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.

In Notepad, the text sometimes goes out of the window making it a little difficult to read, write or edit. Word Wrap is a feature in Notepad that when enabled, keeps the text inside the window only.

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 ...

It’s even easier to enable dark mode in Notepad on Windows 11. Alternatively, you can also enable and customize dark mode on your laptop, which will usually affect multiple apps across the OS.

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.