Microsoft’s free and easy textual content editor, Notepad, is lastly getting a characteristic that many customers have requested for years: Spell examine. Lastly, once you copy and paste random URLs or passwords into Notepad actual quick, you’ll be notified of any spelling errors.
Notepad was launched all the best way again in 1983. It was the corporate’s simplified, free, and bare-bones different to Microsoft Phrase—a extra absolutely featured phrase processor nonetheless widespread in 2024. Since Notepad’s launch within the Eighties, the corporate has made minor updates to Notepad, however it’s by no means been an actual phrase processor. And that’s not altering anytime quickly, however a minimum of now for those who do use Notepad on Home windows 11 you’ll have the ability to spellcheck phrases.
As reported by PC Magazine, beginning this week, Microsoft is rolling out an replace for Notepad to all Home windows 11 customers that provides these acquainted crimson squiggly strains below misspelled phrases inside textual content docs. Customers can then right-click the crimson line to see the appropriately spelled model of the phrase and click on that choice to repair the typo.
Technically, this new spellcheck characteristic for Notepad has been round for some customers since March as a part of a beta take a look at. However beginning with Home windows 11 Notepad model 11.2405.13.0 and ahead, it appears the testing is finished and spell examine is now a built-in characteristic for the app for everybody. I’m unsure why Microsoft doesn’t add this easy characteristic to Notepad on Home windows 10, looks like it may do this, however I suppose that is speculated to be yet one more incentive to get individuals (like myself) to change from 10 to 11. And to that, I say: No means, Microsoft. No means.
In the meantime, WordPad, a free phrase processor that lives between Notepad and Phrase, shouldn’t be lengthy for this world. In a future replace for Home windows 11, Microsoft has confirmed its plans to take away WordPad from the working system. It’s anticipated that WordPad will likely be eliminated in September or October of this 12 months. So maybe that’s the rationale Notepad is getting some upgrades.
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