Bleeping Computer

Notepad finally gets spellcheck, autocorrect for all Windows 11 users

Microsoft has finally released a spell check and autocorrect feature in Notepad for all Windows 11 users, forty-one years after the program was introduced in 1983. The new features have been tested by ...
Kotaku

40 Years Later, Microsoft Finally Adds Spell Check To Notepad

Microsoft’s free and simple text editor, Notepad, is finally getting a feature that many users have requested for years: Spell check. Finally, when you copy and paste random URLs or passwords into ...
PC World

Over 40 years later, Windows’ Notepad finally has spell check

Earlier this year, Microsoft killed WordPad—the free and surprisingly capable built-in word processor that debuted in Windows 95. For this, they must be punished. Yet while Microsoft taketh away, they ...
XDA Developers on MSN

Notepad's spellcheck needs a major overhaul

To me, it seems like Notepad's spellcheck is more word-focused instead of trying to identify the context and figure out which ...
ZDNet

Windows Notepad gets spellcheck and autocorrect, after 41 years

After more than four decades, Windows Notepad is getting a significant update. First released in 1983 in MS-DOS, the simple text editor predates Windows itself and has been available in every version ...
PC World

41 years later, Windows Notepad finally gets spell check

Though it’s intentionally simple and there are some excellent alternatives, Microsoft’s humble Notepad text editor has gained a massive following through sheer ubiquity. Today it finally gets a ...
TweakTown

Microsoft adds spell check to Notepad after 41 years, but with an eye-rolling catch

Microsoft Notepad isn't considered among the top text editor programs, but it's certainly one of the oldest and most widely installed. Microsoft first introduced Notepad in May 1983, presenting it as ...
Gizmodo

Microsoft Notepad Receives Spell Check for the First Time Since 1983

This morning, I almost chuckled when I saw that Microsoft had finally decided to give its humble text editor, Notepad, spell check and autocorrect features. It’s strange (and shocking) that the app ...
Engadget

Microsoft Notepad just got spellcheck in the year 2024

It has finally happened. Microsoft’s text editor Notepad just got a spellcheck feature, more than 40 years after the software launched in 1983. For the history buffs, Ronald Reagan was still president ...
The Verge

Notepad in Windows 11 is finally getting a spellcheck feature

Microsoft continues to improve Notepad with useful features in Windows 11. Microsoft continues to improve Notepad with useful features in Windows 11. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has ...
Windows Central

What you need to know

Windows Notepad now supports autocorrect and spellcheck. The features entered testing among Windows Insiders in March 2024 and have since started rolling out to general users. Notepad remains largely ...
Bleeping Computer

Windows 11 Notepad finally gets spellcheck and autocorrect

Microsoft continues to add new features to the Windows Notepad, today announcing a preview release with built-in spellchecking and an autocorrect feature. Windows Notepad languished without new ...