Microsoft has added bold, italic, and Markdown support to Notepad for Windows 11, updating the famously simple text editor with formatting tools.

Windows 11 Notepad finally supports formatting and Markdown, and you can switch back to the original Notepad in Settings This article, originally posted in Japanese on 10:50 Jun 02, 2025, may ...

Microsoft has added bold, italics, lists, hyperlinks, and even Markdown to the Windows Notepad app, making it look more and more like the now-defunct WordPad.