If you have a paid subscription of Microsoft Office on your system, then you can use the same for counting words in Notepad. The reason is that Microsoft Word has an in-built word counter. All you ...

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

SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. — I try new software almost daily. But I have to admit: The most useful and frequently used application on all my PCs is Notepad, the bare-bones text editor that comes with ...

The Snipping Tool is also getting a handy way to draw straight lines. The Snipping Tool is also getting a handy way to draw straight lines. is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer ...

Since Win11, I find myself using Notepad deliberately more often. This will add a useful increment to it. Frankly, the last time I saw a real upgrade to Notepad was when it became able to handle more ...

Jeff Werner is a software engineer and has been writing this column since 2007. Question: I have a question about running Notepad under Windows 11: What registry setting can I tweak to get Notepad to ...

Microsoft has released Notepad 11.2512.10.0 with expanded Markdown support and AI streaming, plus Paint 11.2512.191.0 with AI ...