, Notepad has been known to be part of what Windows offers users, but it is only now that it has been upgraded to include new features to enjoy. Windows 11 users may ...
TweakTown

Notepad in Windows 11 just became a bit more like Microsoft Word with a nifty new feature

Popular Now: Logitech says if its new mouse doesn't 'change the way you play' you'll get a full refund This is a spellcheck ability that's now rolling out in testing for the Canary and Dev channels, ...
The Verge

Microsoft rolls out Notepad with dark mode for Windows 11 Insiders

Microsoft is testing a redesign of its venerable Notepad app, adding some welcomed modern features like a dark mode, a better search / find and replace interface, better undoing, and more. While the ...
Tech.co

Microsoft Notepad Finnally Adds Spellchck Feeture

Bad spellers rejoice, Microsoft has finally added a spellcheck function to Notepad, and it only took 41 years. In a year that has seen ChatGPT and other super intelligent AI systems thrust into the ...
Kotaku

40 Years Later, Microsoft Finally Adds Spell Check To Notepad

Microsoft’s free and simple text editor, Notepad, is finally getting a feature that many users have requested for years: Spell check. Finally, when you copy and paste random URLs or passwords into ...

Notepad gets new features, while it's clobbered by new bug — highlighting everything that's wrong with Microsoft right now

Notepad gets new features — including a dash more AI – but I'm betting this isn't what most Windows 11 users want ...
TechSpot

Microsoft starts rolling out Notepad's spellcheck and autocorrect features to all Windows 11 users

What just happened? After testing the feature with Windows Insiders via the Canary and Dev channels in March, Microsoft is now rolling out an upgraded version of Notepad featuring a spellchecker and ...