Even good old Notepad is getting AI text editing
Microsoft has introduced AI-based text editing to Notepad in the Windows 11 Insider and Preview channels.
In brief: Notepad didn't change much in the first few decades following its debut in 1983. However, Microsoft has added several significant features to the cleartext editor in the years since Windows 11 debuted. The latest brings the software onto the generative AI bandwagon, evoking a function that Apple recently introduced.
Microsoft has introduced AI-based text editing to Notepad in the Windows 11 Insider and Preview channels. The feature follows other generative AI functions that the company has added to pre-installed Windows apps.
The AI editor, called Rewrite, can rephrase text selections to change their length and tone. Apple recently made a similar feature available across several macOS and iOS apps for owners of the iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 16, and all devices with M-series processors.
To use Rewrite, right-click a highlighted text selection and select Rewrite from the toolbar. Pressing Ctrl+I also summons the toolbar, which contains options to make text shorter, longer, more professional, or more casual. Then, users select one of three revisions.
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