<s>
Windows	B-Application
Notepad	I-Application
is	O
a	O
simple	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
for	O
Windows	B-Application
;	O
it	O
creates	O
and	O
edits	B-Application
plain	O
text	B-General_Concept
documents	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
released	O
in	O
1983	O
to	O
commercialize	O
the	O
computer	B-Device
mouse	I-Device
in	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
,	O
Notepad	B-Application
has	O
been	O
part	O
of	O
every	O
version	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
ever	O
since	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
1983	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
COMDEX	O
computer	O
expo	O
in	O
Atlanta	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
introduced	O
the	O
Multi-Tool	B-Application
Notepad	I-Application
,	O
a	O
mouse-based	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
Richard	O
Brodie	O
had	O
created	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
$195	O
Microsoft	B-Device
Mouse	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
appearing	O
at	O
that	O
COMDEX	O
was	O
the	O
Multi-Tool	B-Application
Word	I-Application
,	O
a	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
that	O
Charles	O
Simonyi	O
was	O
developing	O
and	O
supported	O
the	O
mouse	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
visitors	O
had	O
never	O
heard	O
of	O
a	O
computer	B-Device
mouse	I-Device
before	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
mouse	B-Device
began	O
shipping	O
in	O
July	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initial	O
sales	O
were	O
modest	O
because	O
it	O
had	O
no	O
use	O
other	O
than	O
running	O
the	O
programs	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
box	O
(	O
a	O
tutorial	O
,	O
a	O
practice	O
app	O
,	O
and	O
Multi-Tool	B-Application
Notepad	I-Application
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Multi-Tool	O
product	O
line	O
began	O
with	O
expert	B-Application
systems	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Multiplan	B-Device
spreadsheet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
the	O
Multi-Tool	B-Application
Notepad	I-Application
and	O
the	O
Multi-Tool	B-Application
Word	I-Application
became	O
Windows	B-Application
Notepad	I-Application
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
,	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
Hanson	O
also	O
convinced	O
Bill	O
Gates	O
to	O
rename	O
"	O
Interface	O
Manager	O
"	O
to	O
"	O
Windows	B-Application
"	O
before	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
1.0	I-Application
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
then	O
,	O
Notepad	B-Application
has	O
been	O
part	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Store	I-Application
in	O
2012	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
has	O
converted	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
built-in	O
Windows	B-Application
apps	I-Application
into	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Store	I-Application
apps	O
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
Sticky	O
Notes	O
)	O
,	O
so	O
that	O
they	O
could	O
be	O
updated	O
independent	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Within	O
three	O
years	O
,	O
Notepad	B-Application
has	O
appeared	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Store	I-Application
thrice	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
required	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
preview	O
build	O
18963	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
this	O
short-lived	O
presence	O
on	O
the	O
Store	O
,	O
technology	O
news	O
blogs	O
speculated	O
that	O
Microsoft	O
intended	O
to	O
de-couple	O
Notepad	B-Application
's	O
life-cycle	O
from	O
that	O
of	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
and	O
update	O
it	O
more	O
frequently	O
through	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Store	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notepad	B-Application
appeared	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Store	I-Application
for	O
a	O
second	O
time	O
in	O
April	O
2020	O
,	O
this	O
time	O
,	O
sporting	O
a	O
new	O
logo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
runs	O
on	O
the	O
preview	O
versions	O
of	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
,	O
build	O
number	O
19541	O
or	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
16	O
February	O
2022	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
started	O
rolling	O
