TweakTown

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 ...
TechRadar

Microsoft’s Notepad goes from a simple text editor to a mini-Word thanks to spell check and autocorrect - but could it lose its charm?

The once-unloved Microsoft Notepad app continues to get new features, with spell check and autocorrect reportedly coming to the Windows staple next. Originally debuting as a heavily stripped-down ...
How-To Geek on MSN

I replaced Microsoft's bloated Notepad with this free app

The only problem? There is already a fantastic fully-featured plain-text editor that has been available for years that is ...
Pocket-lint

40 years later, Microsoft Notepad features spellcheck.

Ben Smith is a writer based in Los Angeles, California who has been covering consumer tech for at least five years. He's written thousands of articles for various sites about laptops, tablets, and ...
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 ...
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 ...
Yahoo

Microsoft’s Notepad app for Windows 10 gets its first update in a long, long time

While the Windows platform has been repeatedly overhauled and updated over the years, some of the most popular first-party apps on the operating system have failed to receive the same treatment. One ...
India TV

Microsoft Windows 11 update brings bold, italics and hyperlinks to Notepad: Is word still needed?

If you regularly use Windows Notepad, there is a major update which you will have to know about. As part of the latest Windows 11 developer build, Microsoft has added a slew of long-requested features ...
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 ...
TweakTown

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

This is a spellcheck ability that's now rolling out in testing for the Canary and Dev channels, and you'll see it with Notepad version 11.2402.18.0. As you might imagine, this will highlight spelling ...
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 ...
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 ...