Microsoft Notepad can now write for you using generative AI

Notepad’s caller Write diagnostic uses generative AI to make contented for you based connected a prompt. | Image: Microsoft

Microsoft is present investigating a caller diagnostic successful Notepad that tin make substance for you utilizing AI.  It’s portion of a Windows 11 update being released to Windows Insiders successful the Canary and Dev channels with Copilot Plus PCs. The update besides includes caller AI-powered features for Paint similar a sticker generator, and improvements to the Snipping Tool that tin automatically harvest and resize screenshots based connected what you’re selecting.

Notepad’s caller Write diagnostic tin beryllium utilized to “quickly draught substance based connected your prompt,” according to the Windows Insider Blog, “or physique upon existing contented with AI-powered assistance.” You tin either right-click wherever you privation caller substance to beryllium inserted successful a papers oregon aft selecting existing substance you privation to usage arsenic a reference.

After selecting the caller Write diagnostic successful Windows’ Copilot menu, a punctual volition look wherever instructions tin beryllium entered. The AI-generated output volition look successful the papers but you’ll person the enactment to support it, discard it if it’s not what you’re looking for, oregon refine the output by entering follow-up prompts. The diagnostic was first discovered earlier this year successful codification included successful trial builds of Windows 11.

Write follows 2 different AI-powered tools Microsoft has been investigating with Notepad. Summarize, archetypal introduced past March, tin make a summary of the substance successful a papers portion Rewrite, which began investigating past November, tin set the code of text, shorten oregon lengthen it, and rephrase sentences.

Joining AI features already being tested successful Microsoft Paint similar Generative Fill, Generative Erase, and the Cocreator instrumentality that tin make images based connected substance prompts and notation sketches, is simply a caller Sticker generator. A caller fastener successful the Copilot paper opens a punctual wherever you tin picture the sticker you privation to create. Paint volition past make a tiny acceptable of stickers based connected your statement that tin beryllium added to your canvas oregon copied implicit to different applications.

Paint is besides getting a caller Object prime instrumentality that relies connected AI to make astute selections that takes astir of the grunt enactment retired of isolating and manipulating circumstantial elements successful a photograph oregon painting.

To perchance marque it easier to screenshot precisely what you request and instantly stock it without edits, Windows 11’s Snipping Tool is gaining a caller Perfect screenshot fastener connected its toolbar. When framing a screenshot utilizing the rectangle instrumentality Perfect screenshot volition usage AI to “intelligently resize based connected the contented successful your selection,” but you’ll inactive person the enactment to resize oregon reposition the selected portion of your surface earlier capturing it.

It’s being joined by a caller Color picker successful the Snipping instrumentality that lets you spot the HEX, RGB oregon HSL colour values beneath an eyedropper cursor, and it tin beryllium zoomed for much precision by either scrolling oregon utilizing Ctrl +/- keyboard shortcuts.

You’ll request to beryllium signed into your Microsoft relationship to usage Notepad’s caller Write diagnostic which volition usage the same credits strategy arsenic different AI-powered Windows 11 features do. Microsoft hasn’t yet announced what pricing for these credits volition beryllium if it yet starts charging for them.