Windows Notepad Finally Gets Spellcheck and Autocorrect
Dave Grochocki, writing for Microsoft’s Windows Insider Blog:
With this update, Notepad will now highlight misspelled words and
provide suggestions so that you can easily identify and correct
mistakes. We are also introducing autocorrect which seamlessly
fixes common typing mistakes as you type.
Getting started with spellcheck in Notepad is easy as misspelled
words are automatically underlined in red. To fix a spelling
mistake, click, tap, or use the keyboard shortcut Shift + F10 on
the misspelled word to see suggested spellings. Selecting a
suggestion immediately updates the word. You can also choose to
ignore words in a single document or add them to the dictionary,
so they are not flagged as a mistake again. Spellcheck in Notepad
supports multiple languages.
Better late than never, but it’s kind of wild that Notepad is 41 years old and only getting these features now. I haven’t used a single Mac app that doesn’t offer the system’s built-in spellchecking for over 20 years.
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Dave Grochocki, writing for Microsoft’s Windows Insider Blog:
With this update, Notepad will now highlight misspelled words and
provide suggestions so that you can easily identify and correct
mistakes. We are also introducing autocorrect which seamlessly
fixes common typing mistakes as you type.
Getting started with spellcheck in Notepad is easy as misspelled
words are automatically underlined in red. To fix a spelling
mistake, click, tap, or use the keyboard shortcut Shift + F10 on
the misspelled word to see suggested spellings. Selecting a
suggestion immediately updates the word. You can also choose to
ignore words in a single document or add them to the dictionary,
so they are not flagged as a mistake again. Spellcheck in Notepad
supports multiple languages.
Better late than never, but it’s kind of wild that Notepad is 41 years old and only getting these features now. I haven’t used a single Mac app that doesn’t offer the system’s built-in spellchecking for over 20 years.