How-To Geek on MSN

6 Notepad++ features you should be using

Sessions in Notepad++ grab the complete state of your workspace. A session file saves the full paths of all open documents, ...
How-To Geek on MSN

I replaced Microsoft's bloated Notepad with this free app

The only problem? There is already a fantastic fully-featured plain-text editor that has been available for years that is ...
Bleeping Computer

Notepad++ fixes flaw that let attackers push malicious update files

Notepad++ version 8.8.9 was released to fix a security weakness in its WinGUp update tool after researchers and users reported incidents in which the updater retrieved malicious executables instead of ...
PC World

Windows Notepad is testing advanced formatting options — like tables

Microsoft announced in a Windows Insiders blog post that its lightweight text editor Notepad is currently testing extended formatting capabilities with support for tables. The idea is to allow users ...
The Verge

Notepad is getting tables.

The feature is rolling out for Windows Insiders in the Canary and Dev channels, according to Microsoft. I like using tables in Apple Notes, so I think they’ll be pretty useful in Notepad, too. Follow ...
New Atlas

Luxury brand Montblanc writes a new chapter with classy premium e-note

Moving note-taking from good ol' pen and paper to the digital realm can already be quite a pricey endeavor for consumers. But luxury pen maker Montblanc is aiming even higher with its Digital Paper ...
Engadget

Notepad's AI writing features will soon run locally on Copilot+ PCs

CoPilot+ PC owners have a new perk in the pipeline. Your AI PC will soon perform Notepad's AI writing features on-device — no subscription required. The app's summarize, write and rewrite options were ...
Windows Report

Microsoft adds local AI writing tools in Notepad

Microsoft’s Notepad app is no longer just a barebones text editor. With the latest Insider update, Notepad (version 11.2508.28.0) now supports AI-powered tools on Copilot+ PCs, and they work without a ...
The Verge

Microsoft is giving Notepad free AI features.

If you have a Copilot Plus PC, Microsoft is adding summarize, write, and rewrite AI-powered features to Notepad soon. Windows Insiders are testing the changes, which don’t require a Microsoft 365 ...
Odessa American

IT’S GEEK TO ME: Specially configured shortcut solves Notepad window size issue

Jeff Werner is a software engineer and has been writing this column since 2007. Question: I have a question about running Notepad under Windows 11: What registry setting can I tweak to get Notepad to ...
Bleeping Computer

The zero-day that could've compromised every Cursor and Windsurf user

A security researcher from Koi Security stumbled upon a critical zero-day buried deep in the infrastructure powering today’s AI coding tools. Had it been exploited, a non-sophisticated attacker ...