Windows Notepad Gets Spellcheck and Autocorrect 40 Years After Launch

[Tsing]

Notepad, the simple text editor for Windows that Microsoft introduced in 1983 to support the release of some of its then-new products, including the original Microsoft Mouse for DOS systems, has finally added spellcheck and autocorrect 40 years after its launch, according to Windows 11 users who say that the app has officially been updated by Microsoft with these overdue, but welcome, features in recent days.

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[Brian_B]

 

[MadMummy76]

The headline should read microsoft finally makes notepad irrelevant 40 years after launch. It's only purpose was that it is lightweight and simple.

Features welcome by whom? Nobody writes essays in notepad, you edit ini files and scripts with it, spellcheck and autocorrect are perfect for that /s. Microsoft being completely out of touch yet again.

 

[Peter_Brosdahl]

notepad, you edit ini files and scripts with it

Used to do that but starting using Notepad ++ for that around 5-10 years ago making it even more irrelevant.

 

[Peter_Brosdahl]

I don't know, or remember when, but when the first basic free version of Word was included in Windows, along with the release of Notepad ++, had pretty much made Notepad dead and buried for me. Before that though I did use it on occasion for simple tasks.

 

[MadMummy76]

Used to do that but starting using Notepad ++ for that around 5-10 years ago making it even more irrelevant.

When you are using your own computer. When you just have to do something on a random PC it was very useful. I'm not going to install npp to make one edit.