For the first time, some features in longstanding Microsoft apps Notepad and Paint will require a paid subscription. As ...

Microsoft recommends using Word for rich text documents like .doc and .rtf and Notepad for plain text documents like .txt. Read: WordPad takes a long time to open or not opening We hope you found ...

You can now open the menu in Notepad to access a new feature called "recent". This is similar to the "recent" button in Paint ...

The Notepad update introduces the ability to summarize content using generative AI. Users can select the text they want to ...

even if you've inexplicably decided that your word processing in Notepad of all places is in need of AI-driven rewrites. So, for those who caught wind of this and were worried, relax:The barebones ...

In the upper right-hand corner of Notepad, you should see a little “magic pen” icon. That’s the new Rewrite (preview) ...

Microsoft Notepad has been around for decades, offering a simple tool for viewing and editing text-based documents on Windows ...

You can continue to use Notepad and Paint without a subscription, but you won’t get these new features. It’s surprising because Microsoft has never put anything in these apps behind a paywall ...

TL;DR: Microsoft has introduced a paywall for Notepad, requiring a Microsoft 365 subscription to access new features like the AI-powered Rewrite tool. Notepad has been around for more than 40 ...