out	O
a	O
new	O
and	O
redesigned	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Notepad	B-Application
to	O
all	O
Windows	B-Application
11	I-Application
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notepad	B-Application
is	O
now	O
available	O
in	O
the	B-Application
Microsoft	I-Application
Store	I-Application
in	O
both	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
and	O
11	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notepad	B-Application
is	O
a	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
,	O
i.e.	O
,	O
an	O
app	O
specialized	O
in	O
editing	O
plain	O
text	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
edit	B-Application
text	B-General_Concept
files	I-General_Concept
(	O
bearing	O
the	O
"	O
.txt	B-General_Concept
"	O
filename	O
extension	O
)	O
and	O
compatible	O
formats	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
batch	O
files	O
,	O
INI	B-Protocol
files	I-Protocol
,	O
and	O
log	B-Application
files	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notepad	B-Application
offers	O
only	O
the	O
most	O
basic	O
text	O
manipulation	O
functions	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
finding	O
and	O
replacing	O
text	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Until	O
Windows	B-Device
ME	I-Device
,	O
there	O
were	O
almost	O
no	O
keyboard	O
shortcuts	O
and	O
no	O
line-counting	O
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
Windows	B-Application
2000	I-Application
,	O
shortcuts	O
for	O
common	O
commands	O
like	O
"	O
New	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
Open	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
"	O
Save	O
"	O
were	O
added	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
status	O
bar	O
with	O
a	O
line	O
counter	O
(	O
available	O
only	O
when	O
word-wrap	O
is	O
disabled	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
version	O
1809	O
,	O
Notepad	B-Application
could	O
not	O
properly	O
interpret	O
Unix-style	O
or	O
Mac-style	O
newline	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
version	O
1809	O
also	O
introduced	O
the	O
keyboard	O
shortcut	O
(	O
deletes	O
the	O
previous	O
word	O
)	O
,	O
zoom	O
functionality	O
,	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
zoom	O
in	O
and	O
out	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
"	O
Search	O
with	O
Bing	B-Application
"	O
function	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Improving	O
performance	O
has	O
been	O
the	O
main	O
focus	O
of	O
Notepad	B-Application
's	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
part	O
of	O
this	O
effort	O
,	O
Notepad	B-Application
is	O
capable	O
of	O
reading	O
text	B-General_Concept
files	I-General_Concept
even	O
when	O
other	O
apps	O
have	O
acquired	O
a	O
range-based	B-Application
lock	I-Application
on	I-Application
the	I-Application
file	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
and	O
earlier	O
,	O
Notepad	B-Application
renders	O
text	B-General_Concept
files	I-General_Concept
in	O
the	O
Fixedsys	O
font	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
4.0	I-Device
and	O
Windows	B-Device
98	I-Device
,	O
it	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
choose	O
their	O
own	O
font	O
to	O
display	O
the	O
text	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
default	O
font	O
changed	O
to	O
Lucida	O
Console	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
2000	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Consolas	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
8	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notepad	B-Application
can	O
print	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notepad	B-Application
accepts	O
text	O
from	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
clipboard	O
,	O
but	O
only	O
in	O
the	O
CF_TEXT	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
could	O
temporarily	O
paste	O
formatted	O
text	O
into	O
Notepad	B-Application
,	O
then	O
immediately	O
copy	O
it	O
again	O
to	O
obtain	O
the	O
raw	O
text	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	O
also	O
has	O
a	O
simple	O
logging	B-Application
function	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
time	O
it	O
opens	O
a	O
file	O
with	O
"	O
.LOG	B-Application
"	O
on	O
its	O
first	O
line	O
,	O
the	O
app	O
inserts	O
a	O
timestamp	O
on	O
the	O
file	O
's	O
last	O
line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Windows	B-Application
7	O
and	O
later	O
versions	O
,	O
Notepad	B-Application
can	O
read	O
and	O
write	O
plain	O
texts	O
Notepad	B-Application
