How to replace Notepad with Microsoft Edit on Windows 11

Notepad on Windows 11 is no longer the lightweight utility it once was. Learn how to replace Notepad with Microsoft Edit on Windows 11.
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Microsoft says Notepad on Windows 11 is now “elevated”, as it adds new AI features ...

"Your essential text editor, elevated," says Microsoft when you open one of the world's once simplest text editors, Notepad, ...
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Windows Notepad is now a better Markdown text editor

More Markdown features are coming to Notepad.
TweakTown

Microsoft adds a generative AI feature to Notepad, its simple text editor

TL;DR: Microsoft's Notepad, a simple text editor, is introducing a new AI 'Rewrite' feature in version 11.2410.15.0 for Windows Insiders on Windows 11. This feature allows users to rephrase sentences, ...
Bleeping Computer

Windows 11 Notepad gets a built-in character counter, finally

Microsoft keeps improving and adding more features to the Windows 11 Notepad application, the latest being a built-in character counter. Until now, users who needed a quick way to count characters in ...
Windows Central

Should you use Notepad or Notepad++ on Windows 11?

Are you debating between Notepad and Notepad++? Here's the one you should use on Windows 11. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.