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Microsoft tests AI-driven editing in Notepad
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Microsoft tests AI-driven editing in Notepad

Microsoft adds AI-powered text editing to Notepad, the original simplified text editor introduced in 1983. The functionality, called Rewriteis rolling out in preview to Windows Insiders and will let you use AI to “rephrase sentences, adjust tone, and change the length of your content,” according to the Windows Insider Blog.

If you’re a Windows Insider with early access to the feature, you can try it out by highlighting the text you want to adjust in Notepad, right-clicking it, and choosing Rewrite. Notepad will then display a dialog box where you can decide how they want to edit their text, for example whether it should be longer or shorter. Rewrite will then provide three rewritten versions with which you can replace your work.

You can try Rewrite by highlighting and right-clicking the text you want to edit in Notepad.
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It’s worth noting that you’ll need to sign in to your Microsoft account to use Rewrite, as it’s “powered by a cloud-based service that requires authentication and authorization.” Microsoft is previewing this feature on Windows 11 in the United States, France, United Kingdom, Canada, Italy and Germany. In July, Microsoft finally upgraded Notepad with spell checking and autocorrect.

Paint’s Generative Fill feature can insert an image based on a prompt.
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In addition to bringing Rewrite to Notepad, Microsoft will allow Insiders to start testing the new AI image editing tools in Paint previewed last month. Generative Fill lets you make additions to an image based on a prompt, while Generative Erase can remove part of an image and blend into the empty space left behind.

Generative Fill will “initially” be deployed to testers equipped with Copilot Plus PCs, but Generative Erase will be available to all Insiders on Windows 11.