Microsoft retains enhancing and including extra options to the Home windows 11 Notepad software, the newest being a built-in character counter.
Till now, customers who wanted a fast option to depend characters in a textual content file have been pressured to make use of third-party options corresponding to Notepad2 or Notepad++.
Beginning with Notepad model 11.2311.29.0, which is rolling out at present to Home windows Insiders within the Canary and Dev Channels, Microsoft lastly gave in and added a personality counter to Notepad’s standing bar.
“When textual content is chosen, the standing bar reveals the character depend for each the chosen textual content and your complete doc,” Microsoft mentioned.
“If no textual content is chosen, the character depend for your complete doc is displayed, making certain you all the time have a transparent view of your doc’s size.”
Redmond has additionally added an “Edit with Notepad” entry to the File Explorer context menu that enables rapidly opening and enhancing any file utilizing the Notepad textual content editor.
Microsoft rolled out a redesigned Notepad for Home windows 11 in December 2021 to all Home windows Insiders within the Dev Channel after first teasing the brand new app design in June 2021.
The overhauled textual content editor now contains a darkish theme and multi-level undo, two of essentially the most requested Notepad options.
Earlier this yr, Notepad was additionally up to date with help for tabs and a few enhancements for managing unsaved recordsdata, like a built-in unsaved adjustments indicator.
With at present’s Canary construct, Redmond additionally began testing a brand new option to “undock” the Home windows Copilot AI assistant to make it simpler to entry whereas engaged on a busy desktop with different apps’ home windows.
It additionally added new widgets board settings that enable customers to decide on which feeds seem on the widgets board.
Immediately, the corporate additionally launched Server flights beginning with at present’s Home windows Server Preview Construct 26010 within the Canary Channel.
To arrange Home windows Server flighting, you could go to Settings > Home windows Replace > Home windows Insider Program to enroll your machine within the Home windows Insider program.
“Flighting will solely be out there for the Canary Channel and flights for Server will start in early 2024 so you will not obtain any new builds till then,” Microsoft mentioned.
“Our intention is to flight the identical builds as shopper (desktop) for Server flights however the schedule wherein we launch Server flights may differ barely (for instance – Server releases bi-weekly). Flighting for Server solely applies to the Desktop Expertise solely.”
