In the latest Windows 10 Insider build, Microsoft has released a new version of Notepad that includes changes that bring it closer to what we have come to expect from modern text file editors.

You can change the default Character Encoding in Notepad from UTF-8 to ANSI, UTF-16 LE, UTF-16 BE, UTF-8 BOM. using Registry Editor.

Notepad is getting an update that introduces a number of improvements with the Windows 10 October 2018 Update (version 1809). In this guide, we show you them all.

The Windows 10 Notepad text editor will soon notify its users if they’re running an outdated version of the program.