You edit code in one window and run and view it in another.<BR><BR>While you could code in notepad.exe, you miss out on auto-complete, intellisense, and syntax coloring among other things.

— Mayank Parmar (@mayank_jee) July 6, 2025 Notepad's markdown is a great example of how Microsoft can add new features without annoying existing customers who love the app for its simplicity.

Espresso is a gorgeous Mac-only code editor that’s powerful and smooth, like the caffeinated beverage it’s named after. This ...

Again, you can use all of the non-AI features of Notepad and Paint for free, just as always. But try to request a rewrite in Notepad or an image in Paint, and you'll be told that you need a ...

For years, Notepad has existed as a bare-bones text editor. No longer. Microsoft keeps adding to it, including a new update that includes capabilities that you might have expected in another ...

Microsoft is bringing tabbed Notepad to more users and has a new option to copy 2FA codes from notification toasts. Written by Liam Tung, Contributing Writer Feb. 10, 2023 at 6:33 a.m. PT ...