but you’d need access to an older version of Windows where WordPad still existed.) Traditionally, Notepad has been the Windows answer to a light text editor that coders can use or write in ...

the update is also part of a larger effort to modernize the Notepad app (so it can replace Wordpad?), which began in December 2021 with the launch of a fully redesigned Notepad app for Windows 11 ...

If you're one of those people who's lamenting the loss of a super-streamlined text editor in Windows 11 - now Microsoft has binned WordPad, and turned Notepad into more of an approximation of that ...

Introduced alongside Windows 95, WordPad offered a built-in rich text editor for users unwilling to pay for a full Microsoft Office license. It filled a middle ground between Word and Notepad.

Notepad is getting light text formatting abilities in testing, in yet another move to extend the feature set of the app which ...

Weight Writing App . Notepad is by far the most lightweight text editor you can find. It's also quite versatile, as it can ...

The Notepad has been the only choice for people to quickly jot down or write code on a Windows laptop since Microsoft discontinued Wordpad. As in the past, Notepad has always offered a basic text ...

Notepad is getting light text formatting abilities ... going to be quite useful for some (especially those folks who miss WordPad, the other more fleshed-out text editor that Microsoft canned ...

With this update, Notepad now supports Markdown-style input ... word processor such as Microsoft Word or Google Docs, now that WordPad is gone. You can switch between a formatted Markdown view ...

My guess is they are adding some of these new features, like formatting, to make up for killing off Wordpad. But in doing this, they are taking away the core value proposition of Notepad." ...

On the other hand, WordPad, which has basic text formatting ... commented, 'We expect Notepad's Markdown support and lightweight formatting features will be well-received. In fact, many people ...