Notepad is also helpful for stripping text formatting when you copy content from Web pages into your own business files. To open Notepad quickly, you can create a shortcut for it on your desktop.

To make Notepad files always open in a new or separate window in Windows 11, open Notepad setting and change the 'Opening files' option.

Despite its slim profile and Windows 3.1-style interface, Notepad is a tool that Windows users have come to know and love, using it for all manner of tweaking, quick editing, and other tasks. The ...