Subj : Windows 11s Notepad gets AI-powered Rewrite feature, but not ever
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Wed Mar 05 2025 10:45:07

Windows 11s Notepad gets AI-powered Rewrite feature, but not everyones going 
to be happy about it

Date:
Wed, 05 Mar 2025 10:36:25 +0000

Description:
Heres how Notepads new Rewrite feature works, and what you need to get the 
ChatGPT-powered ability.

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 on Windows 11 is now getting a new AI Rewrite feature for Notepad Its 
rolling out now, although Microsoft hasnt officially announced this The catch 
is you need a Microsoft 365 subscription to use the functionality (beyond a 
very limited trial in certain regions) 

Windows 11s Notepad app is getting an AI-powered Rewrite ability, a feature 
previously seen in testing, going by a new report. 

 Windows Latest noticed the development, observing that rather oddly, 
Microsoft hasnt yet declared that the ChatGPT-powered Rewrite feature is out 
of testing. 

Rewrite does exactly what youd expect, using AI to rejig any selected piece 
of text in Notepad (using various parameters that can be adjusted). 

As noted, Microsofts official documentation still says this functionality is 
in testing (in the Canary and Dev channels for Windows 11), but in actual 
fact, its rolling out to finished versions of the OS. 

The latest release of the full version of Notepad (v11.2412.16.0) has the 
Rewrite feature, according to Windows Latest, bringing it to all regions 
globally. Its also worth noting that when in testing, this was a US-only 
feature, so its rollout has been swiftly progressed here, to say the least. 
(Image credit: Microsoft) How it works  and the limitations of Rewrite 

Rewrite in Notepad works similarly to the other incarnations you might have 
seen this AI-powered option offered in (such as Word, or indeed Copilot on 
the web). 

You select some text, invoke the ability, and then the AI (ChatGPT in this 
case) will present you with a differently worded version of those sentences, 
based on certain selected options for tone, length and format. You can then 
check out three different possible versions of the rewrite and choose the one 
you prefer. 

Its a relatively simple, but still useful, implementation of text rewriting 
here, but with a notable catch  you cant use Rewrite without a Microsoft 365 
subscription (and you need to be signed in to use the ability, which has 
caused some confusion recently ). 

I say you cant use it without paying, but thats not strictly true, because as 
Windows Latest points out, Rewrite works on a system of paying credits and in 
the US and Canada, along with the UK, you get a limited number of free 
credits. That limited amount is basically only enough to give you a teaser of 
how Rewrite works, really. 

So, this is effectively a subscriber-only piece of functionality for Notepad, 
though some might not want it, anyway. Ive already covered the arguments 
about Notepad suffering from feature-bloat more and more  moving the app away 
from its traditional design as a streamlined little text editor  and Rewrite 
isnt going to help placate those who feel that Microsoft has lost its way 
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again



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/windows-11s-notepad-gets-ai-powere
d-rewrite-feature-but-not-everyones-going-to-be-happy-about-it


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