Notepad now allows you to write Markdown without installing anything extra. Use toolbar shortcuts to apply formatting, switch views, and clear formatting when needed.

You can make Text files open directly in Notepad++ instead of Notepad in Windows 11/10. Learn how to make Notepad++ as the default Text Editor.

You can write an Invisible Secret Text Message in an Image File, by following this trick laid down in this post. All you need is the Notepad!

Notepad’s new Write feature can be used to “quickly draft text based on your prompt,” according to the Windows Insider Blog, “or build upon existing content with AI-powered assistance ...

Newly discovered code in a test version of Microsoft's Notepad seems to indicate that the simple text program will soon add a generative AI feature to help people write in the app.