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Learn how to enable and use Write or Rewrite AI in Notepad on Windows 11 to rephrase a sentence, make it shorter, longer, formal, casual, etc.

AI coding assistants shine for boilerplate code, simple functions, documentation, debugging, and other routine tasks. Don’t push them too far.

New prompts to subscribe to Microsoft 365 have started popping up when trying to use Notepad's AI features, leading to confusion.

Windows Insiders can now use lightweight formatting in Notepad. (Image credit: Microsoft) The formatting toolbar in Notepad allows Insiders to apply formatting to selected text.

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.