India, Jan. 23 -- Notepad has long been Microsoft's simplest application for Windows just open, type, save, and exit; that's all there was to it. As part of the recent update to Windows 11, the company has introduced a new brand identity for Notepad, which represents a change to how Notepad is perceived by users.

When users initially launch Notepad now, they will see a welcome screen advertising it as as "Your essential text editor, elevated."This may sound trivial, but it indicates how Microsoft will be using Notepad for additional functions beyond merely being a notepad/scratchpad. Notepad is now viewed by Microsoft as being able to act as an extension of users' creativity and imagination, provided not only with traditional writing cap...