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.

Microsoft has finally added spell check to Notepad after more than 41 years, and the new feature appears to have rolled out to Windows 11 users.

But starting with Windows 11 Notepad version 11.2405.13.0 and forward, it seems the testing is done and spell check is now a built-in feature for the app for everyone.

Currently available in the Dev and Canary channels of the Windows Insider program, the new spell checking functionality integrates seamlessly within Notepad. Users enrolled in the program can ...

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 ...

After more than four decades, the latest version of Notepad sent out to Windows 11 users includes spell check and auto-correct options.

I have yet to see an electron spell checker that keeps up with the macOS native one.) Like TextEdit, notepad was originally little more than a wrapper around the OS standard text control.

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 ...

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 ...

A recent update to Notepad on Windows 11 adds support for spell check and autocorrect. Microsoft hasn't announced the update, but we've already seen the features roll out to PCs.

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Windows Notepad languished without new features for years while more modern text editors, like Notepad2 and Notepad++, were developed and released.