Microsoft has added bold, italics, lists, hyperlinks, and even Markdown to the Windows Notepad app, making it look more and more like the now-defunct WordPad.

Fish sighs, runs the file through a utility to convert Unix-style line breaks to DOS-style line breaks, and gives the file a .TXT extension. Then he hits reply again: “Please use WORDPAD.

Designed to completely replace the Microsoft's WordPad, Metapad has the small size and big feature list to make the change appealing.

Change likely due to WordPad's discontinuation, users encouraged to try revamped Notepad before switch.

The differences between Notepad and WordPad, how useful they are and what are the alternatives.

The latest Canary build of Windows 11 is missing WordPad. Microsoft says WordPad will not be reinstallable after updating.

Microsoft is deprecating its WordPad software from Windows, leading to the end of a decades-old staple, the company announced on Friday. WordPad will no longer be available on future versions of ...

Meanwhile, WordPad, a free word processor that lives between Notepad and Word, is not long for this world. In a future update for Windows 11, Microsoft has confirmed its plans to remove WordPad ...

Note that in this case, optional means opt-in by default. NotePad, Paint, and WordPad are all still installed by default.

After around 30 years of existence, WordPad is finally saying goodbye. In the Windows 11 Build 26020 Insider Preview’s Canary Channel, Microsoft announced that WordPad will not be auto-installed ...