If your Excel files are opening in Notepad on Windows PC, here's how you can reset the settings to make .xls, .xlsx, etc files open in Excel.

To make Notepad files always open in a new or separate window in Windows 11, open Notepad setting and change the 'Opening files' option.

While it is technically possible to open an Excel file in Notepad, this is not a good idea. Excel files are binary files that contain complex formatting and data structures. When you open an Excel ...

Microsoft decided to fix one of Notepad's longest running problems: garbled text files from other operating systems.

Windows Notepad’s midlife renaissance continues with spellcheck and autocorrect Now Windows' only built-in text editor, there's more room for Notepad to grow.

In March, Microsoft started testing an update to the venerable Notepad app that added spellcheck and autocorrect to the app's limited but slowly growing set of capabilities. The update that adds these ...

Microsoft Software notepad Microsoft updates Notepad with long awaited features in latest Windows 10 build New shortcuts, better find/replace dialog, and word-wrap improvements By Greg Synek July ...