can	O
read	O
and	O
write	O
plain	O
texts	O
encoded	B-General_Concept
in	O
ANSI	O
(	O
locale-dependent	O
ASCII	B-Protocol
)	O
,	O
Unicode	O
(	O
UTF-16	O
in	O
big/little	O
endian	O
,	O
UTF-8	O
with	O
or	O
without	O
byte	O
order	O
mask	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Opening	O
and	O
editing	O
in	O
left-to-right	O
and	O
right-to-left	O
based	O
languages	O
are	O
done	O
via	O
RichEdit	B-Library
controls	O
and	O
input	B-General_Concept
method	I-General_Concept
editors	I-General_Concept
,	O
available	O
in	O
versions	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
or	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notepad	B-Application
used	O
a	O
built-in	O
window	B-Library
class	I-Library
named	O
EDIT	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
maximum	O
file	O
size	O
Notepad	B-Application
can	O
open	O
depends	O
on	O
operating	O
system	O
limitations	O
on	O
the	O
size	O
of	O
the	O
EDIT	B-Application
window	B-Library
class	I-Library
,	O
with	O
a	O
different	O
limit	O
in	O
each	O
version	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
this	O
limitation	O
,	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
3.0	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
3.1	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Windows	B-Application
3.11	O
,	O
Notepad	B-Application
could	O
not	O
open	O
files	O
larger	O
than	O
54KB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
Microsoft	O
recommended	O
using	O
another	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
for	O
opening	O
files	O
larger	O
than	O
45KB	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
limit	O
was	O
extended	O
to	O
64KB	O
in	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
,	O
with	O
users	O
now	O
directed	O
to	O
WordPad	B-Application
for	O
larger	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
,	O
Notepad	B-Application
was	O
limited	O
to	O
32MB	O
and	O
declined	O
to	O
open	O
bigger	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
Windows	B-Application
11	I-Application
,	O
Notepad	B-Application
uses	O
the	O
RichEdit	B-Library
control	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
size	O
limit	O
was	O
raised	O
to	O
about	O
1GB	O
,	O
and	O
attempting	O
to	O
open	O
any	O
file	O
larger	O
than	O
that	O
shows	O
a	O
dialog	O
box	O
suggesting	O
that	O
the	O
user	O
open	O
it	O
with	O
a	O
different	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
family	I-Device
of	O
operating	O
systems	O
(	O
including	O
Windows	B-Application
2000	I-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
)	O
,	O
Notepad	B-Application
can	O
detect	O
Unicode	O
files	O
even	O
when	O
they	O
lack	O
a	O
byte	O
order	O
mark	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
do	O
this	O
,	O
it	O
calls	O
the	O
IsTextUnicode( )	O
function	O
of	O
the	O
Windows	B-Library
API	I-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
Until	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
,	O
this	O
function	O
was	O
imperfect	O
,	O
incorrectly	O
identifying	O
some	O
all-lowercase	O
ASCII	B-Protocol
text	I-Protocol
as	O
UTF-16	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
Notepad	B-Application
interpreted	O
a	O
file	O
containing	O
a	O
phrase	O
like	O
"	O
aaaa	O
aaa	O
aaa	O
aaaaa	O
"	O
(	O
"	O
4-3-3-5	O
"	O
)	O
as	O
a	O
two-byte-encoded	O
Unicode	O
text	B-General_Concept
file	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
issue	O
was	O
resolved	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
and	O
newer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notepad	B-Application
lacks	O
many	O
basic	O
features	O
available	O
in	O
other	O
text	B-Application
editors	I-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
block	O
selection	O
and	O
MDI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
many	O
third-party	O
replacements	O
for	O
Notepad	B-Application
with	O
additional	O
functionality	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
AkelPad	B-Language
,	O
Metapad	B-Application
,	O
Notepad++	B-Language
,	O
and	O
TED	B-Application
Notepad	I-Application
,	O
which	O
include	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
syntax	O
coloring	O
,	O
code	B-Application
folding	I-Application
,	O
regular	B-Language
expressions	I-Language
,	O
macros	O
,	O
manual	O
code	O
page	O
selection	O
,	O
themes	B-Application
,	O
sorting	O
,	O
case	O
changes	O
,	O
external	O
change	O
detection	O
,	O
matching	O
braces	O
,	O
visible	O
line-endings	O
,	O
and	O
visible	O
line-wrap	O
indication	O
.	O
</s>
